Hi - no matter how much of a novice any of you think you are in your humble prefaces... EVERYONE here appears to know so much more than I do about this subject that I'm bound to say stupid things - and I apologize.
I want to purchase one of these Quanta LB6M switches ... to be used virtually as a standalone unit. Here's my goal:
FreeNAS server ConnectX-3 - 40GbE - -- 4 cables to the Quanta LB6M (LACP)
iMac-PCIE (TB2 to PCI-e) to Dual SFP+ -- 2 cables to the Quanta LB6M (LACP)
Mac Pro PCIE to Dual SFP+ -- 2 cables to the Quanta LB6M (LACP)
Connect their internet / wifi by using an SFP --> RJ-45 Transceiver ...
Another Gig-E Laptop requiring a second SFP -- RJ-45 Transceiver
This is a video editing environment and this seems the best way to get a bunch of machines which don't have a uniform protocol available for the devices to both have high speed access to a fault tolerant repository of videos - have access to the internet, share things between them, backup at the speed of their local drive instead of the speed of the wire (125Mb/s) ... or requiring the use of proxy-media like an SSD to transfer back and forth to to share content.
I've explained that it's important that two people not READ from the FreeNAS simultaneously as the HSA can't be in two places simultaneously. I can schedule all (and only) those folders which "matter" to TimeMachine at staggered hours, avoiding a conflict of resources (we're not striping the volume yet).
CAN this device be used as a standalone device to perform the above tasks?
Is this putting a round object in a square hole?
Aside from LAG / LACP ... does this look like a highly difficult project for a TRUE novice (maybe even un-talented for the subject) to follow "recipes" to get the setup working?
I want to purchase one of these Quanta LB6M switches ... to be used virtually as a standalone unit. Here's my goal:
FreeNAS server ConnectX-3 - 40GbE - -- 4 cables to the Quanta LB6M (LACP)
iMac-PCIE (TB2 to PCI-e) to Dual SFP+ -- 2 cables to the Quanta LB6M (LACP)
Mac Pro PCIE to Dual SFP+ -- 2 cables to the Quanta LB6M (LACP)
Connect their internet / wifi by using an SFP --> RJ-45 Transceiver ...
Another Gig-E Laptop requiring a second SFP -- RJ-45 Transceiver
This is a video editing environment and this seems the best way to get a bunch of machines which don't have a uniform protocol available for the devices to both have high speed access to a fault tolerant repository of videos - have access to the internet, share things between them, backup at the speed of their local drive instead of the speed of the wire (125Mb/s) ... or requiring the use of proxy-media like an SSD to transfer back and forth to to share content.
I've explained that it's important that two people not READ from the FreeNAS simultaneously as the HSA can't be in two places simultaneously. I can schedule all (and only) those folders which "matter" to TimeMachine at staggered hours, avoiding a conflict of resources (we're not striping the volume yet).
CAN this device be used as a standalone device to perform the above tasks?
Is this putting a round object in a square hole?
Aside from LAG / LACP ... does this look like a highly difficult project for a TRUE novice (maybe even un-talented for the subject) to follow "recipes" to get the setup working?