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Home Network Upgrade Adventure.
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Having a RAID 5 file server on a gigabit network for all the computers in my house has been a dream of mine for a long time. In this video, I show you what I'm switching too and some of the issues that I ran into as I completed the upgrade.
The video is sadly dark and practically unwatchable. This does not prevent me from putting it on YouTube. The fact of the matter is that if you want to shoot good video (you know, with lighting) then you have to plan and prepare for that. It means work. It also helps to write what you're going to say instead of pointing a camera and just talking. I did not put any work into this and, well, it shows. Nonetheless, I suspect that computer geeks like me might enjoy it for what it is.
Finally, I learned something from this that's not in the video. Plugging in gigabit switches and routers doesn't give you gigabit transfer speeds out of the box. Windows, Linux and FreeNAS require substantial tweaking before you notice any improvements. This tweaking is not trivial and I'm still working on it.
Having a RAID 5 file server on a gigabit network for all the computers in my house has been a dream of mine for a long time. In this video, I show you what I'm switching too and some of the issues that I ran into as I completed the upgrade.
The video is sadly dark and practically unwatchable. This does not prevent me from putting it on YouTube. The fact of the matter is that if you want to shoot good video (you know, with lighting) then you have to plan and prepare for that. It means work. It also helps to write what you're going to say instead of pointing a camera and just talking. I did not put any work into this and, well, it shows. Nonetheless, I suspect that computer geeks like me might enjoy it for what it is.
Finally, I learned something from this that's not in the video. Plugging in gigabit switches and routers doesn't give you gigabit transfer speeds out of the box. Windows, Linux and FreeNAS require substantial tweaking before you notice any improvements. This tweaking is not trivial and I'm still working on it.
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Do you have a patch panel? I know you just finished a big project so that final shot may not show the finished product. If you don't you may want to look into it. It really helps to organize the cables.
Patch panels you say? This is intriguing. To date, my solution for connections has just been more switches. The 16 port switch I swapped out was almost full.
MythTV has always been intriguing to me. But I was a TiVo guy for years. I still have one for the kids and a crappy cable DVR for HD.
Wow, I would have thought that Gigabit was totally plug and play. That's really surprising that it's not. We've had offices at work that have had gigabit for a couple years now and I didn't think it was a big deal.