On 2017-06-02 Theodore Baschak wrote:
Based on the prices of new items that meet your needs, I'd almost recommend buying a Cisco Catalyst 3560-48TS -- 48+ gigabit ports (48+SFPs). I picked up one for around $200 shipped for my
No downside... except power consumption, looks like it draws "65W (Cisco Catalyst 3560-48TS)" excluding PoE. The Engenius I mentioned draws 13W. :-) Of course, if it's for work and it's not your dime, go crazy (unless you're green, in which case go crazy and feel guilty). :-)
From what Adam said, looks like switches suffer from prebuilt tier 1
computer system syndrome: if you want one thing high-end they force everything high-end on you. Oh well. Maybe SDN is on to something after all??