Switch with separate installation for SFP / SFP+

.... My work computer has a 10 GbE card and is connected directly to the core switch because I work almost exclusively with data on the NAS. But everyone does it according to their own taste

"a bit" OT. But a NAS is a NAS is a NAS and not a server. I can't emphasize this enough! Too often a false impression is created by good marketing from NAS manufacturers. : But if data is stored directly on the NAS, it is hopefully connected as an iSCSI target for better performance? And regularly backing up data? As already said: A NAS is a NAS is a NAS and not a server. You don't want to have to "call" Taiwan and have an English-speaking Synology employee try to access your NAS via Telnet because the FlashProm has failed and the HDDs can no longer be mounted (not even in an identical NAS because of some "nonsense" - right? Or a similarly stupid situation. Just imagine something like that.

Hopefully the NAS is not the bottleneck then...

No.

"A bit" off-topic. But a NAS is a NAS is a NAS and not a server. I can’t say that enough! Too often a false impression is created by good marketing from NAS manufacturers. : But if data is stored directly on the NAS, it is hopefully connected as an iSCSI target for better performance? And regularly backing up data? As already said: a NAS is a NAS is a NAS and not a server. You don’t want to have to "call" Taiwan and try to get an English-speaking Synology employee on the phone to access your NAS via Telnet because the FlashProm crashed and the HDDs can no longer be mounted (not even in an identical NAS due to some "nonsense" – right? Or a similarly stupid situation. Just think of something like that

I don’t understand the approach or the problem right now, did I say anything about a server? I only have one system drive in the PC and the rest is on the NAS, whose drives work in RAID 5 and are mapped as a network drive. Backup is done automatically to a second NAS in another part of the house, where speed doesn’t really matter to me. Just in case anyone asks: of course I don’t reach the theoretical 1250 MB/s over 10 GbE, but definitely much more than what would be possible with 1 GbE.

Hi, the situation is now clear. You do (automated and verified?) backups. Then everything is fine. Unfortunately, many trust a RAID in the NAS and do not make a separate data backup. It is RAID ... :-( (they do not know what that means)

Even some bosses and/or technical staff in smaller companies think that way. Since I often see this in practice, I just wanted to share my comments

Example from the last few months: Old Netgear NAS (>10 years!) with "only" SMB1 as a server in a company. External HDD connected, but no backup of the last 3-4 years to be seen on it. Company with more than 20 employees!

However teils important data in the data center (cloud) of the software provider (SAAS). I call that a fully developed "backup concept"

You are better equipped privately

That RAID is not a backup is stated on almost every page dealing with the subject. I had a very painful data loss years ago, and I learned from it. Important or occasionally "used externally" data is also stored on OneDrive. The mobile Office integration is simply great.