On Wednesday 17 September 2008 18:08:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't be exact on this price as I haven’t bought Cisco > Switches in a bit of time, however the last we wanted > 3760's they were almost 2 times the price for the Extreme > x450.
I suspect you mean the 3750's. I have no experience with the Extreme kit, both in price and mechanics (although we have an Alpine 3820 which we have since retired), so I can't make a case for/against them. What I can say is that 3560's are basically 3750's without StackWise. I prefer to buy 3560's because larger switches like the 6500 make more sense if you need high port density (for me, that is). > Also in terms of functionality, we found the QoS on the > Extremes much better for VoIP especially,... Well, QoS at Layer 2 is basically 802.1p, which most decent switch vendors will support. Since it'll likely be done in hardware at Layer 2, any vendor with a decent switch can accomplish this. > also on pound > for pound comparison, we have found extreme a better > switching solution that Cisco and have consequently chose > extreme on the backbone and also in the enterprise. That's the question, in what way? At a hardware level, both vendors should be fine - it's the software stack where some are better than others, so I'd imagine this is where you're comparing. Why is Extreme better, I ask? I can't compare because I have no real experience with Extreme (which also means I can't say Cisco are better than Extreme). Take a few features you've tested on both vendors' switches and tell us what you thought. Cheers, Mark.
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