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A minimal used 10Gbps switch from a cloud-provider grade mfg (arista, cisco, juniper) will run you ~5k, which is pretty expensive. But they are really loud and
by dnautics 5y ago
A minimal used 10Gbps switch from a cloud-provider grade mfg (arista, cisco, juniper) will run you ~5k, which is pretty expensive. But they are really loud and most people shouldn't put them in their homes.
Microtik is probably good enough for most home serving usage (honestly it would probably be good enough for a small cloud too), and is much cheaper, and way quieter.
- pdimitar 5y agoI am still pondering buying a 10GbE Mikrotik switch. There are 1 or 2 models without a fan -- or such that ServeTheHome says don't make a lot of noise but I'd still be super hesistant to use those -- and I haven't pulled the trigger yet. Do you have any experience with them? Any pros and cons?
- dnautics 5y agoI've only ever configured a mikrotik router in the datacenter and it was a good experience. We did not wind up deploying it though so I can't speak to it's reliability, uptime, or anything. PS hi pdimitar ;)