Decent 1gb switch (16-24 port) for rack

For a rack containing a smaller nubmer of servers (5 at the moment, going to stay in this area), I am looking to replace the currently aging 100Mbit switch with a 1Gb switch.

This is for the backend between the servers. I expect some iSCSI traffic there, so a 10gbit option would be nice (preferably for two ports, as extension modules). I dont need management, this is a pure backend of an internal cluster. I do VLAN, but there is no sensible management the switch can do there.

I would like:

• 1RU only, obviously
• preferable limited moving parts.
• Low price ;)
• Enough power to run at least half the ports in full speed at the same time.

Any recommendations?

Solution 1:

A few dirt-cheap suggestions would be:

• D-Link DGS-1224T
• Netgear GS724TS
• HP ProCurve 1800-24G
• Linksys SLM2024

None of them is likely to disappoint (or surprise) you a lot. They are cheap, simple, switches. We have several of the D-Link DGS-1224T.

If you want XFP ports you will probably have to pay at-least 10x what these switches cost.

Solution 2:

I'm running 4 Cisco 2960 48TC-L all crossed over together to connect a number of gigabit web,db and file servers and have had a flawless experience for a couple of years. They expose stats over SNMP like bandwidth per port / cpu and memory usage too which you can graph with munin to make sure it's not overloaded. So I can recommend them. Depends what your budget is though!