An ideal companion to the rapidly emerging class of 10-gigabit servers,the netgear prosafe 28-port gigabit stackable smart switch is the industry's first smart switch with 10-gigabit connectivity - delivering maximum throughput in smb networks for demanding tasks such as data replication and backup,virtualization,video on demand and high-volume transaction processing. at less than half the cost of a managed switch,the prosafe 28-port gigabit smart switch provides 24 gigabit ports for connecting devices to the network,along with four 10ge sfp+ ports for stacking or uplink to servers. as many as six switches can be stacked for a total of 300 network ports,with full redundancy for unsurpassed reliability. the gs728txs offers a rich enterprise-class feature set,including advanced traffic management and security,yet can be easily configured and monitored through a web-based graphical user interface.