One, but more for future proofing.How many 2.5G devices do you have?
Way too early for that unless you want to pay 20X the price of an equivalent Gigabit switch.One, but more for future proofing.
There are not a lot of vendors, so component prices are high. I'm sure pricing is set to ensure high margins, but not overly so.Understood. Surprised they're not more affordable?! The price gap is stupid, thought it be much tighter out of the gate.
The QSW-M2108-2C shows as $1,255.09 when I click the link above. Locally, it is $450.00. Amazon is not always the best choice.
@John Davis, what prices do you see (links don't help internationally) for the switches you link?
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