Switches that support stacking / lag
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I'm looking at putting in new production switches that support stacking and lag for HA. I've used a couple of different ones, but want to hear your thoughts on what you guys like to use. Thanks!
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Honestly, Netgear and Ubiquiti are great on the low end. Dell in the mid. Mellanox for high end.
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@scottalanmiller I've had the worst luck with Netgear over the years. Too many failures. Sure their lifetime warranty is great but it's a pain in the ass when they fail. On the other hand, I've had great luck with Ubiquity and Dell switches.
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@NashBrydges said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
@scottalanmiller I've had the worst luck with Netgear over the years. Too many failures. Sure their lifetime warranty is great but it's a pain in the ass when they fail. On the other hand, I've had great luck with Ubiquity and Dell switches.
I've heard of a lot of failures, but only experienced them with their cheap routers, not their switches, and only in the old days. Since then, have only lost one switch and it was clearly a customer frying it by backfeeding full AC power through the chassis.
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I've heard people say good things about HP, but I've personally never used them. What are your experiences with them?
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@bj said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
I've heard people say good things about HP, but I've personally never used them. What are your experiences with them?
For switches, they are fine. Middle of the road, better than Cisco, obviously.
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I used HP's for 10 years, they never had an issue. That said, I wasn't using them like the OP wants.
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@Dashrender said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
I used HP's for 10 years, they never had an issue. That said, I wasn't using them like the OP wants.
Though my recent refresh was all Ubiquiti switches.
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@Dashrender said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
I used HP's for 10 years, they never had an issue. That said, I wasn't using them like the OP wants.
And their value proposition hasn't kept up with the market. They were a better deal ten years ago.
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Ubiquity looks nice, but from what I can see they don't do the stacking / lagging for HA. I might end up using those in the office, but would like the extra features for prod server HA.
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@bj said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
Ubiquity looks nice, but from what I can see they don't do the stacking / lagging for HA. I might end up using those in the office, but would like the extra features for prod server HA.
They definitely LAG, but do not stack last I knew.
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Right, that's what I saw as well. I guess I should have specified that better.
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The Dell PowerConnect N4032 series are quite good in my opinion. They are 10GbE with 40 Gbps stacking cables and are used for a vSAN cluster backbone. They are the first brand of switch I have ever stacked (never had budget to get switches this nice before).
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Dell PowerConnect N series as @NetworkNerd noted. I usually do use Netgear & Dell. Recently have been using Ubiquiti and Araknis Switches for low end environments.
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@dbeato said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
Dell PowerConnect N series as @NetworkNerd noted. I usually do use Netgear & Dell. Recently have been using Ubiquiti and Araknis Switches for low end environments.
Why only low end?
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@Dashrender Specifically Araknis Switches are not for heavy usage in my experience using them in the last 6 months. Ubiquiti are great though so it should not be compared.
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I have used procurve in stacks and they work great! Easy to use and warranty is great too!
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@Dashrender said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
@dbeato said in Switches that support stacking / lag:
Dell PowerConnect N series as @NetworkNerd noted. I usually do use Netgear & Dell. Recently have been using Ubiquiti and Araknis Switches for low end environments.
Why only low end?
Not having stacking functionality is limiting in some larger environments.
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@bj would help to know more about your setup...
1.) How many closets?
2.) How many ports per each of those closets
3.) What are your requirements for fabric bandwidth?
4.) How many clients access the pool of how many servers for HA?I like Juniper and Extreme Networks for mid range applications. You can get refurbished Brocade Fast Iron in the same price range. But based on your feedback I can share some specific models.
