S3300 ring or fully meshed stacking

[kbbrf]

Is there any advantage in fully meshing a stack of 4 S3300s?
Let's name the 4 switches A, B, C and D. In a fully meshed config, each switch has 3 direct neighbors. What will be the bandwidth between A and B? Only 10Gb (direct path A-B) or 30 Gb (direct path A-B and indirect paths A-C-B and A-D-B)?

[JohnC_V]

@kbbrf,

Welcome to our community! 🙂

Stack is a collection of switches in which one switch controls the operation of all switches. May I know what do you want to achieve here?

Regards,

John

NETGEAR Community Team

[kbbrf]

Thanks John,

The objective is to maximize bandwidth between the various switches.

In a ring topology A-B, B-C, C-D, D-A, what is the bandwitdh between A and C ? 10Gb or 20 Gb ?

If I add A-C and B-D (fully meshed), will the bandwidth increase to 30 Gb ? In this case A-C would be a direct link and A-B-C & A-D-C would be two indirect links. How does the stacking logic manage this situation? Are all 3 links equivalent or will A-C be preferred ?

I understand that the master has a controlling role. But does that mean that all traffic has to transit though the master? If A is the master of a ring A-B, B-C, C-A, how will B communicate to C: directly or through A ?

Thanks for your explanations

KH