Hello all, I'm considering purchasing something like a Arista DCS-7050QX-32S-R 40GB QSFP+ 4x10G 3 Layer Switch for home use. I don't hae any experience with Arista but going by the specs this seems a reasonable way to have 40Gbe between the machines where I have qsfp cards and 10gbe for everything else with hopefully minimal hassle. 2Gbit internet is on the horizon here and this allows fast file access for all systems while at the same time removing the 1gbit bottleneck that I currently have in my home network.
I'm hoping someone with experience with these things can answer a few questions.
1. I like to 3D print te neccesary ducts to cool with noctua 200mm fans to decrease sound. I read somewhere here that the system is likely to throw errors below the configured fan rpm which can be set at 5000 minimum. Obviously a 200mm noctua is much slower than that and I'd like to know if that will only cause non-critical errors or whether that might impact functionality.
2. Secondary, and somewhat less important I am wondering if I need to be concerned about any sort f licensing issues for anything beyond basic switching functionality. Ideally there's some network parts that I'd like to be able to isolate from one another, for instance.
3. Information wise, does anyone have an idea of the power consumption I'm likely to expect with 4x 40gbe over copper and say 10 of the 10gbe ports populated. I don't expect much more that light use in practice.
I'm hoping someone with experience with these things can answer a few questions.
1. I like to 3D print te neccesary ducts to cool with noctua 200mm fans to decrease sound. I read somewhere here that the system is likely to throw errors below the configured fan rpm which can be set at 5000 minimum. Obviously a 200mm noctua is much slower than that and I'd like to know if that will only cause non-critical errors or whether that might impact functionality.
2. Secondary, and somewhat less important I am wondering if I need to be concerned about any sort f licensing issues for anything beyond basic switching functionality. Ideally there's some network parts that I'd like to be able to isolate from one another, for instance.
3. Information wise, does anyone have an idea of the power consumption I'm likely to expect with 4x 40gbe over copper and say 10 of the 10gbe ports populated. I don't expect much more that light use in practice.