Hypner Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Just like the title says I would like to use a DAC cable and connect two unraid servers together to transfer files between them faster. I understand I wont be able to saturate that link withouth NVME drives but I would still like to try and accomplish this. Is this even possible? If so what do I need to do to connect them? I've seen spaceinvaders video on connecting an unraid server to a windows pc but thats not possible atm(location). Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Hypner said: Is this even possible? Yes. 1 hour ago, Hypner said: If so what do I need to do to connect them? Two SFP+ NICs (e.g. Mellanox ConnectX-2/3 and a cable. Quote Link to comment
Hypner Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Okay so I have this care to explain how to properly link them together within unraid? I put each into bridge mode and gave them static IP's. Is there anything else that I am missing? What would be the best way to share content between them? Thank you. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I don't use bridge, just have a different IP range for the 10GbE NICs and then connect using those IP addresses, can also still connect by gigabit if needed using the gigabit IP. 1 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Also leave the gateway on the 10GbE NIC blank. Quote Link to comment
Hypner Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Gotcha, I had most everything set then just bridge = yes was incorrect. I changed that and things are working great thank you. One question what do you use to transfer files between servers? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Hypner said: One question what do you use to transfer files between servers? Mostly btrfs send/receive and some rsync, both over SSH witch in itself is not great for speed, but still much better than gigabit. 1 Quote Link to comment
Hypner Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Got it thank you. Quote Link to comment
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