Question about QNAP QSW-m2116p-2t2s

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autoturk

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I just ordered a returned one on amazon warehouse during prime day that should be arriving today. What can I help you answer as I tinker with this?
 
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Mike9474593

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And how about the volume of the fans and the heat the switch produces?
Could be my next homelab switch, 2.5G, 4x 10G seems to be pretty nice. Fanless, PoE++ on the 2.5G ports and 4 SFP+ would be an instant buy.
 
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casperghst42

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Mike9474593 said:
And how about the volume of the fans and the heat the switch produces?
Could be my next homelab switch, 2.5G, 4x 10G seems to be pretty nice. Fanless, PoE++ on the 2.5G ports and 4 SFP+ would be an instant buy.
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It's POE+ on the 2.5GbE ports and POE++ on the two 10GbE ports. For me that is more than plenty.
 
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So I just put it into "production" two days ago so can't really comment on a ton, but initial observations:

  • The 2.0 firmware is much better in terms of UI and features than the 1.0 versions. Keep in mind you have to upgrade sequentially (ie. 1.0.6 -> 1.whatever -> 2.0)
  • The 2.0 firmware has fan settings to adjust the fan profile based on temperature. The switch is reasonably quiet, like you could stuff it in a closet in your office and not hear it. This is, however, with only 1 x 10gig connection and a couple of 2.5gig connections with one PoE+ device connected. Don't have anything to test PoE++ yet
  • The 10 gig ports are not "combo" ports, so it actually is 4 x 10 gig ports, which is nice.
  • Apparently you can "hack" this switch and SSH into it's terminal super easily to load custom firmware/functions, etc.: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/p4czkr
So far pretty happy, and QNAP seems to be pretty responsive to feedback as they've pushed out a few firmware updates addressing concerns (like VLAN labels and fan noise). Will update if anything changes. I only got this switch b/c I got a great deal on a lightly used one on Prime Day (~$400 or so), so it wasn't something I was considering before seeing the deal.
 
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