JarryG
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It is sure not as loud and generates much less heat than my esxi-server and NAS. But I can not say a lot about it because I have it in 19" rack, together with all other equipment, all in separate room. It takes about 30-40W, but at max switching capacity (~200Gbps) it would take more juice and generate more noise, that's for sure.

It is not the best switch you can find, but I'd say price/performance ratio is in good ballance. It is comparable with Netgear models (i.e. Netgear ProSAFE Plus XS708E). Of course none of them is like Cisco 500-series, but that's different class, and to get something like SG500XG-8F8T you'd have to pay much more.

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