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Tiomat
Sep 30, 2015Follower
Good budget 10G Base-T Switch
HI All,
Pardon any network terminology faux pas, I know the basics but 10G is a new experience for me. For a new project we are doing at work we are needing a computing rack, with quite steep bandwidth needs. Specifically we have 2 servers which are going to be communicating over 10G (http://www.startech.com/uk/Networking-IO/Adapter-Cards/10gb-pcie-nic~ST10000SPEX) as well as around 3 other devices on the network. What I would like is a nice, cheap smart (or managed) switch that provides at least 2 10G Base-T ports, possibly +1 for an uplink and a few gigabit ports.
I had originally been looking at the 5300-28G as that seems to provide everything we need and then some, but the budget is a bit steep since we are unlikely to utilise it fully. I then spotted the S3300, which is significantly cheaper but also seems to provide what we need as well. Is there anything I have missed that would make the S3300 not a viable alternative?
From what I have read in the documentation, they tend to talk about the use of the 10G lines as uplinks, but I assume that there is no reason why they cannot be used as the primary connection for 2 of the servers rather than as uplink lines?
Thanks,
Tiomat
tl;dr
Need 2 10G Base-T ports to be used by 2 servers for communication.
Need 4 gigabit ports.
Price sensitive.
Is the S3300 ok?
1 Reply
- JohnRoNETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi Tiomat,
I see you are looking for a 10G base-T switch, I did some research on price range and saw that the cheapest one you can get is the S3300-28X. It has a total of 4 dedicated 10G ports, 2 are copper and 2 are fiber (you may need to buy additonal modules for the SFP ports). For more details please click here.
I hope that the information can help you decide, if you have more questions we'll be happy to assist.
Thanks,
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