Much of this thread is about either 'entry level' switches, or older big name switches.
The first either have a historical 'cheap' name (TP-link), or lack real reliability (the latest ubiquity 10G switches), or I have some bad experiences with them (TP-Link again, and Zyxel).
The latter are in the vast majority power hungry and loud.
So I went looking for some affordable big name, low power switches.
My personal requirements:
Note that prices listed are for NEW only, so refurbished/2nd hand hunting is in order in all of these cases. Which seems to be possible, at least for the Cisco switches.
My questions:
The first either have a historical 'cheap' name (TP-link), or lack real reliability (the latest ubiquity 10G switches), or I have some bad experiences with them (TP-Link again, and Zyxel).
The latter are in the vast majority power hungry and loud.
So I went looking for some affordable big name, low power switches.
My personal requirements:
- Low power use. Not more than 25W idle. More power consumption means not only more noise, but also additional power consumption and noise for climate control.
- At least 4 * SFP+
- At least 10 * 1Gbe RJ45
- VLAN management. Routing and other fancy L3 stuff is not needed.
- Purchase price and license/maintenance/warranty cost should be 'acceptable'. That is what this thread is about.
Note that prices listed are for NEW only, so refurbished/2nd hand hunting is in order in all of these cases. Which seems to be possible, at least for the Cisco switches.
- Cisco SG350X-24 and SG550X-24: both about 850-1000 EUR, 33W max. Idle will be good.
- Juniper EX2300-24T: about 700 EUR, 55W max. No idea what idle power consumption is. Probably over 35W when I look at the average ratios though.
- Extreme Networks 220-48t-10GE4: about 1000 EUR, 27W idle (as derived from their BTU numbers).
- Brocade ICX 6450-24: about 2000 EUR, 36W idle. Seems to require a license to enable all SFP+ ports. (This has bitten me before....)
- Arista is way off, it does not seem to have an SMB offering.
My questions:
- Any other suggestions? Please be aware that I'm in Europe, so many ebay.com deals are not really deals for me due to transport and taxes.
- I have no direct experience with Cisco, as I have always managed to steer around them. Used Brocade mostly lately, and Juniper and Extreme before then. Do I need SmartNet for the Cisco models mentioned?
- Anybody knows what the idle consumption of the Juniper is?