I like ProCurve and also Netgear switches for the SMB market. (ProCurve for any market, really)
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market...* On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Gene Giannamore < [email protected]> wrote: > Recently purchased a HP 2530-48G from provantage for just under $1K. The > web interface is very basic. Had to learn a little CLI to finish the setup. > Bought it based on recommendations from this list. > > -Gene Giannamore > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Tran > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] what switch do you prefer for SMB? > > I have a procurve myself and love it. However, I don't see any new 48 > ports switches for less than 1k. Is that correct? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lum > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] what switch do you prefer for SMB? > > +1 again. > > -Dave Lum > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig Wardlaw > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 4:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] what switch do you prefer for SMB? > > +1 on the ProCurve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ben Scott > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] what switch do you prefer for SMB? > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: > > What do you use or recommend? > > As anyone who's been on this list for more than few months knows, I'm a > big fan of HP ProCurve. "Warrantied and supported forever" is hard to beat. > > > The requirements are gigabit, layer 2 switching, vlans and budget > > friendly > > ($300-$700) for a 24 or 48 port switch. > > ProCurve 2530-24G (J9776A). 24 1000BASE-T ports, 4 gig SFP. > Provantage has it for $520. > > ProCurve 2530-48G (J9775A). 48 1000BASE-T ports, 4 gig SFP. > Provantage has it for $910. > > -- Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
