CONCLUSION

   I’ve been testing and using 10GbE compatible devices for roughly 8 years now and even though SFP/+ models are my favourite ones due to the fact that they deliver better overall performance I’ve always preferred RJ45 ones to have in the lab, only due to cost. 10GbE T-BASE and SFP+ network cards retail for just about the same really, however the two 15-meter SFP+ premium cables i used in this test for example cost almost 130Euros (that’s 5-6 times as much as the equivalent RJ45 CAT7 ones). Of course, this is not something offices and businesses should and will care about and the ECS2512FP is just that, a business model aimed towards that specific segment of the market. As you can easily tell from th charts performance is top notch (easily surpasses the very good QSW-804-4C switch by QNAP in most tests) and the same also applies for power consumption. Noise levels are somewhat high (the two 40mm fans are active from the moment the switch powers up) but again, that’s nothing new for a high-performance product aimed towards office and business use in general. As for available settings and features i can’t find anything missing, quite the opposite really (the EnGenius Cloud is also a good addition even though i personally wouldn’t call it a game breaker).

   Retailing for USD899 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for around 850Euros inside the EU the ECS2512FP 8-Port Multi-Gigabit L2+ Managed PoE++ Switch by EnGenius is indeed priced a bit higher than what I was expecting for a model with its features and specifications. With that also out of the way there’s not much else I can say about the ECS2512FP really, it’s clear from this entire review that it pretty much ticks all boxes that matter and for that it clearly deserves the Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality
- Excellent Performance
- 8 RJ45 2.5GbE & 4 SFP+ 10GbE Ports
- 120Gbps Maximum Switching Capacity
- 240W PoE++ Power Budget
- Low Power Consumption
- EnGenius Cloud

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- Noise Levels