Managed switches

wavehunter · 1 Feb 2018 at 10:31

Looking for advice regarding managed switches.

The one length of Cat5e that runs the length of our house is being replaced today with 4 lengths of Cat6 running side-by-side with the intention of increasing bandwidth between the 100+TB of storage and the devices that use them. The electrician was coming anyway so the extra work isn't that much extra and it seems that network bonding / link aggregation is the way forward as 10GB switches are still way too expensive.

What would your recommendations be for 16/24-port switches that allow this? Normally use Netgear but happy to swap.

On Holiday · 1 Feb 2018 at 10:34

Where are you storing the switches? Is noise an issue?

You could get a couple of old 2960G/3560G 24-ports for ~£70. Not quiet though.

wavehunter · 1 Feb 2018 at 10:41

One will be in a storeroom away from the main part of the house, the other will be in an office space in the upstairs landing next to a bedroom.

I'd rather pay for silence or at least a quiet hum no louder than a PC.

roller88 · 1 Feb 2018 at 10:57

I've got a 2960 with POE and its pretty noisy, to noisy for the house atleast, currently it lives in the garage with cables going through a hole in the wall

Caged · 2 Feb 2018 at 19:34

HP 2530 is a decent switch if you don't need any routing features.

bledd · 2 Feb 2018 at 22:17

In a home setting, go fanless.