best / cheapest 10gbe 5 port switch

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AllenAsm

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anyone recommend a good and inexpensive 5 port 10gbe switch? This will basically be used in my office where I will soon be using 10gbe for 3 devices. I have a 10gbe 24 port switch in the basement with my server, qnap, etc. that all use 10gbe but I need a smaller local 10gbe switch to use in my office that will connect to the wall rj45 (cat 6e) that terminates 2 floors down in the basement big switch.
 

PigLover

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Are you looking for 5 ports of 10g-baseT (RG45) or SFP+? Or a mix? Looks like you need at least 1 Base-T port to connect to your “core” switch, but you did not specify the others.
 

tjjh89017

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maybe CRS309-1G-8S+IN will meet your requirement?
if you need 10G base-T (RJ45), you can use transceiver to convert

PS: L3 performance is not in line rate.
 

Spartacus

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What do you consider inexpensive?

It would probably be cheapest to just run 3 lines to your office and use the 24port you already have frankly.
That said the netgear is probably the cheapest direct option: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Rackmount-Protection/dp/B075Q66RKF?th=1

If you can use SFP+ connections in your office instead of 10GbE connections this is a cheaper option:
It supports 2x RJ-45 10gb modules, you would need one for the ethernet run to your basement 10GbE switch: MikroTik
Otherwise too many transceivers will over load it, you could get the 8 port switch that supports 4x 10gbe transceivers like @tjjh89017 noted, but at $65/ea the netgear would be cheaper at that point.


Forgot to mention you can get cheap used enterprise stuff but its going to be loud AF, I assume thats a deal breaker?
 

AllenAsm

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Sorry for not being more clear. All of the ports have to be rj45 10gbe. The cat6e run that comes up through the walls from the basement terminates at an rj45 wall jack in my home office. Because I now have several devices in my office that have native rj45 10gbe, I need a small switch to service all of those. None of this is sfp+.
 

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Then that netgear I noted is probably your least costly option as mikrotik doesnt have a cheap multi 10GbE option.
 

AllenAsm

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The netgear 5 port is fairly ideal but $387 on amazon. The mikrotik ($138) + 4x sfp+ to 10gbe transceivers ($39 on amazon each or $156) so $294. So netgear is $77.4 per port and the mikotik is $73.5. I'm probably going with the netgear because its native and I won't have to have multiple pieces. It also has more ports.
 

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The netgear 5 port is fairly ideal but $387 on amazon. The mikrotik ($138) + 4x sfp+ to 10gbe transceivers ($39 on amazon each or $156) so $294. So netgear is $77.4 per port and the mikotik is $73.5. I'm probably going with the netgear because its native and I won't have to have multiple pieces. It also has more ports.
As I noted you can only use 2x 10GbE tranceivers on the 5 port, you would have to upgrade to the 8 port (CRS309-1G-8S+IN ) to use a max of 4x 10GbE tranceivers, which then puts the base switch cost at $266, a total of $426, which is now more than the $387 netgear.
 

tjjh89017

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10G-baseT transceiver has distance limitation
Some cheap transceiver only have 30meter long.
Please notice that.
 

AllenAsm

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Noted. The runs are about 9 meters on average end to end which appears to be within spec so I think we are good. Also we have cat6e so it should be better with distance. I've tested the runs with 10g to 10g direct through the rj45 wall port and it works great.
 

zer0sum

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The netgear 5 port is fairly ideal but $387 on amazon. The mikrotik ($138) + 4x sfp+ to 10gbe transceivers ($39 on amazon each or $156) so $294. So netgear is $77.4 per port and the mikotik is $73.5. I'm probably going with the netgear because its native and I won't have to have multiple pieces. It also has more ports.
I have the 5 port Mikrotik and it's been flawless for me with all ports loaded.

You can find transceivers a lot cheaper than that on good old eBay :)
 

tjjh89017

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I will use fs.com to be the baseline price of transceiver.
if you can find transceiver cheaper than fs.com and it's workable.
that will be cheapest transceiver in the world.

(fs.com sell transceiver will reasonable price and not bad qulity)
 

dandanio

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I have an 8 port MikroTik and a whole bunch of transceivers from fs.com and MikroTik's native. Can't recommend them enough.
 

zer0sum

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Are you using multiple 10Gb ethernet transceivers?
I have a mix of copper and fiber and they're all good so far
It even worked perfectly running from poe power as well :)

I will use fs.com to be the baseline price of transceiver.
if you can find transceiver cheaper than fs.com and it's workable.
that will be cheapest transceiver in the world.

(fs.com sell transceiver will reasonable price and not bad qulity)
fs.com is great, but their shipping costs tend to hurt when you're only buying a few things.
 

Spartacus

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I have a mix of copper and fiber and they're all good so far
It even worked perfectly running from poe power as well
Yeah thats the limitation, from the switch notes you can only do two 10GbE transceivers, you can have other fiber ones fine.
 

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Zyxel XS1930-10 gives you 8 multi-gig RJ45s (10/5/2.5/1) + 2 SFP+ for ~$500. Decent. A bit weird web management structure, but it works well. Meets your RJ45 requirement without needing RJ-45/SFP+ adapters and is less expensive than the Netgear recommended above. Has cloud management but you can opt out of it and just manage it locally from using their web manager interface.