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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Thanks a lot! So far it seems a 6430-24p is about $50 less than a 6450-24p, which at this price range is almost 50% more. I assume the chassis are the same between the two 24p models, so I expect replacing the fan with a quieter one should be the same process on the 6430 as in the 6450. If the...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    Ah! Thanks for this! Do you know what the noise level of these would be? Would the 6450 fan statements apply to the 6430? And yes, that's fine. I use pfSense to handle all my VLAN routing, and 1G is perfectly fine for the basic setup I have at home. I don't think the Layer 3 capabilities of...
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    Brocade ICX Series (cheap & powerful 10gbE/40gbE switching)

    A friend pointed me to this thread after I was complaining about how shitty a Netgear business switch I just got was (buggy as hell and the web interface is awful), and wishing there was an affordable powerful CLI based switch. I had completely forgotten to search for Brocade used switches and...