COLO Switching & Power
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For those of you that have workloads in a COLO facility, what are you all using for network switching? Ideally, I'd like to upgrade a network switch I have to a new switch with dual power supplies. (1 power supply goes to PDU 1 in the rack and the other goes to PDU2 in the rack) Any product recommendations for a 24 or 48 port managed switch with dual power supplies?
What products/solutions are you using for single corded equipment for power redundancy? An automatic transfer switch of some sort?
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@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
For those of you that have workloads in a COLO facility, what are you all using for network switching? Ideally, I'd like to upgrade a network switch I have to a new switch with dual power supplies. (1 power supply goes to PDU 1 in the rack and the other goes to PDU2 in the rack) Any product recommendations for a 24 or 48 port managed switch with dual power supplies?
What products/solutions are you using for single corded equipment for power redundancy? An automatic transfer switch of some sort?
My current workplace uses Juniper EX series switches, they've been rock solid. Previous jobs have used lots of HP switches. I'd probably stick with the Juniper EX series of switches for a COLO as they have many fewer failures.
HP always does a good job with the replacements under warranty, but you don't want to be dealing with that with COLO equipment!
Not all of them are going to have the dual power supplies, so double check the specific model. Juniper sells a lot of new switches that have the option for a 2nd power supply, but only include a single PSU. See: https://www.cdw.com/product/juniper-networks-ex-series-ex4300-48p-switch-48-ports-managed-rack/3122418
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@travisdh1 Thanks for that info. I've used HP switching before, but that was probably 15 years ago. I know Juniper is fantastic, and so is the price tag.
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@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
For those of you that have workloads in a COLO facility, what are you all using for network switching? Ideally, I'd like to upgrade a network switch I have to a new switch with dual power supplies. (1 power supply goes to PDU 1 in the rack and the other goes to PDU2 in the rack) Any product recommendations for a 24 or 48 port managed switch with dual power supplies?
What products/solutions are you using for single corded equipment for power redundancy? An automatic transfer switch of some sort?
We used to use Ubiquiti EdgeSwitches in CoLo. Now we use their Unifi switches.
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@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
@travisdh1 Thanks for that info. I've used HP switching before, but that was probably 15 years ago. I know Juniper is fantastic, and so is the price tag.
If my environment was really big, I might choose Juniper, for sure. For small, both our full CoLo deployments and our "might as well be colo" scenarios, we've found the Unifi system just gives us the visibility that we need.
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How many switches do you anticipate needing in the colo?
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@scottalanmiller said in COLO Switching & Power:
@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
For those of you that have workloads in a COLO facility, what are you all using for network switching? Ideally, I'd like to upgrade a network switch I have to a new switch with dual power supplies. (1 power supply goes to PDU 1 in the rack and the other goes to PDU2 in the rack) Any product recommendations for a 24 or 48 port managed switch with dual power supplies?
What products/solutions are you using for single corded equipment for power redundancy? An automatic transfer switch of some sort?
We used to use Ubiquiti EdgeSwitches in CoLo. Now we use their Unifi switches.
That's exactly what I use (Edgemax). But they are aging, and I'm starting to look for replacements.
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@scottalanmiller said in COLO Switching & Power:
@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
@travisdh1 Thanks for that info. I've used HP switching before, but that was probably 15 years ago. I know Juniper is fantastic, and so is the price tag.
If my environment was really big, I might choose Juniper, for sure. For small, both our full CoLo deployments and our "might as well be colo" scenarios, we've found the Unifi system just gives us the visibility that we need.
I always thought of Unifi as "local small office" equipment. I even have Unifi in my local office. I've not even considered it in the past for full CoLo.
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@scottalanmiller said in COLO Switching & Power:
How many switches do you anticipate needing in the colo?
I'm just looking 2 replace 2 at this point.
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@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
@scottalanmiller said in COLO Switching & Power:
@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
@travisdh1 Thanks for that info. I've used HP switching before, but that was probably 15 years ago. I know Juniper is fantastic, and so is the price tag.
If my environment was really big, I might choose Juniper, for sure. For small, both our full CoLo deployments and our "might as well be colo" scenarios, we've found the Unifi system just gives us the visibility that we need.
I always thought of Unifi as "local small office" equipment. I even have Unifi in my local office. I've not even considered it in the past for full CoLo.
Their primary design is for ISP datacenters
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@AdamF said in COLO Switching & Power:
@scottalanmiller said in COLO Switching & Power:
How many switches do you anticipate needing in the colo?
I'm just looking 2 replace 2 at this point.
LOL, so it IS a small office switch anyway. You should be thinking of it the same way we think of a 15 person veterinary office at that size.
