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Switches and very basic and any switch will do.
However the bigger they are and the more traffic that they are rated for, the more they create heat and the more they need cooling.
What you propose works fine. Multiple small switches are equivalent... but I wouldn't be surprised if the rack mountable one has fans and is loud. That would be my only consideration if you have the space to put it.
Velocio
I have a switch question, rather than a wifi question - I have two Ubiqiti 5-port Toughswitches, and I've run out of ports.
Rather than continually adding switches, is it worth just picking up a 24-port job like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123606943450
I can use the Toughswitches elsewhere in the house, which would also mean I can reduce cable run.
I also get to use the 10U rack that I just built...