Out of the box the Synology RackStation RS3617xs+ comes with 4 x 1GbE & 2 x 10GbE ports. In order to provide a higher total bandwidth for multiple 10GbE video editing workstations, LACP can be enabled to increase throughput.

Step one is to source a suitable 10GbE switch such has the D-Link DXS-1210-10TS with its included 8 10GBase-T Ports and 2 SFP+ ports.

It is also recommended to connect and configure from one of the other 4 x 1GbE Lan ports to allow connection to the NAS in the event the Bond setup fails and the unit can no longer resolve an IP address for management.

The RS3617+ ports of LAN 5 & LAN 6 need to be selected with Link Aggregation mode of IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation

Once correctly enabled the Synology will report the Bond Network Status as 20000 Mbps. With this now enabled a selection of Mac Pros, Macbook Pros with Thunderbolt 10GbE USB C adapters and Windows workstation computers can now connect over the 10GbE links with more network overhead.

With standard spinning disks configured in RAID 10 the hard drive throughput should max out before the network does.

While booting the machine on hold down the Command (⌘)+ S keys on the keyboard.
You have done this correctly if you start to see the computer boot to a black screen with white text detailing the system boot process.
Once the boot process has finished type the following:
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.opendirectoryd.plist
passwd root
Type the new root password twice once prompted. Once finished reboot the computer with:
reboot
Once the Mac has restarted you should see the option to select “Other…” as a user sign in option. Enter the username of “root” and password you created earlier

The QNAP QXG-10G1T Single-port (10Gbase-T) 10GbE network expansion card is a cost effective option to introduce 10GbE network speeds to a Windows PC. Unfortunately the provided documentation in box and on QNAP’s support site does not detail how to install the card on a Windows PC.

10GbE networks are finally starting to enter the world of reasonable prices and in a recent 10GbE ‘tetris’ build of available and compatible parts the following components talk to each other.

• The Synology E10G15-F1 High speed 10GbE SFP+ add-in-card connected to a Synology DS1817+
• The Synology E10G15-F1 supports an of SFP+ cable of the following specifications “SFP+ 10GbE Direct Attach Twinax Cables with Connectivity up to 2 Meters.”
• A touch longer than 2m but works with the QNAP SFP+ 10Gigabit Ethernet Twinaxial Direct Attach Cable 3m (CAB-DAC30M-SFPP-DEC01)