I need a silent (or quiet) PoE switch

[mrbios]

It seems our fussy science techs can't cope with the fan in our HP 2610-24-PWR, so I've been told to replace it (at their cost mwuhahah)

 

I need an 8 port PoE switch, all gigabit ports, silent and managed (be it web or cli).

 

Ideally i'd like to stick to what i know with HP, but I'll take recommendations for anything if it's reliable

 

The only one I've looked at so far is this:

HP ProCurve 2520G-8 PoE Switch

 

But I've no idea how noisy it is?

 

EDIT: Found a cheaper option in the HP 1910-8G-POE but again no idea if it has a fan/how noisy it is?

Edited September 11, 2013 by mrbios

[nullensc]

We've been using Netgear ProSafe GS110TP 8-Port POE switches for over a year now - no issues so far, it was pretty much install and forget. They run alongside our main Dell switches, again with no issues.

[apeman]

We had a similar requirement not to long ago and after looking into it there wasn't much choice out there for a good small POE switch, We also found that when they say its 8 port POE not all ports can supply POE at the same time and you will probably find you can only run 3/4 ports at full power.

 

Dont go with the 1910 its not a patch on the 2610, i also seem to remember us turning down the 2520G-8 for some reason.

 

In the end we went for the Juniper EX2200-C its much more on par with your 2610. I think it cost around £700.

 

EX2200 Ethernet Switches - Ethernet Solutions - Juniper Networks UK

[Chris_]

It seems our fussy science techs can't cope with the fan in our HP 2610-24-PWR, so I've been told to replace it (at their cost mwuhahah)

 

I need an 8 port PoE switch, all gigabit ports, silent and managed (be it web or cli).

 

Ideally i'd like to stick to what i know with HP, but I'll take recommendations for anything if it's reliable

 

The only one I've looked at so far is this:

HP ProCurve 2520G-8 PoE Switch

 

But I've no idea how noisy it is?

 

EDIT: Found a cheaper option in the HP 1910-8G-POE but again no idea if it has a fan/how noisy it is?

 

We've got about 20 of the HP 2520-8G POE switches - I can confirm that they are silent - no fans

 

10 gigabit ports, 8 PoE, 2 non PoE dual personality ports.

 

I think the 1910 HP switches are rebadged 3Com switches, but don't quote me on that. We've avoided them to get proper HP ProCurves.

Edited September 12, 2013 by Chris_

[snoerre]

I use Netgear´s GS110TP (46 Watt Power Budget) and HP´s 2520G-8-PoE (67 Watt Power Budget) devices. (So it´s 3 versus 4 access points at full power, but doesn´t matter if you power something else) As budget is now a more important topic than years ago I currently usally use GS110TP for fanless installations.

 

1910-8G-POE does have fans. I once asked HP´s presales team as accroding the data sheet the non POE version has fans, the POE version doesn´t. It´s a typo within their data sheet.

Edited September 13, 2013 by snoerre