hmm a 4 port SFP+ 10Gb + 1 port 1Gb RJ45 , Microtik CRS305-1G-4S+IN $149 or cheap ass overpriced 5x2.5Gb RJ45 junk 😀

386SX:

You seem to have some wrong info.

My info is only as accurate as the listing on Amazon....

sykozis:

My info is only as accurate as the listing on Amazon....

Would you mind to post a link then? I am very interested in some 8port (or more) native 10gbit switch. Those are my prices, so 200 bucks would be a very good deal! https://geizhals.de/?cat=switchgi&xf=13265_8&sort=p&hloc=at&hloc=de&v=e

Loobyluggs:

Wake me up when it gets to 10 GB/s, until then, I got bigger dreams to dream and nightmares to vanquish

Its why I asked for a link because in reality nothing legit is in that price range. Notice no response 🙂 People are getting upset I said the price was decent because compared to every other managed 2.5Gbit switch its right in line with them. The quality seemed decently high so for about the same money or even a little cheaper than some you get a quality 2.5Gb switch.

You won't get any multi-port 10GBit/s core switches for as cheap as 200 bucks. The cheapest in this range will be more than 500 bucks and even those are flawed, because they will not provide a good backbone to utilize the 10gbit speeds for all ports simultaneously. They often also lack features that you usually require when working with such speeds, such as utilizing MPLS networks. You will more likely need 2000 bucks and more for a decent switch of that scale (depending on capacity and required ports it can also go beyond 10000 bucks). While the idea to have a home network with full 10gbit/s speeds on all ports is tempting, it is still a quite expensive feature to build for home use. Maintaining those devices also costs quite a lot, as they drain more energy than multi-port 1GBit/s switches. Usually 10GBit/s (or more) is used for the core routes from switch to switch to border routers and for virtualization host devices and SANs.

What gurus tend to skip over is the target computer bottleneck. 10GB can really inject 1000Mbs into your NIC, but the SSD writing speeds are in some computers within the SATA 3 range. Maybe I didn't quite explained the right way, some smarter gurus please correct me if I am wrong.

Realistically speaking you will never be able to utilize full 10GBit/s which is ~1,2GB/s because there is always some overhead in network traffic. However, there can be bottlenecks because of HDD/SSD, maybe even bad drivers from NIC or bad OS support, bad cables, potential VLAN ID priority, misconfigured QoS etc. If you want to make a full 10GBit/s only network, then you should optimize all devices to make use of it properly (alongside the budget you need for proper devices), otherwise it's better to go with that speed on core routes such as I mentioned in my previous post or stick with 1GBit/s or 2,5GBit/s as this is cheaper and still at least twice as fast than 1GBit/s. However, the least is just my personal opinion on that matter. You don't necessarily have to agree with me. The main factors probably are what you actually need and what budget you have for your needs.