@@SpaceRexWill Most current M.2 drives should provide way better performance locally (internal or external) vs editing lets say a Final cut project over a 10Gb network.
If you look strictly at performance, adding a NAS only makes things more complicated and slower (for the same money) But you gain so much flexibility in where you work and how you work. As long as you can hit ~200MB/s on the network you can play back pretty much any 4k footage even multi cam. I do it and it means I can go between my laptop and desktop in a second.
@@SpaceRexWill I hear you. I'm definitely not saying don't use a NAS. I just prefer not to work off the NAS for speed reasons. But after the project is done long term I park my data on my NAS.
I have a 10G backbone in my house as well. All Unifi (three USW-Aggregation switches connected to the Dream Machine Pros 10G LAN port). I put 10G cards in all my PCs and Servers. Love it!
Thanks! I’m a bit confused with your network topology though, don’t really understand how it all connects together - the whole laundry / server room / office. Great if you can lay it out on a video at some point, would be great to understand how it supports your workflow/services at home:) thanks!
That’s a really solid idea. TLDR: all network cables come into the laundry room. Then there is an upload fiber cable to my server room. This way if the server goes down for whatever reason wifi stays up.
@@SpaceRexWill I too would like a better explanation of the topology of your network. I'm a fan overkill but I'm trying to understand what the new switch brings that your XG16 was not? I hear ya on 10Gb for anything in the house but how many things in your house can you run at 10Gb?
Thanks! I will say making this into a full time job is going to be very dangerous. Katie might come home one day to a 400GbE switch screaming throughout the house
I'm building a new house for me, and heavy user of plex + my photography work (local Server ds920), and want to add a cable of ethernet to each room so they can see at full res + sharing file at full speed, what switch you suggest for me mainly 6-10 room 😇
Are you going to do any more reviewing of this switch? How much has it improved your house? Can you manage it locally or do you have to connect to Ubitiqu?
I kind of want to put in 10 gigE but my wifi is only 160 Mbps and my internet is 50 Mbps. I guess I could get into having a file server and moving large videos to/from it. or running backups over it. not sure what else the use case could be. what are people doing with this tech in the home?
I wonder if Unifi imposed the same restrictions on him that they put on ServeTheHome with editorial control over the "review". This should properly be called a sponsored product piece.
Hey do you have a ups for your internet rack? If you do does it work well with your power switch unit at the bottom? I just heard your not supposed to plug in a surge protector to a ups
This switch is either forever sold out or they just don't make it anymore. Everything 10Gb is SFP which sucks because I know of no one who's got a house full of fiber.
Slightly off topic, but I’m curious if anyone else is noticing now, in these times of rocketing energy prices (at least in Europe), all this 24/7 home-lab/network stuff really adding up in electricity costs?
The company you kept referring to is called Ubiquiti. The product line is called UniFi. Just a clarification since you kept mistaking the actual name of the company who sent you a very nice and great gift and they may appreciate actual identification.
Does this switch have a webinterface for management? Asking because their website suggests that it needs some shitty app. I hate that. I have two Netgear switches without webinterface and those can only be managed through an app. Horrible.
@@SpaceRexWill yeah 100% this has been my challenge. I don't have any device that is poe AND 10g but I don't want to have to go play with my patch cables in closet for every device I plug in. They make the 2.5g poe switch, but I have 5g internet and feel that's already kind of outdated, if I buy that switch I'll be upgrading in 3 years to a 5g one. The alternative is buy poe injectors and prewire them to all ports lol
