2924 replacing 5000

[Ver17]

I am looking to replace a Cisco 5000 with a Cisco 2924XL. The main reason for this switch is to get back 5U's of rack space (I pay for space) and the fact that I will only ever use around 20 ports. Currently I am using around 5Mbps but that could max at 10Mbps.

The reason for this question is..... I am not concerned with the backplane capacity because both switches specs are in Gb. I am concered with the speed of the data switching. The primary purpose of the switch is to connect a rack of game servers so the speed of the switch is my biggest concern. Will the 5000 switch the data faster making the overall latency lower than if I used the 2924XL? Or would the latency increase be so minor for such a small amount of bandwidth that it would not matter? Oh course other aspects such as frequent collisions and what not are also a factor. I would not want to sacrifice anything that could cause in game lag....

 

[vipergg]

If the bandwidth will only max at 10 meg then the 2924 will not have a problem , we have them all over our corporation with multiple 1924's stacked below them and bandwidth has never once been an issue . They have been a reliable switch over the years too , more than i can say for a few other cisco devices we have .

 

[BuckWeet]

If you really want to get into it, the 2924XL has about as much backplane bandwidth as the 5000s if not more..

I'm not sure if the 5000's are the same as the 5500's but on the 5500s (replacements for 5000's) have only a 3gig backplane.

the 2924XL has at least 2gig i believe.. Switching speed is all done at wire-speed, so thats not a concern..

2924XL is still a great switch, and was the 'big closet beast' access layer switch back in its day..


BuckWeet