SG500x & SG300 recommended topology

[springhead]

I want to create a network with 4 VLANS.

Core VLAN (servers, management)

Data VLAN

Voice VLAN

CCTV VLAN

I am looking at installing 2 x SG500x 24 port switches as CORE switches to connect servers and phone system.

I am then looking to install 6 x SG300 48 port switches as EDGE switches to connect client devices.

What would be the best way to connect the CORE switches to each other, and to the EDGE switches to provide the maximum possible bandwidth between client devices and the servers and the best redundancy?

[devils_advocate]

The best way in terms of both bandwidth and redundancy would be to stack the two SG500 switches and then have two uplinks from each SG300, one to each SG500.

The SG500x supports cross stack etherchannel so each of your SG300 switches would have 2Gb of theoretical bandwidth.

Your Servers may also support Link Aggregation so you may also be able to have these connected to the SG500s in a redundant configuration/

Thanks