On Sat, Oct 08, 2016 at 12:00:02PM -0400, stephen wadlow wrote: > > > On Oct 8, 2016, at 7:31 AM, Dan Ritter <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If I wanted managed switches, I would use Juniper EX. We already > > have them installed; they are exceedingly clever and I can > > stack together four or five of them in a loop and have lots of > > redundancy and a single image. > > You know and like Juniper (as do I), so why not stick with what you know, but > just pay less for them? > I see this: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Juniper-EX3200-48T-48-Port-Gigabit-RJ45-Switch-1-Year-Warranty-/262656695705 > > <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Juniper-EX3200-48T-48-Port-Gigabit-RJ45-Switch-1-Year-Warranty-/262656695705> > which is a slightly older model, but still quite serviceable. You can find > roughly similar prices for the EX42000s as well. > > If you’re careful with how you do it, then you have better options for device > re-use if the stupid application gets a better solution from smart people. > > Cheap switches exist, but I think you still do better on the second-hand > juniper market. Efficiency in being able to say “I can plug in the juniper > and be ready to go in 30 minutes” vs “ok, I’ve never seen this switch before, > let me spend 2-3 hours getting familiar with it and learning what stupid > things I need to turn off” will go a long way for me. > > The down side is that you might not be able to get juniper support. For > those prices, you can just keep a spare or two and still come out ahead.
At this discount level, it becomes nearly a no-brainer. Thanks! -dsr- _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
