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We a small office, up to 40 concurrent users. &nbsp;We're a non-profit so price is an issue. I was looking at a Netgear managed switch but noticed it only as 128k of RAM compared to an HP Procurve that has 64M, that's big difference. &nbsp;Can anyone help me out?<br />
Thanks
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We a small office, up to 40 concurrent users.  We're a non-profit so price is an issue. I was looking at a Netgear managed switch but noticed it only as 128k of RAM compared to an HP Procurve that has 64M, that's big difference.  Can anyone help me out?
Thanks

How much RAM do you need in a network switch?

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.