We run 5 x GS752TPS as a single stack. We run both our data and voice on the same network.
As far as I know, no advanced setup has been done on the switches.
I'd like to remove the infrastructure as a possible cause for the network running slow. How can I measure the load the switches are put under?
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We have different models (GS752TXS and GS752TP, last one non-stackable) but I think this is a comparable setup since we also use it with a voice network (but in different VLAN).
I activated SNMP on the devices with a custom secret and installed a Ubuntu VM with Cacti on it and I really like it. It really takes some time to get a well functioning setup with all measurements but today I´ve integrated a lot of our central devices (switches, firewall, vmware-servers, ...) and it really is a very good tool to answere a lot of questions... about stability, performance, traffic and so on.
With our Netgear switches (and on the firewall) we´re counting traffic for all LAGs and some specific ports. That might be exactly what you want to have.
I would give it a try.... but to be honest: In most cases it´s NOT the switch ;-)
Is your Voice-network a problem or transfer speeds of the "normal" network? I hope you´re using QOS properly...!? With activated 802.1p we really have no problems here.