Re: More than one 1G nic, more than one unmanaged switch?

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Boe wrote:

Do you need to see my taxes? Clearly you have no interest in answering this question. If your questions actually were leading to a solution I would continue with this but clearly you are the helpful sort.

I can see now that I've been wasting my time. Have it your way.

"CJT" <abujlehc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43D27924.8040607@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Boe wrote:


I thought YES answered the question. What was the question I didn't answer? 

whether the one NIC is saturated -- the size of the files being
transferred is irrelevant to that question

What fraction of 1000 Mbps is it currently delivering?

A typical PC can't even keep _one_ gigabit NIC busy.  So let's first
establish that yours can.  What sort of bus are we talking about here?


"CJT" <abujlehc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43D1AAAD.8000106@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Boe wrote:


Yes, the clients are frequently transferring files of 500MB or larger simultaneously.


you didn't answer the question



"CJT" <abujlehc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:43D12F87.30006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Boe wrote:




I'm not familiar with using more than one NIC. I have two netgear unmanaged gigabit switches that connect via a single crossover cable. Would I be better off putting all of my heaviest users (transferring the largest files all with gigabit nics on their systems) on one switch and putting both of the server nic connections (where all the traffic is coming and going to) on a single switch or should I put half on one switch and half on another switch (heavy users) and put one nic connection from the server on each swtich? (we don't have funds to replace the switches so that will not be part of the equation)

Also since I am a newbie can you give me details on anything I would need to do on the server once I implement whatever solution is better. The only server connection plugged in right now is one nic at 10.10.10.10. I'm not sure what I'll need to do with the second nic or any loadbalancing things I will or won't need to do.

Thanks! 

Is the one NIC anywhere near saturated?

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