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Stacking/clustering 3560s
I've got 2 3750s and a 3750G 12p currently stacked, now I've got 4 new 3560Gs laying around. I know I can't stack them but I could cluster them. But what is more important, doubling the backplane speed (3560G vs 3570) or keeping the 32Gbit stack speed currently in place? This is our coreswitch and via it our user access the file/mail server and the i-net.
Istvan Kalmar
Keep the cluster, and connect 3560 via ethercehannel
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Currently there is no cluster, just the stacked 3570s. I'm asking if it would be beneficial to replace them by a cluster of 3560s.
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That's interesting, as stated in my question I have 3 switches stacked right now and was wondering if replacing them with the faster 3560s (but in a cluster thus through slower trunks) would improve speed. But adding on 1 or 2 3560s is an idea too. Not my question though.
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Ok thank you guys, the 24GIg ports are enough for now. The thing that was eating at me was the much faster backplane of the 3560G's versus the 3570's. In an ideal world we'd go out shopping for some 3570G's but they are a bit pricey. If only the 3560G's were stackable, we wouldn't be having this conversation. I think I will add one 3560G to a cluster for the PoE functionality, this ought to offload the 3570s. Unfortunately the coreswitch is also being used as an edge switch as this whole infra was built on the go. So I will try to relieve the coreswitch of those duties and get it working faster that way. A shared solution is in place I believe. Thanks again.