[bitbckt]

I have an SN2700 in my rack, next to a pair of Arista 7060CXs (as a point of comparison). These are wildly under-rated devices outside of the STH fanbase.

You may be surprised at how quiet and low power these Mellanox switches can be.

[benjojo12]

Quiet in the terms of DC grade switching, I'm not sure you could get away with such a switch in a home environment. The 100G optics need plenty of airflow to keep cool so it's not just a case of swapping the fans for something smaller

[dgacmu]

You can use a 100g DAC within a single rack (which is also cheaper). I only have a tiny bit of 100g at home and just do 10g optics for the connection out of the rack. Of course, that's my weird setup and it won't work once I want 100g to my office.

[bitbckt]

The rack I’m referring to is in my home. YMMV, of course.