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For switches of around 8 ports, 1GbE is about $2-3 per port. 10GbE over copper is about $70 per port, way higher than justified by the bandwidth increase alone.
by wtallis 6y ago
For switches of around 8 ports, 1GbE is about $2-3 per port. 10GbE over copper is about $70 per port, way higher than justified by the bandwidth increase alone. 10GbE is getting cheaper, sure, but it definitely isn't cheap yet. A 10GbE switch is still more expensive than all the equipment required for a 1GbE+WiFi home network.
- zepearl 6y agoI just did some research: this switch doesn't seem bad, or am I overlooking something? https://www.fs.com/de-en/products/72944.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwtqj2BRBYEiwAqfzur7FInqXvr0G5hxrv9s3t9EAW14KSfbvouEUEYlBIKht34zvVaLXrCxoCGrkQAvD_BwE https://www.fs.com/de-en/products/72944.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwt... Fanless, 24 normal ports, 4 10GbE ports. What do they mean when they write "...with 4 10Gb SFP+ Uplinks"? Are they meant only to aggregate the traffic that comes from the 1GbE-ports or can they be used as well to exchange traffic between 4 servers, each one using 10GbE?
- wtallis 6y agoThat switch should be able to do regular switching between its four 10Gb ports, but first you need to buy SFP+ transceivers to plug into those ports. 10G Fiber transceivers start around $20 per port, but 10G transceivers with RJ-45 ports for ordinary twisted-pair copper cabling are $40-70 per port. So to get that switch equipped to actually do 10Gb switching over copper would drive the price per port over $100.
- zepearl 6y agoThanks a lot