I have a few small switches around 16 and 24 ports each. I'm noticing that I'll use 1-2 ports to uplink on each so my net ports are lower.
I'm thinking I'll just buy a 48 or 52 port 1G switch and a 32 port 40G switch. I'll just slice the bigger switches into VLANs if I want to have a "physical" switch.
Here's why. It's fewer boxes. It's ultimately going to be lower power. It's also less to manage going to fewer switches.
Is there any reason not too other than a single switch going down causes more downtime?
I'm thinking I'll just buy a 48 or 52 port 1G switch and a 32 port 40G switch. I'll just slice the bigger switches into VLANs if I want to have a "physical" switch.
Here's why. It's fewer boxes. It's ultimately going to be lower power. It's also less to manage going to fewer switches.
Is there any reason not too other than a single switch going down causes more downtime?