CRS309-1G-8S+IN MCLAG and performance

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Hi colleagues,
while I was working enough with Mikrotik devices as a SOHO routers, now I need to implement 10G-based switching and kindly ask you to clear my doubts :slight_smile:

I need to implement the following topology:

where servers (Linux) are connected over 10G trunk links to two CRS309-1G-8S+IN in MC-LAG mode. These switches supposed to work in pure L2 mode and provide uplink for some of VLANs.
According to documentation, the MC-LAG supported, so my questions are:

  • whether MC-LAG functionality is well-tested and production-ready?
  • whether depicted above model will provide performance according to specified in datasheet Switching results?
  • when using 6-8 SFP+ ports (FoxGate), how passive cooling will perform?
  • which features, when switched on, will degrade performance of the device?

Thank you for help.