On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Michael R. Wayne wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 10:46:37PM -0600, Tim Tsai wrote:
> >
> > Best bang for the buck category: HP ProCurve 4000M. 40 switched 10/100
> > ports (that's with the chassis half filled).
>
> Note that HP's pricing on additional cards is silly. It's cheaper
> to buy 2 4000Ms and throw the second chassis away than to buy 5
> more cards.
Ever noticed it's this way with *anything* that has add-in blades? :) If
you buy two chassis, you can take the parts and make one fully populated
one -- with both power supplies even. And $3000 for 80 100mbit ports is
pretty good port density if you ask me.
And they take Gig Ethernet cards so you can set up a neat switching
fabric for cheap. The 2GB backplane speed is the only limiting factor.
Forestall the Cisco invasion a little longer. :)
I remember TotalControl modem racks are sold the same way, generally.
> Other than that, great product. 2424M (not 2424) has simialr
> feature set in a 24 port version.
The 8000M is a waste of money, btw.
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