Do 2 Lan Port mean Faster Backups?

[TheBear]

I have a home network. One router. One unmanaged switch. Gigabit Ethernet. Window 10 PCs

If I buy a NAS with 2 gigabit ethernet ports, can the 2 port to used to increase the speed of a backup from one of the PCs on the network (win 10 Intel Core i7 6 cores) to the NAS?

 

[degrub]

No. it is used to increase the bandwidth for multiple PCs accessing the NAS at one time.

 

[sfx2000]

No. it is used to increase the bandwidth for multiple PCs accessing the NAS at one time.

Yep - this is how LAG works...

Think of it like being in the line at the local store - more lines, more bandwidth, but each session at the register takes the same amount of time...

 

[msheffer]

Install a dual NIC in the PC and team them. You may get an increase depending upon what else is transferring to and from the NAS.

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[bernard038]

Quote from a dubious website, known for its fake-news stories :

Unmanaged switches may be susceptible to loops (no Spanning Tree support), have no broadcast control (no VLAN support), and lack support for features such as Quality of Service (QoS) and Link Aggregation or Trunking.

See the article here: https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-howto/30556-how-to-set-up-switch-link-aggregation

 

[slidermike]

I always liked the highway & car analogy.
It the interface is the highway and packets are the cars.
Adding more highway lanes doesn't make the cars go any faster, just more cars can go at the same time.