[Gllug] Quiet/Silent rackmount switch recommendation?

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Tue Jun 22 12:27:41 UTC 2004


On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 12:58:51PM +0100, Doug wrote:
> Simon Perry wrote:
> >Does anyone have a recommendation for a quiet, or better still silent, 
> >16 or 24 port 10/100 rackmount switch? I have contacted a couple of 
> >manufacturers but they don't seem to have any noise emission data for 
> >their products.
> 
> Seems unlikely that such a thing exists to me - rackmount kit is aimed 
> at lights-out facilities, where noise is not an issue.  If you want 
> quiet, you'll probably have to go for a consumer-oriented device.

A quick google reveals some rackmount switches that do claim silent
operation from  Netgear, Corega and 3Com and others.

-- 
Bruce

I unfortunately do not know how to turn cheese into gold.
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