When do I actually need 10GbE?

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When gigabit feels slow: transferring large video files to a NAS (10GB file takes 80 seconds on 1GbE vs 8 seconds on 10GbE), VM migrations between servers, 4K video editing from network storage, or Time Machine backups of large drives. If you mainly browse the web and stream video, 1GbE is plenty.

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