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How does this work, exactly?
I haven't done it before. I was thinking of buying a consumer "Smart Switch", maybe a D-Link, maybe a Zyzel rack-sized. The D-link is 8 GbE ports for $40, the Zyzel is 24 GbE + 2x SFP GbE for $120.
Anyways, I think that my two main NAS units (TS-431 and TS-451), both have dual GbE jacks, and can be configured for teaming or a LAGG group.
Does the configuration happen,
1) On the device, and the device informs the switch what it wants, or
2) On the switch, or
3) Have to configure a "LAGG group" of those ports on the switch, AND configure LAGG on the device.
Which is the usual arrangement?
Edit: This all came about, because I was researching the new QNAP NAS units, the "affordable 10GbE", namely, the TVS-951X units, for $700, plus needing a 10GbE switch, 8 ports for a minimum of $600, then $300 for a 32GB DDR4 RAM upgrade for the NAS, then a mobo upgrade to a X470 Taichi Ultimate with Aquantia 10GbE built-in, and then some 10GbE Asus cards for the rest of my desktops ($100 a pop). Basically looking at dropping $3K on a 10GbE upgrade.
When I realized, I could probably just get some managed switches, and drop in some LAGG groups, to both my NAS units, and between my two main switches, and get a 2Gbit/sec upgrade for minimal cost. ($120 x2 for switches, $7-12 ea. for a bunch of 25' CAT6 cables, maybe another power strip for the extra power brick(s).)
I haven't done it before. I was thinking of buying a consumer "Smart Switch", maybe a D-Link, maybe a Zyzel rack-sized. The D-link is 8 GbE ports for $40, the Zyzel is 24 GbE + 2x SFP GbE for $120.
Anyways, I think that my two main NAS units (TS-431 and TS-451), both have dual GbE jacks, and can be configured for teaming or a LAGG group.
Does the configuration happen,
1) On the device, and the device informs the switch what it wants, or
2) On the switch, or
3) Have to configure a "LAGG group" of those ports on the switch, AND configure LAGG on the device.
Which is the usual arrangement?
Edit: This all came about, because I was researching the new QNAP NAS units, the "affordable 10GbE", namely, the TVS-951X units, for $700, plus needing a 10GbE switch, 8 ports for a minimum of $600, then $300 for a 32GB DDR4 RAM upgrade for the NAS, then a mobo upgrade to a X470 Taichi Ultimate with Aquantia 10GbE built-in, and then some 10GbE Asus cards for the rest of my desktops ($100 a pop). Basically looking at dropping $3K on a 10GbE upgrade.
When I realized, I could probably just get some managed switches, and drop in some LAGG groups, to both my NAS units, and between my two main switches, and get a 2Gbit/sec upgrade for minimal cost. ($120 x2 for switches, $7-12 ea. for a bunch of 25' CAT6 cables, maybe another power strip for the extra power brick(s).)