TorturedChaos
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I'm looking to upgrade my switch that runs the core of my network to Gigabit Ethernet. Currently I have a ~10 yr old Linksys SRW24864 v1.1 switch that has severed me well over the years, but most of the ports are 100mb, with 4 gigabit ports.
Unfortunately my knowledge of network is just enough to make me dangerous, but I feel like I'm getting out of my league when I look at the terminology thrown around on the higher end, higher number of port switches.
Brief overview of my network:
My Network is currently setup with a Router that handles all my DHCP and QoS, with it hooked to one of the gigabit ports on my switch. From there I have all my computers and printers hooked into the switch. I have my file server, and 2 of my graphic design, and the router hooked into the 4 gigabit ports. Into the rest of the ports I have my computers and various copiers and printers plugged in. All together I am using 28 ports on my switch (Although I think a few of the cords are not currently in use), including the 4 gigabit ports.
So I would like a switch with room to grow, and was looking at 48 port switches, since they seem to jump from 24/28 port to the 44/48 range. So far I have been glancing at 48 - RJ45 port switches, since I'm not really sure what a SFP port is, and if I would use it.
As far as the network load I will have as many as 8-10 computers in us at once, with 2-3 of them possibly doing heavy graphic design work (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign), using files that are stored on my File server. Another 2-4 computers accessing files to print (sometimes larger files as we print construction plans, which are commonly 24"x36", 30"x42" or 36"x48" size). 90% of everything we are working with or looking at is stored on my files server. Other computers do fairly lite work, such as Point of Sale computers and inventory for our merchandise.
I know I am going to be capped by either the Gigabit ethernet on my files server or the total read/write speed of its hard disc. The file server is setup with FreeNAS v9
Unfortunately my knowledge of network is just enough to make me dangerous, but I feel like I'm getting out of my league when I look at the terminology thrown around on the higher end, higher number of port switches.
Brief overview of my network:
My Network is currently setup with a Router that handles all my DHCP and QoS, with it hooked to one of the gigabit ports on my switch. From there I have all my computers and printers hooked into the switch. I have my file server, and 2 of my graphic design, and the router hooked into the 4 gigabit ports. Into the rest of the ports I have my computers and various copiers and printers plugged in. All together I am using 28 ports on my switch (Although I think a few of the cords are not currently in use), including the 4 gigabit ports.
So I would like a switch with room to grow, and was looking at 48 port switches, since they seem to jump from 24/28 port to the 44/48 range. So far I have been glancing at 48 - RJ45 port switches, since I'm not really sure what a SFP port is, and if I would use it.
As far as the network load I will have as many as 8-10 computers in us at once, with 2-3 of them possibly doing heavy graphic design work (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign), using files that are stored on my File server. Another 2-4 computers accessing files to print (sometimes larger files as we print construction plans, which are commonly 24"x36", 30"x42" or 36"x48" size). 90% of everything we are working with or looking at is stored on my files server. Other computers do fairly lite work, such as Point of Sale computers and inventory for our merchandise.
I know I am going to be capped by either the Gigabit ethernet on my files server or the total read/write speed of its hard disc. The file server is setup with FreeNAS v9