[Gllug] Quiet/Silent rackmount switch recommendation?

[Simon Perry]

Nix wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Doug Winter mused:
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>>Simon Perry wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>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.
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>Er, why would even large switches make any noise? They're
>low-power-consumotion solid-state devices: do the huge ones emit enough
>heat to need fans or something?
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Thanks to Bruce, Doug and John for your suggestions. Where do you source 
your sweex switches, my google fu has left me today and I can only find 
people selling the small 4 and 8 port units.**

The old unit is aSuperStack^® II Switch 1100 from 3com and has two fans, 
each about as loud as a small aeroplane that run continuously! They do 
actually seem to push out a lot of warm air but that is probably 
generated by their own tired bearings.

Thanks

Simon
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