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    Multi-Gigabit / 10 Gbase-T switch with POE

    Thanks for the response! That ICX is one of the ones that I've been looking at. Not easy on the pocketbook, though. I'm also exploring the FS S5860-24XB-U. It seems to check most of the boxes. I'm assuming that pulling out one of the redundant power supplies would make it cooler and have...
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    Looking for RAID Controller for SATA SSD RAID5 ESXi 7

    My apologies, I didn't realize that software RAID wasn't an option for you. Michael
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    Looking for RAID Controller for SATA SSD RAID5 ESXi 7

    I know you mention the desire to have a hardware RAID card, but I'd like to propose an alternative: Software RAID. Just use your motherboard's 6 SATA3 connectors for the SanDisk drives, and you can also add the WD Blue to it. (The 500 GB and less drives will be less useful to you in a RAID...
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    Multi-Gigabit / 10 Gbase-T switch with POE

    My house has a 10-year-old Cat 6 network with home runs to the IT closet. None of the network cables should be over 50m or so. I'm assuming I can get 10 GbE out of them, or at the very least multigigabit. Currently, I use a Cisco 24-port PoE-enabled switch, and have 4 Ruckus ZoneFlex 7982...