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HP Procurve 1400-8G or 3Com Baseline 2816 for server
In a small office, of about 16 computers + 4 printers, I have to put in a switch in the server room which will be connected with 1 gigabit file server, 1 firewall, and 2 other switches, one of them with a cable length of 40m (the office is on two different levels).
I have read that Procurve 1400-8G is highly recommened for this purpose. My question is that we have a 3Com Baseline 2816 16x gigabit switch, which is awfully noisy, but performing rock stable since 4 years. If you say the small Procurve is a much better switch, than I will buy it and try to make the 3Com switch quieter somehow, but if you say there is no difference, than I could buy two passive cooled switches and put the 3Com in the server room, and everybody would be happy. Is there any difference between 3Com and HP in this range?
Do you know any reliable passive cooled 16-port gigabit unmanaged switches? I am looking at SMC SMCGS16 switch, which is passive cooled. Do you have any experience with SMC switches?
p.s.: Can some mod please fix the typo in the title?
In a small office, of about 16 computers + 4 printers, I have to put in a switch in the server room which will be connected with 1 gigabit file server, 1 firewall, and 2 other switches, one of them with a cable length of 40m (the office is on two different levels).
I have read that Procurve 1400-8G is highly recommened for this purpose. My question is that we have a 3Com Baseline 2816 16x gigabit switch, which is awfully noisy, but performing rock stable since 4 years. If you say the small Procurve is a much better switch, than I will buy it and try to make the 3Com switch quieter somehow, but if you say there is no difference, than I could buy two passive cooled switches and put the 3Com in the server room, and everybody would be happy. Is there any difference between 3Com and HP in this range?
Do you know any reliable passive cooled 16-port gigabit unmanaged switches? I am looking at SMC SMCGS16 switch, which is passive cooled. Do you have any experience with SMC switches?
p.s.: Can some mod please fix the typo in the title?
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