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    Simplest way to set up VLANs?

    I've since discovered the ASUS BRT-AC828. It's an impressively comprehensive package, albeit with a hefty price tag.
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    Simplest way to set up VLANs?

    Hi, I'm trying to work out the best way to separate a home and B&B with VLANs so that they are not a threat to each other but can both access the (PPPoE or IPoE) broadband connection. Currently there is a standard home wireless router. The home uses wireless and ethernet, and the B&B is...
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    Making sure write caching is completely disabled for Storage Spaces

    Hi all, I have a Storage Spaces pool on a server that is not currently power protected. It consists only of mechanical hard drives. I want to compare performance of write caching enabled vs disabled so I can make a decision about how much of a financial priority power protection should be. Is...
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    Viability of 10Gbe SMB Direct (RDMA) for Windows Server NAS to workstations in 2017?

    Alrighty, that's definitely a curveball. Thanks for pointing that out. That said, after doing a lot of Googling (and finding entire threads where no one knew about the write caching policy) I've been having trouble working out whether the enforced write caching policy is OS-wide, or specific to...
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    Viability of 10Gbe SMB Direct (RDMA) for Windows Server NAS to workstations in 2017?

    The build hasn't been greenlit yet, but having had several years experience with ReadyNAS I'm definitely going with a custom build (helped by the fact that I need to build a new domain controller server anyway). While ReadyNAS probably has the best feature set of the turnkey NAS systems, we've...
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    Viability of 10Gbe SMB Direct (RDMA) for Windows Server NAS to workstations in 2017?

    Thanks for that. That's some pretty nifty info. I definitely intend to use SSDs for hot storage on the NAS, and the non-routable network might be fun to experiment with. I think my mindset in the original post was based on earlier version of Premiere Pro, where even people on 10Gbe networks...
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    Viability of 10Gbe SMB Direct (RDMA) for Windows Server NAS to workstations in 2017?

    Looks like RDMA support for Windows 10 is/will be a thing, but will require upgrading to Windows 10 Pro for Workstations: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/microsoft-releases-high-end-version-of-windows-10-pro-470632 So that's promising, but also a whole lot of extra expense on top of the specific...
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    Viability of 10Gbe SMB Direct (RDMA) for Windows Server NAS to workstations in 2017?

    I think I get what you're saying. However, the workflow of a Premiere Pro project benefits greatly from increased drive performance, as opposed to the simple streaming of video I think you're referring to. That said, you raise a fair point about whether bandwidth would be the limiting factor...
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    Viability of 10Gbe SMB Direct (RDMA) for Windows Server NAS to workstations in 2017?

    Hi, Got a bit of an advanced question here, but I found another thread on this site that makes me hopeful I can learn some useful stuff. Background: Our video production business is growing rapidly and in desperate need of a NAS upgrade. In addition to running out of disk space, 1Gbps (albeit...
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