NETGEAR Smart Switch Earns Miercom 'Certified Green'

NETGEAR’s ProSafe 48-port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS748T) for small to medium-sized business networking has been awarded ‘Certified Green’ status by Miercom, a consultancy specialising in networking and communications-related product testing and analysis. NETGEAR’s energy-efficient 24- and 48-port switches also earned the company a ’top three’ ranking in independent research firm In-Stat’s recent study, ‘Green Networking Equipment: Who Leads and Who Lags’.

Recent testing by Miercom evaluated over a dozen switches for power consumption. NETGEAR’s ProSafe 48-port Gigabit Smart Switch was one of the few switches that consumed 90 watts or less at full utilisation of all ports. According to Miercom calculations, this lower consumption produces a reduction in heat dissipation, which in turn helps reduce data centre cooling loads and associated energy costs.

“We were pleased to find that the NETGEAR GS748T used even less energy than its specifications stated,” said Miercom CEO Robert Smithers. “During our lab test of the device, we observed it drew only 75 watts at maximum capacity when the vendor rated the product at 90 watts.

The In-Stat study in which NETGEAR earned a position among top three, addressed the energy efficiencies of Gigabit Ethernet, fixed and managed Layer 2 and 3 switches. While In-Stat concluded that fixed-configuration 24- and 48-port switches vary by more than 600 percent in terms of switching capacity and respective electrical power usage, as noted by Network World Magazine, NETGEAR’s ProSafe 48-port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS748T) and 24-port Gigabit Smart Switch (GS724T) were among the select few products lauded for both high performance and power efficiency.

Atul Jain, country manager, India and SAARC, Netgear Technologies, said, “We design our SMB networking products with intelligent power-saving capabilities at the top of our priority list, and are committed to continue doing so to develop competitive advantage in this arena”.