Really I only need a decent nvr with good bandwidth and 2 separate 1gb nics so I can still have my separate subnets and still connect from Internet as sooner or later 100mb ports taking the load of 9 cameras and growing through 1 port is going to cause a bottleneck. The benefit of using separate poe switches is I can move the nvr anywhere I like as long as I connect to any of the switches, otherwise I would have to reroute 9 cables when the wife fancies rearranging the room .