Highest bandwidth network switch?

[giozera]

Hello

My current setup is 45 laptops and 6 servers connected to 2 48 gigabit port netgear managed switch with Cat6 cables in Gigabit full duplex mode, main GS752TPS and secondary GS748T. both switches are linked at this point with 4 ports LAG configured.

all of the servers also have ports teamed and LAG configured. all of those laptops constantly sharing files between file server and rarely with each other, so in general use I don't run in to any serious slow downs with all of them running, but if I start to transfer lot's of files over the network, like few TBs, it seriously slows downs network.

so time has come to add another switch since I have few ports left not used and was thinking what would be a better update in a heavy network environment. My plan is to get very high bandwidth switch that gonna have only servers connected to it to handle only there heavy networking since they are the ones who usually do lots of file transfer with each other and than linked to other switches so they all are on the same network. or is there any better configuration possible to achieve better network performance? any suggestions are welcomed. thanks

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

I'd consider beefing up the connection between the servers and the switches.

1. Make sure all servers are capable of high speed data transfer, not just the roughly 1Gb/s over SATA
2. Upgrade all servers to have 10GB nics
3. Buy new gigabit switches that also have a few 10GB connections

That should offer you better performance, because obviously you can put 10GB nics into the laptops you're just going to have to increase the amount of data the servers and switches are capable of giving out.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Get a netgear 48 port, if you want faster get 10gbe. Most switch are about the same speed wise, with netgear being the fastest.

 

If you really want faster you have to get a 10gbe switch, netgear has some cheap ones.

[Mark77]

Sounds like you need to 'graduate' from the kiddie stuff (ie: Netgear), and more into the enterprise switches with higher-speed switching fabrics internally.  You probably don't have to go "carrier grade" to get a fabric that can switch 48 ports at full line speeds, but surely you could do better than a cheap Netgear. 

 

Agree with the other poster that its probably time to move to a switch with at least a few 10gig-E ports for up-link.  Instead of that link aggregation stuff.

[giozera]

what would be recommended enterprise grade switch to play with?