@kumakell
For the record, FS doesn't just "seem" like a good store, they are pretty much THE store for fiberoptic networking. They make EVERYTHING for fiber, and they're just about the go-to for third-party transceivers for the entire market. Their switches are used in enterprise as well, just at a much lower volume than their optics and accessories.
@Bytional
40G is a bit awkward right now, homelab users mostly not there yet but enterprise users are upgrading from it to 100G already.
@TrTai
As a network engineer.... Just use the switch. The point to point to bridge is possible but it brings nothing but pain.
@cjchico
I use this switch for vSAN, breaking out to 2x 25GbE per each Dell server. Works great and haven't had any issues yet. RouterOS is very odd and definitely takes some getting used to.
@TheRealClutch1010
I now have a way to describe my hobbies, crippling inability to be content with what I have.
@ajhieb
I had a similar upgrade path, where I started with 3 servers connected via 3 dual port ConnectX-3 cards, but wanted to connect to some other stuff, so I found a Mellanox SX-6036 40Gbe switch on eBay for about $150 and I've been thrilled with that thing. It's not "sit next to it" quiet, but it's not even close to being the loudest thing in my rack. If you're not averse to used equipment, it's a great option.
@TDCIYB77
iSCSI should be the best option to improve speed for editing. And supported by both TrueNAS and Windows.
@torgrimt
looking forward to your review of the threadripper in a week ;)
@iroesstrongarm
That "oh god" from you wife definitely had undertones of her full awareness that too much money was spent. 😂
@CassegrainSweden
This must fall under the category: do I need it, hell no, do I want it, hell yeah 😂
@MM-vl8ic
I've been using the ConnectX-3 40/56Gbs for 5 plus years with a Mellanox SX6036G ("G" = Ethernet)..... I found when testing, it's best to use 100G+ ram disc on each machine to eliminate storage device issues..... also being a bit retro... Asus X99 workstation MBs with Xeon e5-1660/1680 v3 over clocked 4.2Ghz with 2666 ECC ram 40 PCIe lanes or more with the PLX switch chip, other MBs are Supermicro X10 series... Remember those Enterprise cars need air flow.... I use retro desktop cases with a side fan to cool NICs, Raid/HBA cards and NVMe drives....
@RandomTechWZ
10gb networking seems to be the sweet spot for home labs and your wife sounds exactly like mine when I tell her changes I made to my home lab lol.
@chaosfenix
I love this video. Yes I know there isn't a ton of use for it now but I think there really could be if it was more common. I would love to see some sort of direct video output over the network solution. HDMI 2.1 is only 48Gbps and Displayport maxes out at 80Gbps. Currently remote video is handled by encoding the video signal with something like h.264, sending it on the network, and then decoding the video before presenting the picture on your display. I would love for there to be an option where we could skip those encoding/decoding steps as those add extra latency and can introduce compression artifacts, and instead just send the entire video stream on the network with some overhead left over for USB peripherals. Again, I know this is a stupid upgrade now, but I would love to see this tech better utilized in the future. We have been stuck on 1Gbps for so long that it limitation itself has impacted what we can do with the bandwidth.
@AndrewWells527
9:30 I'm disappointed that the next cut after "that would be stupid, right?" wasn't with those PC parts on the table. Current tech really isn't designed for single transfer speeds at that level. That switch was probably designed to be at the core layer of a network. Still fun to play with though.
@NeilHyndman
Amazing video! I enjoyed watching it and I learned a LOT! Thank you!
@juniornunes
the "see i fixed the saggy servers!!!" gesture was great lol
@Heathfx5
threadripper is the way. SMB multipath scales really well. I get 2GBps with 2 10gig connections to my threadripper machine. and that is without a LAGG, SMB multipath is smart enough to figure out that your machine has 2 IPs and 2 connections to the same network and it balances the traffic accordingly. support in samba is experimental, support in windows server is production-ready. the value of HW offloading on a good NIC cannot be understated. get yourself an intel x550 or x710 at least. aquantia is good too, the first iMac's with 10gb used them and they were the first time I was able to hit wirespeed with SMB several years ago.
@jeremybarber2837
Good stuff right here. Greatly appreciate the ride along as you learn.
@XSpiritvSX
By far the funniest Homelab channel on YT. Never change my Texan neighbor.
@JeffGeerling