Router or Layer 3 switches

[Max Maxim]

Hi Team,

I am trying to setup additional servers connectivity in my university Data center.

Back in my research center  I have 34 servers + storage  ( Site A)

I have another 20 servers nodes need to be placed inside university DC  ( Site-B )  

I have 2x units of Cisco 2960X-48 port switches.  1 x units in ( Site-A)    and 1 x unit inside Data center ( Site-B )

To connect between site-A and site-B ,  the University IT corporate has given me 2 set of  IP number range  VLAN  ( public)  which is not same as my private VLAN.    

Question is do i need router-1 and router-2 to make the communication between site-A and site-B ?  Can i have use Layer-3 switches which someone have suggested. 

Thanks

Max

[Leo Laohoo]

Those severs are going to hammer the puny 2960X to it's knees.  There will be Total Output Drops galore until someone (correctly) configures QoS on each port of the switch.

[Max Maxim]

Hi Leo,

Replacing the C2960 with Layer 3 switches will do the job ?   

Max