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    1 Server 3 Switches, MAXIMUM Bandwidth

    I actually love that idea, but my budget will probably even cut that off at the pass. I should be able to get away with spending around $800 and getting the hardware I require with my plan in the OP. I will take your advice and do a proof of concept first, but an engineer acquaintance of mine...
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    1 Server 3 Switches, MAXIMUM Bandwidth

    This thread branches from this one: Connect FC to Existing Ethernet LAN I now have 3x 48-Port managed switches and 1x PE2900 Server I want to feed the 3 switches form one server, but maintain the MAXIMUM bandwidth possible for all clients connected to any switch. I cannot afford FCoE so I...
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    Connect FC to Existing Ethernet LAN

    Well I am running 15k SAS in RAID 6, I'm thinking the array should be able to keep up. I'm running with 16GB RAM, but plan on increasing that. In openfiler I get two load balancing options, alb and tlb. I'm thinking that since I need primarily speed for reading that I should use tlb. Another...
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    Connect FC to Existing Ethernet LAN

    That shouldn't inhibit my load balancing though should it? If I have 2 nics feeding into the switch, each at 1Gbps the rest of the clients pulling off the switch should, ideally, be able to pull 2Gbps total from the server? I know I'll have to upgrade hardware eventually, but if I can double...
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    Connect FC to Existing Ethernet LAN

    Okay so would you think my next best option is to use interface bonding with my openfiler system? I've read that it is supported. That should increase the "width of the stream" right? My biggest issue is that I need a wider "stream" for data since my client capacity has gone up. Thanks
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    Connect FC to Existing Ethernet LAN

    So basically, unless my budget allows it, which it probably wont, I'm stuck with needing a DAS server to convert the FC share to and ethernet share, which keeps the same bottleneck I was trying to eliminate :( One question though, why purpose do the SFP ports on the switch serve then? Just to...
  7. cdusseau

    Connect FC to Existing Ethernet LAN

    I posted this in switches because my primary question regards the capability of switch vs what I would like to setup. I've attached simple map of my setup. The only real component missing is the connection that the switch would provide from the OpenFiler box to the existing ethernet LAN via...
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