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On 7/1/2025 12:02 AM, Don Y wrote:
> On 6/30/2025 8:47 PM, bitrex wrote:
>> A WiFi 6 router on the 5 GHz band tops out at around 500-700 something 
>> MBps in real world conditions. But I don't really have any 
>> applications for that kind of download speed, either.
> 
> When I upgrade media, I lament not having 10Gb interfaces on my
> machines.  It takes a long time to transfer two 4T drives onto
> an 8T drive.  Even with multiple interfaces.  Repeat for a few
> dozen 8T drives and you see a lot of time "wasted".
> 
> But, it's something you can just tell the machine to do and walk
> away.  People are foolish buying performance when elapsed time
> isn't a true constraint.


Ya, for local networking between the lab PC, multimedia/AV editing PC, 
and backup/file server they're on gigabit Ethernet. I'm thinking about 
retiring the AV desktop which is currently in a hefty old-fashioned 
tower case and getting a Mac Mini with the 10 gigabit Ethernet option, 
and then just plug a 10 gigabit card into the server.

What's the point of having bulk storage on the AV machine anyway the 
projects drive and backup drive(s) with parity can just live in there, 
at 10 gigabit the audio and video files might as well be local for the 
relatively simple stuff I do.