On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Mike Devlin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Its ironic this thread has started, since my company is in the process of > replacing the core infrastructure, and we have it narrowed down to HP IRF > on 5900 and 5800 platform vs Juniper EX4550 and EX4200 VChassis. > > I was considering asking the list about any experiences they have had > comparing the 2 platforms. > The biggest thing I miss over Cisco is VTP. Managing VLAN's is a huge pain without it when you've got dozens of switches that all need the same VLAN config. The pros on both HP and Juniper though tend to outweigh Cisco anymore. HP was (is?) giving lifetime software updates, and the out the door prices are better than Cisco or Juniper. When deploying a HP 5406 ZL some years back at a previous job I was having some pretty painful issues with 802.1x that they were able to debug with engineers and get us a non-released build with fixes. HP Procurve Tech support was pretty responsive at the time for those units, but that has been quite a few years ago now, though from what I've heard they're still pretty on the ball. At my current day job we just turned up the first EX4500 (the 4550 wasn't available in our timeframe since they'd JUST started shipping at the time) and so far so good. We're not using the VC and might not end up using it, but it's nice to have if we decide to go that route/need to. So don't really have much experience with those yet. Majority of the switches at the current day job are PowerConnect 6248's - they mostly work pretty well as a plain switch, we're not doing L3 on them at all. I have a series of 3rd party test results related to both technologies that > ive been reviewing, but that can only give me so much info. 1st hand > experience is really what im looking to hear about here. > > Does anyone have any experience with both technologies they wouldnt mind > sharing with the group? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Jonathan Lassoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you want to stick with Juniper, maybe check out the EX4500. > > > > If you're looking for inexpensive, maybe check out the Arista 7100s or > > Accton's offerings. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 1:48 AM, hasan alperen selçuk < > > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > We will change our Back Bone switch and i need some advice. > > > our topology > > > http://b1212.hizliresim.com/14/6/gml93.png > > > we need min. 4x10g fiber and min 1x1g fiber port (should be 12x1g sfp) > > > any idea? > > > thanks > > > > > > H.Alperen SELÇUK > > > > > > > > > GSM : +90 (544) 880 > > > 98 80 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > _______________________________________________ > > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > -- "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." -- Samuel Butler _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
