Intel NUC, Linux, Pi-Hole, and NAS – Part 9: 10 Gigabit Networking

📅 February 13, 2021
When dealing with multi-gigabyte network transfers involving NVMe and SSD, suddenly, gigabit Ethernet becomes the bottleneck. Is there any way to speed up network transfers?

Yes, there is!

The Intel NUC contains a Thunderbolt 3 port, and, through this, we can connect the NUC to a 10GbE (10 Gigabit Ethernet) network for ten times the transfer rates.

Here is an experiment that I played with that connects the NUC to a 10GbE switch over OM4 fiber optic cable for blazing fast file transfers.