QNAP QSW-M3216R-8S8T 16-Port 10G RJ45 / SFP+ Managed Network Switch

fast, compact, flexible 16-port 10G switch with an excellent web management GUI; rock-solid build quality; RJ45 and SFP+ ports work flawlessly with 10G-tek RJ45 and fiber transceivers

The QNAP does extremely well using auto negotiation on my mixed network. All 10 Gb network cards (OWCPCIE10Gb) from run at rated speeds. Direct 10 Gb transfers between (2) computers with NVMe drives averages slightly over 1 GigaByte/s. Primarily purchased for large backup image and rendered file transfers between multiple computers and a backup server using CAT6a (10'-30') and CAT8 (95'-120') cables. No dropouts during multiple transfers taking place. Plays well with the 2.5 Gb cards and (1) ancient Intel 1.0 Gb card still in the network as well. Also will support up to (8) VLANs, link aggregation and Spanning Tree Protocol. Management is web based, straightforward and easy to set up or change using either the MGMT RJ45 port or web browser connected via the RJ45 or SFP+ ports. Used an SFP+ module to test all SFP+ ports. All port properly negotiate to NIC rated speeds. Switch is quiet even though the twin fans spin at 4k+ RPM. (3) fan curve options in setup. The front and top surfaces stay between 89° to 94°F (pyrometer checked). SFP+ module tops out at 95°F on the exposed faces under load. Rated maximum power is 48.6 watts. Internal DC power supply with a 120V AC cord instead of a clumsy 4+ amp power brick. Have a few more 10Gb cards to purchase yet. Only had it for a few weeks, but it's certainly been doing the job. About the same price as a Netgear 10 port 10Gb managed switch, 4 ports of which are only 2.5Gb. Only about €50 more than a Buffalo 8 port 10 Gb unmanaged switch. A switch that you can grow into instead of out of for a SOHO network. It's a keeper fer shur.

Everything is working flawlessly ,love the product. QNAP has outstanding customer support! Plenty of 10GB ports and managed switch software is bar none the best out there.

Excellent managed switch at a reasonable price. User friendly web management, small form factor and quiet. Well suited for indoor use in a quiet environment. Very pleased.

I was looking for a network switch for my office that could handle 10-gigabit connections over RJ-45 (to connect my PC and Synology NAS) but it was difficult to find one that didn't have negative reviews either due to heat or noise. I gave this switch a shot and it's worked extremely well so far. You can set it to use a quiet profile for the fans so that it's not quite as loud and it's been very reliable and performant so far. I can easily transfer While the unit is certainly not silent (the fans are small and can produce a high-pitch hum at times), it is quiet enough to be placed in my office and blends in with the fan noise from other devices like the NAS. Unless it's under a high load or I'm specifically listening for it, I don't even notice it. With larger transfers, I have seen transfer speeds of 550 MB/s to an SSD on my NAS, which is about what I would expect.

Excellent 16 port managed switch at a reasonable price. User friendly web management, small form factor and quiet. Well suited for indoor use in a quiet environment. Very pleased.

I am normally a person that uses enterprise equpment like Cisco, Brocade, etc. Wanting high performance hardware with all the features expected in a professional environment. Getting a consumer switch means giving up a lot in some situations. I just recently upgraded to Wifi 7 and needed a switch for Multi-Gig RJ45 and instead of getting a switch with just enough ports for similar cost, this switch had by far the most 10gb connectivity for the price and it was also managed to allow me to do mose of the basic things I want to do. It runs completly silent, and nice and cool. For the average home this might be expensive but for someone who needs it, they know this is actually pretty cheap.

I was looking to upgrade the core of my home network to 10Gb. Other MANAGED switches in this category tended to run over €1,000. So far, this switch has been plug and play for me, but has the capability to run more advanced configurations if I need them.