Network Requirements

Networking has the greatest impact on AIStor Server performance. Low per-host bandwidth artificially constrains the potential performance of the storage.

MinIO recommends high speed networking to support the maximum possible throughput of the attached storage (aggregated drives, storage controllers, and PCIe busses). For best performance, use 100GbE or higher networking infrastructure.

The following table provides a general guideline for the maximum storage throughput supported by a given physical or virtual network interface. This table assumes all network infrastructure components, such as routers, switches, and physical cabling, also supports the NIC bandwidth.

If the node host can only support 25GbE of throughput, then the read/write performance of that host can never exceed that amount regardless of the number or speed of attached drives.