MikroTik (CRS304-4XG-IN) 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with 4X Ports

This little switch (what i use it for) rocks for the price. Functions perfect, no need to setup out of the box if using it for port density. Its always quiet, no coil whine or bad electronic whine. Size is good when you consider its a passive cooled 10Gbit switch/+. This thing is solid, and you can tell it uses that weight as part of the cooling. Along with standard features Its fully compatible 802.1q and span-tree protocols. (though i am using it at home not in a data-center). I have had way worse hardware cost a lot more than this. I am glad i found this item hidden on Amazon, you wont be disappointed. Oh i thought i would add one last thing, these seem to be built for offsite colo or demark rooms. They do not feel temperamental in heat, or at least i haven't see that behavior. 10/10 would recommend.

Wow for under $200 you get:4x 10gb ports4x different powder inputs for redundancy (auto switches to highest input)Two OSes, these are permanent license keys, you cannot be locked out of featuresQuiet(no fans)Router capability (check the test on Mikrotiks website, you will NOT get 10gb routing performance the CPUs can't do it, it can for switching. If your internet is around or under 1gb/s it should be fine)Routeros was developed by Mikrotik specifically for routers, it has a steep learning curve but is arguably the most customizable and feature rich router softwares out today. If you don't want to deal with all that you just switch to SWos which is much simpler and user friendly. The next closest brand is $100 more than this for the same number and speed ports and it also doesn't have the OS.Amazing company (been around for 30 years), crazy good price, every feature you could want, easy scaling and I'm pretty sure they support enterprise models which could be great for small businesses.

Excellent value. Perfect for connecting my PC to my NAS at 10G

Very nice sturdy quality. Reliable day after day.

Finally affordable passively cooled 10Gbe switch. Only annoyance is to POE power this switch is from a 1Gbe management port. If this switch was perfect it would have one of the 10Gbe ports be able to POE power it.

I bought this to enable fast file transfers to a new NAS. Works great, but be aware if you transfer files from a PC with spinning hard drives you will only get about 150-220mbps due to the speed limitations of the hard drives.

Fantastic! Nice small well made switch for upgrading my home to 10G.