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by detaro 1967 days ago
Of course 1U servers are the most extreme case. Having rackmount equipment at home is fine if you can put it out of the way and pay a bit of attention to what you buy - i.e. a 3U or 4U machine will usually have much more normal fans you can swap to quiet ones. Some people also swap fans on 1U switches.
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Pro-tip: removing the fans from switches make them much quieter!

More seriously: most switches will survive fine without fans if you don't use them too intensely (see eg https://www.reddit.com/r/Cisco/comments/3iu57s/home_lab_swit...)