> I can't think of anything except connecting to a _fast_ SAN that would require a 10GBE port in a laptop. An off-the-shelf consumer raid-5 nas would require m

> I can't think of anything except connecting to a _fast_ SAN that would require a 10GBE port in a laptop. An off-the-shelf consumer raid-5 nas would require more than a gigabit port (so a 10 gig port would be needed).