Hi,
I'm working in an SMB with 30 people. (R&D, software, solidworks)
We currently have cisco 2x SG500-52 switch + 2x SG500-24.
All computers are connected to 1Gb and a samba server is sharing file over 4 * 1Gb aggregated link.
The issue is that current ciscos are interlinked between each other throught stack ports, but these are only 1gb (!).
Not to say that these link are one of bottleneck we have...
We are in the process to upgrade our servers, and they will get 10Gb capabilities.
I've started to look at cisco upgradabilty and feel very bored by their offer. The SG500 got 5Gb link but only between switch of same family (say no upgrade possible) AND through a copper SFP link :/ (we use fiber...)
These switch are expensive (1K€ range) and honestly their gui are poor but these are CISCO.
Now I'm looking at other brands and saw several much lower pricy things.
I only use VLAN, not sure I 'll need other advanced feature. (No link agregation since we try to swithc to 10Gb)
I saw:
DELL X4012(backbone) + X1052
Ubiquity 16XG ES-16-XG (backbone) + ES‑48‑LITE
microtik CRS317-1G-16S+RM (backbone) + CSS326-24G-2S+RM
1/Can they do the work? What are the hidden thing I do not see compared to Cisco one?
I've looked at switching capacity, and looks OK (at least for ubiquity)
2/I did not see any good review of Ubiquity one, any people using them with recent firmware and having excellent performance with them?
3/How about Microtik, is this equivalent to Cisco switch?
4/Any feedback on DELL one?
Are their UI good, quick and easy to use?
Is this a good idea?
Equivalent to them seems to be SG500X or SG350X but price is just.... uncomparable...
Thanks for your feedback!
I'm working in an SMB with 30 people. (R&D, software, solidworks)
We currently have cisco 2x SG500-52 switch + 2x SG500-24.
All computers are connected to 1Gb and a samba server is sharing file over 4 * 1Gb aggregated link.
The issue is that current ciscos are interlinked between each other throught stack ports, but these are only 1gb (!).
Not to say that these link are one of bottleneck we have...
We are in the process to upgrade our servers, and they will get 10Gb capabilities.
I've started to look at cisco upgradabilty and feel very bored by their offer. The SG500 got 5Gb link but only between switch of same family (say no upgrade possible) AND through a copper SFP link :/ (we use fiber...)
These switch are expensive (1K€ range) and honestly their gui are poor but these are CISCO.
Now I'm looking at other brands and saw several much lower pricy things.
I only use VLAN, not sure I 'll need other advanced feature. (No link agregation since we try to swithc to 10Gb)
I saw:
DELL X4012(backbone) + X1052
Ubiquity 16XG ES-16-XG (backbone) + ES‑48‑LITE
microtik CRS317-1G-16S+RM (backbone) + CSS326-24G-2S+RM
1/Can they do the work? What are the hidden thing I do not see compared to Cisco one?
I've looked at switching capacity, and looks OK (at least for ubiquity)
2/I did not see any good review of Ubiquity one, any people using them with recent firmware and having excellent performance with them?
3/How about Microtik, is this equivalent to Cisco switch?
4/Any feedback on DELL one?
Are their UI good, quick and easy to use?
Is this a good idea?
Equivalent to them seems to be SG500X or SG350X but price is just.... uncomparable...
Thanks for your feedback!