* J.C. Roberts <list-...@designtools.org> [2009-09-02 17:53]: > Also, you might want to note the innards of *most* HP ProCurve gear was > actually rebranded Foundry hardware. > > Since Brocade bought out Foundry, I believe HP is now using Force10 > Networks hardware inside of their newer (rebranded) "ProCurve" line. I > might be wrong on this, but I remember being told about it at InterOp > Vegas earlier this year.
you are wrong. the 9000 (_huge_ chassis switches) series was foundry with an HP label. that was about the only change, the sticker. otherwise just the successor of the bigiron 8000 line (forgot the name). that is a very good choice tho anyway. they don't sell that line any more. there was one smaller one that was a foundry as well, 8 port 1000BaseSX. forgot the model number, i even have one somewhere (but not in use). not sold any more either. all the rest of their product line - and that is a LOT of models - is their own line. i don't see any connection to force10. the successor of the 9000 line is the 8200zl and from all i can tell (i never touched on of those myself) has no relation to force10. force10's fabric is faster than the 692 GBit/s HP specs for the 8200, and the force10s are way way way more expensive. different league, entirely. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
