CRS328-24P-4S+RM vs hEX S RB760iGS

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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I recently bought a hEX S RB760iGS router, but I also need a switch. I see that the CRS328-24P-4S+RM is router/switch hybrid that can run routerOS.

So when comparing the capabilities of the hEX S RB760iGS vs the CRS328-24P-4S+RM in routeros mode would it be ok to just go with the CRS328-24P-4S+RM only, and have it handle both routing and switching?

The details of the network install will be..

400 download/20 upload internet link.
4 vlans.
4 Unifi AP’s
10 voip phones.
Qos for traffic shaping.
5 computers.
2 printers.
Intergrated OpenVpn Server. (Will only be using 1 or 2 openvpn tunnels for remote VOIP, very low bandwidth required.)

Can the processor in the CRS328-24P-4S+RM handle those features as good as the hEX S RB760iGS?

Thanks

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Is there any reason that with a small network I couldn’t forgo using a dedicated router, and instead use the Mikrotik all in one router switch CRS328-24P-4S+RM in RouterOs mode?

I don’t need fast OpenVpn throughput becuase the phones that will be using Openvpn only need maybe 192kbits up and down. The other router features I will need to use is Vlan, DHCP, QOS, Traffic Shaping queues, and basic firewalls rules.

I see that the CRS328-24P-4S+RM uses an 800mhz single core 98DX3236 processor. In my use case would this be enough to run routing and switching?

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I think the CRS328 should do the job. We have one CRS354-48p running for a few months with a 1Gbps connection, but without any VPN and is working just fine. And CRS354 is having only 64Mb of ram and a slower CPU at twice the port number.

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Great info. Can I ask what feature are you running on your CRS354? QOS? Queues? Mangle Rules? Multiple DHCP servers? How many vlans? Vlan Trunks or Ports, etc???

Typically what is the processor running at during a typical days work?

Thanks so much!

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Official test results indicate that this unit should be capable of routing somewhere around 270Mbps (Tx and Rx combined) in real-life scenarios. The figure greatly depends on complexity of firewall setup and any other features (such as queuing, QoS, …), so the real number in your particular case might be even lower than that. And this figure includes also inter-VLAN routing (which means inter-VLAN connections won’t get anywhere near wire-speed).

For simple routing (no QoS, no firewall) it might go up to 1Gbps.

So I’d suggest to use CRS as switch only and add dedicated router, choose something from furl=https://mikrotik.com/products/group/ethernet-routers]routers section[/url]. IMHO RB4011 would be great for your use case.