Even if there was zero impact on the battery life the cost alone to run these old switches is astronomical. 100w x24/7 at .20 cents a kwh = 175 per year in perpetuity...you can buy a new switch for that kind of money....How long can a battery backup run?
Aps/cyberpower type backups can only go like 5 (800W) to-maybe 180 min (50 W draw) depending on load...or are you talking banks of custom car batteries type of backups?
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Yes hes talking about idle wattage...they usually dont list it...you will need to put the switch on a killawatt meter.Wow...I'll have to check the actual listed wattage on the ones I was looking at above.
Are you talking idle wattage?
I assume whatever wattage your cams actually need would be the same pull on any switch.
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You are still paying 100 per year in perpetuity at your rates...make sure that rate includes delivery ..also dont forget to factor taxes..I thought 20 vents per kWh sounded high...here, (Missouri) my current rate is about 12.2 cents per kWh summer and 8.58 cents per in winter..drops to 5.7 after 750kWh.. so I guess I should not be complaining. ..but still very good point wasted cost and electricity use in general is best mitigated when possible.
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depends on how big of a trunk switch you need.. I needed 48 ports, and for a 48port poe switch I was looking at a sizable chunk of change.. a 48 port trunk switch with a 24 port PoE+ midspan covers my needs and I managed to accomplish it for ~$160 out the door.. it let me pick whatever switch I wanted instead of being forced to use some old power sucking dinosaur that sounds like a jet.
There is something wrong with your hardware or firmware if your cams lockup every 4 months.I like managed switches because when these Hikvision cameras inevitably lock up every 4 months or so, I can power-cycle them from the web interface on the switch. One day I'll get around to automating that.
...The thing you need to be aware of with the really large PoE switches is that they are ... large ... and they have amazingly noisy fans in them. If you are putting this anywhere that continuous noise would be a problem, don't use a large switch.
That will be loud an annoying if you spend any time near the switch...Thought I'd look up one of the switches I'm listed from the initial post, the Extreme Networks X450E-24P 24 port POE switch as an example.
Their spec sheet states, "Sound Power: 62 dBA per ISO 7779"
No idea what "per ISO 7779" refers to there....may be key, not sure.
Also "Bystander Sound Pressure: 54 dBA right side @ .6m"
Lookng at some noise level comparison charts shows 50 dba = "Quiet suburb, conversation at home" and 60 dba = "Conversation in restaurant, office, background music, Air conditioning unit at 100 feet."
That does not sound too bad considering it will be in the basement.
There is something wrong with your hardware or firmware if your cams lockup every 4 months.
Not sure why my last post got split into two posts (via the tapatalk app)...Any reason I would NEED gigabit speed on the individual ports other than for connection (is that called the "uplink?) from the switch to the computer?
I mean the cameras would not use near or more than 100, right? So would there be any benefit somehow anyway?
The big 450e switch I mentioned is all GigE POE ports but there are a lot of others that are just 10/100 POE with GigE uplink I see for sale.
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