Just curious why I don't see many people going with a Cisco Nexus 5010 20 port or 5020 40 port. 10 GbE switches. N5K-5010 is like 325.00 with a power supply. $150.00 with no PS. 2148T 48x 1GiB fabric extender is 45.00 free shipping. First 8 ports on the switch will do 1gig with standard transceivers or 10gb. sounds like a no brainier for just a standard L2 switch.
You can get 20x 10gbe ports and 48x 1gib ports managed on one switch for $370.00. Just put you a layer 3 upstream for routing. I know some of the NX 3000 series does do L3 but they are way more pricey.
You can get 20x 10gbe ports and 48x 1gib ports managed on one switch for $370.00. Just put you a layer 3 upstream for routing. I know some of the NX 3000 series does do L3 but they are way more pricey.