Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
Since everything is on your LAN, there is no routing involved. If the RAID and your computer are both connected to the same switch, then nothing goes through the router because there is nothing being routed.
OK - but ...
If I, say, map the drive on my RAID to my desktop, I talk to it using, what? ... TCP/IP? The RAID has a static IP, but how does the switch know where to send the data? Does it "ask" and see who responds, and then set up a virtual connection or what? If it's something like that, then, sure, I don't need a router. What if it's a DHCP-assigned IP?
I confess, the actual detailed nuts-and-bolts of just what's going on down there is a little vague to me.
Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
Note that 1 Gb/s is about 125 MB/s. This is the theoretical max - it's unlikely that a consumer grade switch will yield such a speed.
Oh, I know. And I'm undoubtedly not getting 12.5 MBS out of the current setup.
But a ~10X increase would be most welcome.