--- title: 10GbE networking is a trap, unless you're using it for... description: 10GbE networking for home NAS setups is largely overkill because spinning hard drives max out around 2.5GbE speeds, meaning the network link is never the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 10GbE networking is a trap, unless you're using it for this one thing | daily.dev og:description: 10GbE networking for home NAS setups is largely overkill because spinning hard drives max out around 2.5GbE speeds, meaning the network link is never the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/c8JB5UOPh.png og:image:alt: 10GbE networking is a trap, unless you're using it for this one thing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 10GbE networking is a trap, unless you're using it for this one thing **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary 10GbE networking for home NAS setups is largely overkill because spinning hard drives max out around 2.5GbE speeds, meaning the network link is never the bottleneck. The only scenario where 10GbE genuinely pays off is editing high-bitrate or uncompressed video directly off a NAS backed by flash storage, and only when every link in the chain — NIC, switch, cabling, and client — supports 10GbE. For most home users, 2.5GbE is the practical sweet spot that removes real bottlenecks at a fraction of the cost. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@cjbaccus** · 0 upvotes > I do have some VM ISO images that I load from the NAS on 10G, and that seems to work pretty well, but I do also have NVMe drives for caching on the NAS...so it helps. But I agree...most of the useful stuff is 2.5Gb and only my direct workloads like video get the 10Gb network. Still it is nice when it is setup correctly, going from the NVMe on the NAS to a new machine with NVMe....it screams! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I thought my NAS drives were the bottleneck, but 2.5GbE networking proved me wrong](https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-my-nas-drives-were-the-bottleneck-but-2-5gbe-networking-proved-me-wrong-tsueyvktp) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I thought a 10GbE home networking upgrade was overkill, but it's the best upgrade I ever made](https://daily.dev/posts/i-thought-a-10gbe-home-networking-upgrade-was-overkill-but-it-s-the-best-upgrade-i-ever-made-pi54dwgfh) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I put a 10GbE managed switch in my home, and here's what actually got faster](https://daily.dev/posts/i-put-a-10gbe-managed-switch-in-my-home-and-here-s-what-actually-got-faster-ftfunrcw2) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I connected my NAS directly to my PC with 10 gigabit Ethernet, and skipped upgrading the rest of my network](https://daily.dev/posts/i-connected-my-nas-directly-to-my-pc-with-10-gigabit-ethernet-and-skipped-upgrading-the-rest-of-my--qcevsg5ow) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your cheap unmanaged switch might be the bottleneck you forgot existed](https://daily.dev/posts/your-cheap-unmanaged-switch-might-be-the-bottleneck-you-forgot-existed-z4htwy5kt) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#storage](https://daily.dev/tags/storage), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#homelab](https://daily.dev/tags/homelab) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"10GbE networking is a trap, unless you're using it for this one thing","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph"},"datePublished":"2026-06-09T14:03:56.783Z","dateModified":"2026-06-09T14:04:19.869Z","description":"10GbE networking for home NAS setups is largely overkill because spinning hard drives max out around 2.5GbE speeds, meaning the network link is never the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ed0f4f6649ed0b003bead16d2f214e1c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ed0f4f6649ed0b003bead16d2f214e1c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"XDA Developers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"XDA Developers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--kCg6yyAP--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964407/logos/xda-developers?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"storage,networking,homelab","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"XDA Developers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"10GbE networking is a trap, unless you're using it for this one thing"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/10gbe-networking-is-a-trap-unless-you-re-using-it-for-this-one-thing-c8jb5uoph","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I do have some VM ISO images that I load from the NAS on 10G, and that seems to work pretty well, but I do also have NVMe drives for caching on the NAS…so it helps. 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