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Re: What networked filesystem to use

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On 28/11/2020 07:37, Johann Beretta wrote:
> On 11/26/20 12:22 AM, David Brown wrote:
> 
>>
>> Channel bundling can help on a good network setup, but it's unlikely to
>> help if he has cheapo or ancient switches, as he must have, since he is
>> on 100 Mb - they won't get enough parallel port-to-port transfers to
>> give significant improvements in throughput.  (And if he has hubs,
>> rather than switches, it certainly won't help.)
>>
> 
> It's a lot easier to upgrade a switch than to upgrade the wires in the
> walls. One can have a modern switch and old wiring. I'd not be so sure
> the person has "ancient" switches.

I think that sort of thing varies, and I'd be sceptical of guessing
which is most likely.  Only the OP can tell us what applies in his case.
 But I'd be surprised to find many cases where you have old wiring that
can't be replaced, good new switches that support channel bundling, and
where you have multiple old lines that can be used for bundling.

It's also worth noting that old wires can often support higher speeds.
Ethernet cables are rated for a particular speed and length - usually
110m.  Very often, you have much shorter cables than 110m, and these can
sometimes (but not always) support higher speeds than their rating might
suggest.  You might have to be careful about details, such as minimising
the length of the final segment (the bit from the socket in the wall to
the computer in the office).

Again, we know very little about the OP's setup.

> 
> The odds of encountering someone with a hub is almost nil. I remember
> when the first consumer switches hit the market and that was more than
> 20 years ago.
> 

I actually kept a couple of old hubs around for some kinds of testing -
they could be quite handy when trying to monitor the traffic of a
particular system.  (You put the hub between the device and the rest of
the network, then you can have a laptop with wireshark listening to all
the traffic.)  A managed switch set up with a mirror port does the job
too, but the hubs I had were going free!

I suspect that in older networks, you might still find a few hubs -
equipment like this rarely gets replaced unless there is a problem, and
just like old wiring, there is often old equipment still in use.

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What networked filesystem to use Harold Johanssen <noemail@please.net> - 2020-11-25 18:00 +0000
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2020-11-25 20:17 +0200
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2020-11-25 13:45 -0500
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-11-25 12:20 -0700
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-11-25 12:21 -0700
  Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-25 20:32 +0100
    Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2020-11-25 21:19 +0000
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Harold Johanssen <noemail@please.net> - 2020-11-25 20:26 +0000
    Re: What networked filesystem to use Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2020-11-25 17:21 -0500
    Re: What networked filesystem to use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-26 00:04 +0100
      Re: What networked filesystem to use Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-26 07:27 +0000
        Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2020-11-27 16:21 +0000
          Re: What networked filesystem to use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-27 20:22 +0100
      Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-26 09:22 +0100
        Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-27 22:37 -0800
          Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-28 16:22 +0100
            Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-28 12:37 -0800
              Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-29 13:26 +0100
                Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-29 10:44 -0800
                Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2020-11-29 19:33 +0000
                Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-29 13:59 -0800
                Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-29 22:02 +0100
                Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-29 14:01 -0800
                Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-29 23:39 +0100
  Re: What networked filesystem to use "Tristan B. Kildaire" <deavmi@redxen.eu> - 2021-01-18 14:04 +0200
    Re: What networked filesystem to use Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-01-18 17:57 +0000
  Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2021-01-18 18:21 +0000

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