The Computer Audiophile Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Has anyone connected to a QNAP HAs via Thunderbolt? I'm interested in doing this, but I have reservations because it looks like this is just another network connection using IP over Thunderbolt rather than connecting to an external hard drive. Anyone done this or know more specifics? Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
seeteeyou Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 TVS-882T: Thunderbolt networking is broken on Windows 10 Pro 1903 https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=150261 Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet not working after windows 1809 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/63626/thunderbolt-3-ethernet-not-working-after-windows-1.html Thunderbolt Networking is Broken in Later Versions of Windows 10 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/thunderbolt-networking-is-broken-in-later-versions/3eb526ad-703b-4f04-84e3-a0a24529d921 I wouldn't even bother with any of that, maybe you could consider stuff like RDMA (SMB Direct) over Infiniband but you're gonna need Mellanox hardware on both ends http://jplay.eu/forum/index.php?/topic/3634-wireless-access-point-vs-router/#entry52902 It's definitely running SMB/CIFS over Thunderbolt 3 so that's gotta be TCP/IP then https://www.qnap.com/solution/thunderbolt3-nas/en-us/ Of course your motherboard must have built-in Thunderbolt 3 to boot, or at the very least it's coming with the necessary header In the end it's still limited to PCIe x4 so that might / might not be ideal IMHO, depending on what kinda performance we're expecting in the first place. The Computer Audiophile 1 Link to comment
The Computer Audiophile Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Thanks for the post. I had dreams of my QNAP working just like an external hard drive that was super configurable. Bummer. Founder of Audiophile Style | My Audio Systems Link to comment
littlefooch Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I saw the following links in this thread: Thunderbolt 3 Ethernet not working after windows 1809 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/63626/thunderbolt-3-ethernet-not-working-after-windows-1.html Thunderbolt Networking is Broken in Later Versions of Windows 10 https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/thunderbolt-networking-is-broken-in-later-versions/3eb526ad-703b-4f04-84e3-a0a24529d921 I provided some reply in these threads to report I also found, at that time, evidence for thunderbolt networking 'broken' In the interim, as the Win10 releases have matured, and in particular in the Insider releases, W10 does provide support for thunderbolt networking. This can mean a lot of different things. What I'm testing in particular is the ability to use existing Win10 capability to bridge two ethernet adapters (one or two of which can be Thunderbolt Networking adapters). This is becoming increasing more stable as the W10 releases mature. If interested, see the circa 2014 Intel White paper, which stepwise shows how to create a 'thunderbolt LAN' using bridging and routing techniques. Perhaps this is helpful to someone here. LF Link to comment
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