[SASAG] Switch Recommendations

[Michael T. Halligan]

First off, I hate buying used.. That being said, HP's used procurve  
gear is great. We were paying over $3k+ per switch for the 2848  
switches new.. Now
we pay around $1,500 each for them used, and keep a couple of spares  
around just in case. I can't stress how great of a deal the 2848 is..  
Cisco doesn't
have a comparable switch for under $6k, and even that doesn't have the  
throughput/backplane as the procurve.

On Feb 11, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Adam Stenseth wrote:

>
> Seconded.  HP makes pretty good switchgear and their support is
> phenomenal.   We bought what is currently the dell switchline in its  
> SMC
> incarnation (same switch manufacturer, rebranded) and had no end of
> headaches.
>
> If you can get good pricing on ProCurve, go for it.   By far the  
> lowest
> TCO, especially if you can keep the upfront down.
>
> -adam
>
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Benjamin Krueger wrote:
>
>> * James Affeld (jamesaffeld at yahoo.com) [080211 09:14]:
>>> I've been really happy with HP.  Haven't tried the
>>> Dell.  The vendor we used was Unisoft, who resell for
>>> a number of OEMs.
>>>
>>> For backbone use, the 2900 and 2800 series are still
>>> pretty cheap and offer 4x10-gig ports.
>>
>> The ProCurves are nice switches, especially for office use. Stay as  
>> far away from Dell's sorry excuses for switches as you can. They  
>> will cause nothing but heartache.
>>
>> -- 
>> Benjamin Krueger
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