Question on firewall / switch choice

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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I’m currently testing/using a RB2011iL-RM and I’m looking into buying 2 firewall’s for datacenter rack.

I do know that I can’t setup a firewall cluster at the moment, so it will be something active /passive that I plug-over the cables when needed. I’m also considering to replace my current 24p cisco switch.

I wonder if the Switches / http://routerboard.com/CRS125-24G-1S-RM can do the same firewalling as the / http://routerboard.com/RB2011UiAS-RM

If that is the case, then I can just buy 2 24port switches instead of 2 firewalls and 2 switches.

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The CRS125 certainly has a very similar feature set to the RB2011 [as it runs the same OS] but be aware that the CRS125 is not going to do L3 at wire speed, so whether it’s appropriate for your deployment depends on what level of performance you’re expecting.

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But remember CRS is Cloud router switch. It’s good for switching not routing. But RB2011 is router board.