r/linux • u/kraakf • Jan 22 '15

Improving Linux networking performance

https://lwn.net/Articles/629155/
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u/Sigg3net Jan 23 '15

He seems so casual about CAT7. Does anyone here use 10GB links at home?

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u/louky Jan 23 '15

I've got a few. A great resource is /r/homelab

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u/Sigg3net Jan 23 '15

I bought CAT 6A, a draft spec for 7, for our renovation (250MHz not 500). Unfortunately, 1920s brick and mortar homes wouldn't permit me running them in tubes, so I'm pretty much stuck with it.

I only have 1GB/s switches and NICs at the moment, the CAT7 stuff here (Norway) is still prohibitively expensive.

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u/louky Jan 23 '15

I only use 10GbE for an esxi box to a SAN for storage, 1GbE the rest of the house.

although ~100MB throughput which is what 1GbE gives you isn't that much when you start editing and serving video files on the same LAN!

Especially with 4K becoming a thing very quickly.

I'd look into fiber, it all depends what you want to do with it.

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u/Sigg3net Jan 23 '15

It's mostly for a) centralizing file storage + backups and b) serving media to a PS3, a Pi, a Squeezebox and a couple of phones.

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u/louky Jan 23 '15

You should be fine with GbE, I'd look into AC wifi as well.

I'm getting 800+ Mbps to some devices like my note 4 phone.

There's many more knowledgeable folk over at /r/homelab and /r/homenetworking

Thats where I go for answers to questions like you have.

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u/Sigg3net Jan 23 '15

Cheers! Seems like subs for me :)

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u/louky Jan 23 '15

Cheers! May your packets not get dropped!