Cisco = Shook Bread = bend
Butter = over From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Switch Purchase Question... Yeah, I'm getting the company away from 3COM and since Cisco has been my bread and butter for the last 8 years, it's just simpler... Don't get me wrong, HP does make some nice equipment, but it's just not for me... On Jan 29, 2008 7:42 PM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jan 29, 2008 4:41 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm getting a 4507 with dual Sup V 10GE engines, 48 port gig > blade and a 24 port fiber blade for 30k... Wow. Nice. That's way bigger than anything I usually work with. But I was curious, so I did a little web browsing. It looks like the roughly equivalent ProCurve model would be the 8108fl. 8 slots instead of 7 for the Cisco. http://www.hp.com/rnd/products/switches/ProCurve_Switch_8100fl_Series Pricing in this space is hard to find and harder to compare (since you have to order all the modules separately), but it looks like the two are roughly comparable, price-wise. Obviously, your experience is with Cisco, and I'm not trying to suggest you switch to HP. It's very likely your existing investment (equipment, training, experience, etc.) in Cisco is far more valuable than anything HP could bring to the table. This is more for my own curiosity. On Jan 29, 2008 9:25 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Redundant Sup Engines for one... Full Netflow feature set... Policy based > routing... The 8108 does appear to have those sorts of features. HP uses "management module" for what Cisco calls a "supervisor". Policy routing is listed in the data sheet. "NetFlow" is a Cisco brand name. So of course the HP doesn't have that. HP has various monitoring and management tools; dunno if they do what you need. Given that the above is all based on about 20 minutes of work with Google, it's not worth very much, but maybe it's food for thought. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
