10GB Port Required?

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Hey;

Buying a NAS drive, not sure if NAS drive with 10 GB port is required.

Max Usage:
4 htpc playing 4k movie from nas drive and 1 pc doing c drive back up.

There should be no stuttering/lags on the 4k stream.

Any articles or experience that can shed some light?

Thanks;

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[mv2devnull]

A quick websearch hints that 25Mbps second should suffice for one 4k stream, which means that the four TV's should be happy with just 100Mbps.

 

[mnewsham]

4k streams should be anywhere from 30-100mbps. I think 4k UHD bluray uncompressed can peak around 140mbps, but that's not constant bitrate.

10G shouldn't be needed unless you're doing ~8+ streams of very high bitrate 4k.

Netflix 4k is only around 15-25mbps. So it really just depends what quality 4k we're talking about. At netflix bitrates you could have 30+ 4k streams going and have room left with a 1gbps link.

 

[ch33zw1z]

You more likely to hit problems with the NAS disk controller or drives. Don't cheap out on these items.

 

[VirtualLarry]

That all being said, how long before consumer NAS units sport a 2.5/5.0Gbit/sec LAN connection? I'm looking forward to those.

 

[Genx87]

Consumer? Once 10Gbe switching comes down to consumer level pricing. With more reliance on streaming the demand just isn't there.

 

[sdifox]

That all being said, how long before consumer NAS units sport a 2.5/5.0Gbit/sec LAN connection? I'm looking forward to those.

don't hold your breath, just go FC. Plenty of cheap used FC to be had