Setting up a Small business with 10GB NAS HELP!!!

[Thavion Hawk]

So I work for a small computer store and have done more than my fair share of network setups over the years. Here and now though I'm stuck having to do something I've never done and knowing I need help I'm posting here...

A customer of ours went out on his own and bought Synology NAS, HDD's and a E10G17-F2 10Gb SFP+ Duel link card. Now he wants us to setup a 10Gbe Switch(He has no idea what to buy) and set him up with 10Gbe to his laptop.

Now I can go out and find lots of okay priced 10Gbe Switches but I don't really know what's best in this case. He's having to upgrade his laptop to one with Thunderbolt 3 just to get 10Gbe support. We've built them desktops and they may get upgraded later but he works on his laptop.

 

Long story short. We have a NAS with a duel link SFP+ 10Gb card that needs to go to a Switch(Here's where I need help) then from there over Cat6/7 to a Thunderbolt 3 10Gbe adapter. The Switch needs multiple 10Gbe links because they may upgrade they're other workstations to 10Gbe. For the moment all of their systems run on 1Gbe and given the large data sets they work with, Geological Surveying, that's just not enough bandwidth. We could look at using a SFP+ to 10Gbe adapter to run all Cat6/7 on the Switch, but given the cost of one of those adapters vs running a DAC cable I'd like to just have SFP+ on the Switch along side full 10Gbe.

 

The switch will be used for access to the NAS along side the current 1Gbe Swtich they have so it doesn't need to be a 24port + monster. In total 4 to 8 10Gb connections with at least one bing SFP+ would be fine.

 

 

[mariushm]

Well, it depends on your budget.

Here's some suggestions

 

600$ : Ubiquity US-16-XG  ( 12 SFP+ ports, 4 RJ45 10g ports) : https://amzn.to/30VkX41

725$ : (newegg "see price in cart" deal)  D-Link DXS-1100-10TS ( 8 RJ45 10g + 2 SFP+) : https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16833127710

700$ : NETGEAR XS708E ( 8 RJ 45 10g ports, 1 shared with 1 SFP+ port) : https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16833122848

 

269$ : Microtik CRS309-1G-8S+IN  ( 8 SFP+ ports, 1 RJ45 1gbps port) : https://amzn.to/2WgATPD

could combine this with another switch that has several RJ45 10g ports and at least one SFP+ ports to link them together)

 

If you don't mind factory refurbished switches, Unixplus has good deals (they have online store and eBay presence)... here's some examples:

 

300$  (new. not refurbished) Quanta LB6M 24-Port 10GbE SFP+ 4x 1GbE L2/L3 Switch  (24 SFP+ ports, 4 x 1gbps ports) : https://www.unixplus.com/collections/network-switches/products/quanta-lb6m-24-port-10gbe-sfp-4x-1gbe-l2-l3-switch

955$ (refurbished) Cisco SG350XG-2F10-K9 12-Port 10GBase-T Managed Stackable Switch (10 RJ45 10g + 2 RJ 45 / 2 SFP+ 10g) : https://www.unixplus.com/collections/network-switches/products/refurbished-cisco-sg350xg-2f10-k9-12-port-10gbase-t-managed-stackable-switch

 

May want to check out this one also ... though it's only RJ45, no SFP+ :

Buffalo BS-MP2012 Multi Gigabit Business Switch – 12 port RJ45 https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16833162157

 

Also Level1Tech recommended a switch recently but it may a bit more difficult to configure initially, should be doable if you follow his tutorials :

 

650$  Arista-DCS-7050T  48 x RJ45 10 gbps + 4 x QSFP+ 40gbps (can convert each one into 4 x SFP+ with some converter cables so you have 16 SFP+ 10g)

Link : https://www.ebay.com/itm/Arista-DCS-7050T-64-Switch-48x-10G-SFP-4x-40G-QSFP-Ports-Front-to-Rear-Airflow/163370198324?hash=item26099f6534:g:k3AAAOSw1fJb6fkS

 

 

[Senzelian]

The question is also if 10Gbit is really required or if 1Gbit is just not enough.
What I'm saying is, maybe 2.5Gbit or 5Gbit are already enough.

 

In that case a single 10Gbit SFP link to a simple 10Gbit switch would be easily enough.

A Netgear ProSAFE XS500M would do just fine then.

 

Another question you should ask yourself is whether it needs to be a managed switch.

[Thavion Hawk]

When the customer is working with multiple gigabyte data sets, yes 10Gb is needed. Think how LTT needs it for 4/8K Video. Same kinds of file size and as much if not more complexity. Thank you for your recommendations I'll check them out.