colecrowder
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Hi,
I own a small business for digitizing media such as photos, videos, film, etc. We have about 30 desktop PCs constantly ingesting media files to various NAS servers (Synology 409+, 1511+, 2411+). Our office has grown over the years and we've expanded our space. To grow our network, what started as a router and a couple 4-port switches has become about 10-12 switches (4-port and 8-port) daisy-chained around the 2,000 square foot office. They are all gigabit, including the router. We've noticed that when sending large files between systems that are far apart on the 'tree' of switches it causes some serious network lag. Since we usually are capturing media from each system directly to an NAS on the same switch, this normally is not an issue.
But, I'm wondering what the more seasoned pros around here might recommend. From my reading it seems I should have only a handful of 12-port switches, or even one 30-port switch and buy long cables and run them individually to each system. That's a hell of a lot of cable for our setup, so I'm hoping there's something simpler that will resolve the issue of sending large files between systems on different switches without the lag.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you all for your great information on this site. I've relied on it heavily.
Jesse
I own a small business for digitizing media such as photos, videos, film, etc. We have about 30 desktop PCs constantly ingesting media files to various NAS servers (Synology 409+, 1511+, 2411+). Our office has grown over the years and we've expanded our space. To grow our network, what started as a router and a couple 4-port switches has become about 10-12 switches (4-port and 8-port) daisy-chained around the 2,000 square foot office. They are all gigabit, including the router. We've noticed that when sending large files between systems that are far apart on the 'tree' of switches it causes some serious network lag. Since we usually are capturing media from each system directly to an NAS on the same switch, this normally is not an issue.
But, I'm wondering what the more seasoned pros around here might recommend. From my reading it seems I should have only a handful of 12-port switches, or even one 30-port switch and buy long cables and run them individually to each system. That's a hell of a lot of cable for our setup, so I'm hoping there's something simpler that will resolve the issue of sending large files between systems on different switches without the lag.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thank you all for your great information on this site. I've relied on it heavily.
Jesse
