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Re: lan bogged down said by tomdlgns:how are the gig switches connected? they uplink to 1 switch 1 sort of master switch in each location
are they on one rack or in the same room? see below
are they stacked? no
or are they in random parts of the office? 6 in one building 4 in another building connected over fiber
how many users? 600
do your users have roaming profiles? no they use a network share
what type of network files does your office send across the network? all types media, docs, web applications etc
we need more information.
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 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | Idealy all switches would uplink to 1 switch at a speed greater than what any single client can connect at.
Are they managed switches?
If they are managed you might be able to do a link aggragation setup for the uplinks, as they're only gig the best you'd get is 8gig per uplink but that'd be better than what you have now
and that ideal setup would be all switches uplinking to one master switch (for the whole lan), though if they are stackable but just not yet stacked then the master could be a group that you then stack. |
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| That is how things are setup here in both locations 1 sort of master switch which all other switch's uplink too. So i should look into doing the link aggration for the uplinks and maybe even upgrading the master switch to 10g ? |
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | If possible yes
only issue I see there is you say each location, ie MDF and IDF, the link between MDF and IDF should if possible not be a bottleneck, which from the sound of it, it is.
I suspect the bogging you're seeing is the uplinks getting maxed not the switches themselves.
Also if possible stagger the backups, not just use non-peak but lower the number that are occuring at the same time, so that multiple backups aren't competing for bandwidth. |
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