A very fast switch may be too much for a small home server setup
A Ruijie RG-S6120-20XS4VS2QXS switch was bought for $250, but the current home setup does not have an obvious need for it. The switch has 20 SFP+ ports, 4 SFP28 ports, and 2 QSFP+ 40 gigabit ports, so it is built for very fast ing.
The existing setup already includes a Dell VEP1445 at the internet edge, a Brocade ICX7250-48P as the main switch, one server with two Xeon 6138 processors and 64 gigabytes of memory, several 802.11ax wireless , one PC on 10GbE, and several VLANs. A low-power NAS and backup box using an Epyc 3151 is planned.
The internet connection is only 1GbE, there is no BGP setup, and there is no backup internet line. The internet may later move to 2.5GbE, but 10GbE service is not available in the area yet.
Key points
- The switch cost $250 but has no clear role in the current home lab.
- It offers 20 SFP+ ports, 4 SFP28 ports, and 2 QSFP+ 40 gigabit ports.
- The internet line is 1GbE, with a possible move to 2.5GbE, but no local 10GbE internet service.
- The setup already has a main switch, a server, a 10GbE PC, VLANs, and wireless .
- For a setup, this kind of switch mainly helps with fast local transfers and multiple wired machines.