Thursday, October 12th 2023
QNAP Introduces the Half-width Rackmount 16-Port 10GbE QSW-M3216R-8S8T and QSW-3216R-8S8T L2 Managed/Unmanaged Switch
QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solutions innovator, today released the new Half-width Rackmount 16-port 10GbE switch series, including the L2 Web Managed QSW-M3216R-8S8T and the Unmanaged QSW-3216R-8S8T. The built-in eight 10GbE SFP+ and eight 10GbE RJ45 ports with backward compatibility fulfills the versatile demands of interfaces and speeds in high-speed network infrastructure. The half-width rackmount compact design also allows SMBs to flexibly deploy them in IT rooms or even on desks in offices.
"QNAP's best-selling all 10GbE switch series now releases two new half-width rackmount 16-port 10GbE models, offering more 10GbE ports to satisfy requirements for multiple high-bandwidth network devices in SMBs and offices. " said Jerry Deng, Product Manager of QNAP, adding "Managed and unmanaged models are available for easily upgrading to a full 10GbE high-speed LAN at an affordable price, and their small physical footprint makes them especially useful for businesses and organizations that lack physical space for dedicated IT hardware."
The QSW-M3216R-8S8T and QSW-3216R-8S8T come with eight 10GbE SFP+ fiber ports and eight 10GbE RJ45 ports, which are also backwards compatible with 1G SFP and Multi-Gigabit NBASE-T (10G / 5G / 2.5G / 1G). Up to 10bps speed per 10GbE RJ45 port can be achieved with the existing 6a cables (or better). The QSW-M3216R-8S8T and QSW-3216R-8S8T are compliant with IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet and IEEE 802.3x Flow Control in full-duplex mode, avoiding packet loss from unparalleled bandwidth, and reducing power consumption for low-speed and inactive connections. With a half-width rackmount design, the QSW-M3216R-8S8T and QSW-3216R-8S8T (or with another half-width rackmount switch) can be installed in a 1U rack space for efficient physical space utilization and tidy cabling in IT rooms or offices. With its smart cooling system, the QSW-M3216R-8S8T and QSW-3216R-8S8T ensures stable high-speed network performance even when under full load.
The QSW-M3216R-8S8T managed switch provides Layer 2 management functions (such as LACP, VLAN, ACL and LLDP) via QNAP Switch System (QSS) with user-friendly Web GUI for efficient network bandwidth controls and enhanced network security. The QSW-M3216R-8S8T is one of the few L2 web-managed switches that supports the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for users to deploy small/medium-scale networks that support expansion, redundancy, and loop prevention.
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"QNAP's best-selling all 10GbE switch series now releases two new half-width rackmount 16-port 10GbE models, offering more 10GbE ports to satisfy requirements for multiple high-bandwidth network devices in SMBs and offices. " said Jerry Deng, Product Manager of QNAP, adding "Managed and unmanaged models are available for easily upgrading to a full 10GbE high-speed LAN at an affordable price, and their small physical footprint makes them especially useful for businesses and organizations that lack physical space for dedicated IT hardware."
The QSW-M3216R-8S8T managed switch provides Layer 2 management functions (such as LACP, VLAN, ACL and LLDP) via QNAP Switch System (QSS) with user-friendly Web GUI for efficient network bandwidth controls and enhanced network security. The QSW-M3216R-8S8T is one of the few L2 web-managed switches that supports the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for users to deploy small/medium-scale networks that support expansion, redundancy, and loop prevention.
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19 Comments on QNAP Introduces the Half-width Rackmount 16-Port 10GbE QSW-M3216R-8S8T and QSW-3216R-8S8T L2 Managed/Unmanaged Switch
I've been waiting on the "next-gen multi-2.5gb controllers" for about 3 years now - and the fact that the only affordable controllers are single-port makes 2.5gb switches very expensive still.
Do we have a price on these QNAP QSW-3216R-8S8T switches yet?
80W Max.
Holy bananas
Since these new half-rack versions are smaller and have fewer SFP+ ports, I'd imagine they'd cost less, not more.Also, 5Gb is crazy expensive because they use 10GbE controllers. I'm not aware of any low-cost 5Gb controllers.
If you can make do with 16x 2.5Gb, then you can use something in the $250-500 range. ServeTheHome and Level1Tech have some decent budget recommendations.
www.techpowerup.com/309289/maxlinears-8-port-2-5-gbps-switch-is-tiny-single-chip-solutionWhy do I ever write news here when no-one is reading it?!
www.techpowerup.com/309465/realteks-5-gbps-ethernet-solutions-will-reduce-cost-and-power-draw-significantly
Also, the numerous press releases posted verbatim as news do make people forget that there are articles with original content. I realize they are tagged as press releases but the small size of the tags and sheer number of press releases relative to original content does not help to draw people toward that original content.
Until those things are actually out on the market, at the low price as promised, they're vaporware and not relevant to the discussion. If I can't buy them yet, and there are no reviews showing up with them yet why even bring it up?
Unlike other forms of progress in computing, the physical medium hasn't changed - we're still talking the same basic twisted pairs of copper that we were talking about 30 years ago. Storage has changed from spinning rust to NAND, processors get new manufacturing nodes and new transistor technologies, internal data cables get new standards with new cables that have more wires and new protocols. In order to go faster with the same old copper wire, we need far more complex controllers and they need to send at higher power to maintain signal integrity.
10g base-T is just the same old copper wires with the same old RJ45 connector and retains backwards compatibility with 10/100/1000. If single-mode fibre became the new standard I'm sure the production volumes and economies of scale would cause a massive shift in the market so that fibre was dirt cheap, but the issue is that it will never catch on. There are hundreds of millions, maybe even a billion buildings with CAT5e, CAT6, CAT6A wiring; That's the legacty constraint the market is working against.
Fire your technical writer/reviewer QNAP.
www.tp-link.com/us/business-networking/unmanaged-switch/tl-sx105/
It ends up at around $50 a port if you shop around during a sale.Currently yes, but that's also about to change. Problem is, there are no 5 Gbps switches...
www.techpowerup.com/309465/realteks-5-gbps-ethernet-solutions-will-reduce-cost-and-power-draw-significantlyIt's a press release, so it's more like QNAP wants to fire their proof reader.
Oh, right, they don't have one, that would be why.
Yes, I know this, as I used to work there and know their marketing team manager, nothing has changed.
Also, this is a switch, not a modem.