Netgear Insight Managed Switches
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@Dashrender said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
For $100, yeah I'd just do it. Otherwise you're looking at 2-4 (or so) 1 Gb/s teamed connections....
Exactly. I was thinking something similar also.
I don't need HA but am looking for a little more speed and more simple setup going forward. One cable vs 2-3 (tiny, tiny part of larger plan), consolidating hosts (soon), creating midday backup plan without penalizing daily workers, plus other changes I am contemplating for the future.
I do want to put the available budget to the best use to get the best value, plus a small morsel for the future too.
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@marcinozga said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
@pmoncho said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
@marcinozga said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
Gen 2 Unifi switches have SFP+, Edgeswitch Lite have SFP+ too, and Edgeswitch 16 XG has 12 SFP+ ports.
I missed the Gen 2 Unifi as I was only looking at the Edgeswitch line - I will look into those
Edgeswitch only has SFP+ on 48 Port switches. 24 port switches only have SFP unless I missed something.
At this time I don't have a specific need for that many. Although, I could figure out how to use them :winking_face:
If you want 24 port, then I think only Unifi Gen 2 has SFP+ https://switch.ui.com/gen2/
They do have just SFP+ switches, with 12 SFP+, both Edgemax and Unifi.Reviewed these. Just noticed that all Gen 2's are POE. Not that big of a deal but I don't need POE.
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@pmoncho said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
@Dashrender said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
For $100, yeah I'd just do it. Otherwise you're looking at 2-4 (or so) 1 Gb/s teamed connections....
Exactly. I was thinking something similar also.
I don't need HA but am looking for a little more speed and more simple setup going forward. One cable vs 2-3 (tiny, tiny part of larger plan), consolidating hosts (soon), creating midday backup plan without penalizing daily workers, plus other changes I am contemplating for the future.
I do want to put the available budget to the best use to get the best value, plus a small morsel for the future too.
yeah, really it does come down to more than just this single port for this server -
Do you need two connections in case one fails? Do you need two switches in the backplane in case one fails? How many other SPF+ ports do you need?
We don't know how many ports you need where.
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@Dashrender said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
@pmoncho said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
@Dashrender said in Netgear Insight Managed Switches:
For $100, yeah I'd just do it. Otherwise you're looking at 2-4 (or so) 1 Gb/s teamed connections....
Exactly. I was thinking something similar also.
I don't need HA but am looking for a little more speed and more simple setup going forward. One cable vs 2-3 (tiny, tiny part of larger plan), consolidating hosts (soon), creating midday backup plan without penalizing daily workers, plus other changes I am contemplating for the future.
I do want to put the available budget to the best use to get the best value, plus a small morsel for the future too.
yeah, really it does come down to more than just this single port for this server -
Do you need two connections in case one fails? Do you need two switches in the backplane in case one fails? How many other SPF+ ports do you need?
We don't know how many ports you need where.
I try to keep things simple but not any simpler as the phrase goes.
We are an SMB with about 30 users and about 25 external clients that use our servers.
I don't have a need for multiple connections to multiple switches. I do have two separate racks though.One two post rack that holds Patch Panels for PC's and phones, Switches for phones (on a separate network), switch for pc's/printers and main router.
Second rack has all servers (4 total), two NAS's (old and new), SSL-VPN, switch for servers (currently connected via SPF+ to pc/printer switch)
I was thinking, three SPF+ for three vMware Hosts (one is backup server) and one SPF+ over to 2nd switch for PC's and Printers.
I don't NEED SPF+ just like I don't NEED SSD's in the new server (purchasing soon) but if the extra cost is small why not spend it and be done while also keeping things a little more simple.
Extra $150 for 10Gb simplifies two or three 1Gb connection. Extra $200 for two SSD's in RAID 1 vs 6 10K SAS in RAID 10.We keep our equipment around a long time, especially servers (7 years with Dell's warranty). This, IMHO, helps me get the value out of the extra money spent.
