FS S5860-48SC Pluggables and Performance
We had five different types of pluggable from FS.com to use with the switch and took photos with four of them for this review.
First, we had a pair of the FS SFP-10GLR-31 optics. These are <1W optics with 10kM reach using single-mode LC connections. They are also only $27 on FS.com.
There are SFP-10G-T modules that are only $65 currently that allow one to use ports with 10Gbase-T.
Beyond those, there are the QSFP28 modules., This switch can take up to eight of them.
We had the QSFP28-SR4-100G which is a MPO/MTP multi-mode 100m optic. We also had the 40GbE SR4 modules that we used in this switch but did not take photos of since they were being used in another FS switch we will be reviewing that was in the data center when we took these photos. These 100G modules are currently $99.
We also used the QSFP28-IR4-100G 2km transceivers. These are CWDM single-mode LC fiber optics and cost around $189 at the time of this article.
We also tried a number of Cisco and other vendor-coded optics in this switch and they worked without issue. It seems as though FS is not vendor-locking its switch optics.
In terms of performance, we were passing traffic through the switch and these optics at line rate. That is what one would expect. We also had FS cables and we tested the MTP/MPO cables on the Fluke MultiFiber Pro and the Versiv 2 (a mini-review for that coming soon.)
Perhaps the big implication is not just the switch pricing, currently $3999. With a total of 48x SFP+ and 8x QSFP28 ports, the real savings come in terms of optics. With 56 optics, saving $20 per optic is over $1000. The figures for the 100G optics can easily be higher. To us, that is a big feature. One can go to a single vendor for the switch and optics and save a lot on the overall package.
Next, we are going to get to our power consumption and noise before getting to our final words.
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FS S5860=Ruijie Networks S6120
You’re totally right. You don’t see anything about these switches other than fake reviews and SEO websites saying they’re great. Do more of them STH. I always want to know if they’re good, but all these fake reviews and testimonials they do makes me think that they’re not.
Like there’s “N***a from Spain” on 12/26/2021, when people in Spain are off for Christmas holiday, and they say “The price of S5860-48SC is attractive compared to other brands. All the functions such as QoS, BGP, ACL, VRRP, etc. look good to me. Importantly, its 100G ports can play an important role in the data center.” Anyone that knows networking would call out MLAG being missing, VXLAN missing and so on so you know that’s fake.
As of now there’s 18 reviews and they all look fake.
Maybe that works in some places, but it doesn’t work in Europe or NA. It just turns me off. I also won’t buy Ubiquiti because they censor so much on forums. If FS reads this, stop spamming the Internet with fake reviews and people will trust you more.
I bought a 24 port S5850 a few months ago to get me going on a storage project in our data center. Our Dell S5248-ON switches were back ordered until at least March and possibly longer. While it took me a little while to learn the CLI commands (we mostly use Pro Curve), once I got everything working, it’s been fine. Having the flexibility to use our existing HP/Aruba or Dell optics and DACs has been quite nice.
Yes, there are some silly mis spellings in the web gui, but once I figured out the CLI commands I never have ventured back into the GUI anyways.
The reviews are definitively fake. I do not understand why they are doing this, as they products are actually decent as long as it fits your use case.
The issue with this one is power usage, 130W in idle, is a bit ridiculous.
Also lack of ONIE is a real problem long term I think