tortoise84 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 06, 2021 7:46 pm
I have a Netgear MS510TX (1x10GbE, 1xSFP+, 2x5GbE, 2x2.5GbE, 4x1GbE) and it does have a fan that emits a quiet but high pitched noise. Luckily my Cat5e runs all go back to a central closet in my laundry, so that's where I put the switch and a NAS with its hard drives to contain the noise.
The fanless switches I have seen only have up to 2 10GbE ports because that's all the heat they can handle, but there are some that supposedly have quiet on-demand fans that you might want to look into:
QNAP QSW-M408-4C: 4x10GbE/SFP+ combo ports, 8x1GbE
QNAP QSW-2104-2T: 2x10GbE, 4x2.5GbE, fanless
Zyxel XGS1250-12: 3x10GbE, 1xSFP+, 8x1GbE
I checked out your MS510TX. Many reviewers call it noisy. The QSW-2104-2T is fanless, but only has two 10gig ports, which is just not enough.
I became aware of the TP-Link TL-SX105 yesterday, which is a 5-port 100/1000/2500/5000/10000 switch, ie. NBASE-T. No support for 10 BASE-T, which I don't need, but some very old devices might. I don't think I have any left in the house. Those would be mostly from the 1990s.
This big attraction is that this switch is completely fanless. It's the first fanless switch I have seen with more than two 10GBASE-T ports.
It's $349. It seems to be unobtainium online. Not in stock at Amazon, Provantage, B&H Photo, etc. However, it was available at my nearest local retailer, Central Computers, in a quantity of 1. I picked one up earlier today. There are more units at other Central Computer stores.
It was a huge relief when I powered down the Trendnet TEG-7080ES switch I have been using the last 2.5 years, and working next to.
Of course, the fanless switch is only 5 ports vs 8 ports. That exactly meets my current needs. The TL-SX105 takes about one minute to boot, though, much slower than the Trendnet. It's completely unmanaged, so there better not be any firmware bugs.
One port goes to the Comcast XB7 (2.5Gig), 1 port to my desktop (10gig), 1 port to NAS (10gig), 1 port going to the GS110MX in switch in my home theater (10gig), and 1 port to a 16-port 1gig switch. So, all 5 are in use. All the ports negotiated at the expected speed, 3 at 10gig, one at 2.5gig, one at 1gig. If I want to expand to more rooms, I would have to add another switch, and it wouldn't be as optimal - it wouldn't switch at >1gig speed between all the ports. But I don't think this will be a big issue. I will just have to schedule my backups to the NAS at different times. The switch is currently unavailable on Amazon, where it has only one very negative one-star review. I'm going to run a lot of traffic through it at full speed (iperf3) to see if I can get it to overheat. I'm thinking overnight iperf3 in both directions on the three 10gig machines. And Internet speedtest-cli in a loop on one of the 1gig devices. I'm paying for unlimited data, after all. If all goes well, I look forward to selling the TEG-7080ES with its two fans, and perhaps buying a second TL-SX105.
The TP-Link has a lifetime warranty but I would prefer not to have surprises. I'll check jumbo frame support too, though I'm not using them right now.
There is also an 8-port TL-SX1008 version, which has two fans, contrary to the Amazon description, and is reportedly quite noisy.
https://dongknows.com/tp-link-tl-sx1008 ... ch-review/ .