Currently with a few colo sites just sort of randomly buying things since we don't need any features. Just two switches in a rack - one for internal communications between hosts in the rack, one for the external network. All we need is the ability to quickly see stats on individual ports, poll same via snmp, and the most basic of VLAN features on the internal side. Reliability, since some sites are less-local is important.
A nice-to-have is a sensible command-line interface that can at minimum show full port counters and turn a port down or up, but would also accept a clean and quick web UI.
We've so far used some older Cisco switches (3750's), Dells (which appear to be a re-brand of... something), and a handful of Netgear. The Cisco units are overkill, and if bought new, out of our price range. The Dells have had awful UIs and we've had a few die (PSU failure) and the Netgear (pricier line) have been reliable but, again, crappy UI.
All we need on the external side 1Gb/s max, we are very low traffic to the outside world.
On the internal net, we're slowly upgrading and have more and more hosts with 10Gb/s ports, so an entry-level 10Gb switch might be interesting...
Budget-wise, sub-$500 for 1Gb/48 port (new or used). Thoughts?
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