While I've been a satisfied 3com switch customer for years...I'm happy HP swallowed them up.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote: > Never used Dell switches, I've had absolutely no reason to "switch" from my > beloved Procurves. Bought a 4000 unit ten years back and it still runs the > backbone here. I'm thinking of upgrading that bad boy at some point soon, > but it works so well, I'd hate to part with it. Maybe it will find a new > home in my basement. On another note, why not go with the 2900 series and > stack them? Perhaps they are cheaper? > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Devin Meade <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I have been wanting to replace our aging Dell Switches with HP Procurve >> for ages. Enter a new boss. So the new boss now wants to replace the Dell >> switches with Dell switches. He says they are half the cost - that's true. >> He wants to do it right freaking now with absolutely no research. So I get >> 3 min to research it and this email took two. I get 60 more seconds to do a >> detailed comparison. Crap that sentence just took 15 seconds. So I am >> looking at tech specs and warranty. THe first thing is the lifetime >> warranty from HP Procurve. I dont really value that so much but it is >> there. The networking equip lifetime for us seems to be around 8 years and >> Dell's go to five - HP's are lifetime. In five years, equiv replacement >> equip will be dirt cheap and we will be looking to move to the next >> technology anyway. We need around 200 gigabit ports - stackable etc. We >> are looking at the Procurve 3500 series and Dell Powerconnect 6248 series - >> all 48 ports. I have read pretty much glowing reports of in-the-field >> support regarding HP. We have had a few issues with our Dell PowerConnect >> but Dell worked with us with no problem. One of our 3448 switches was >> replaced via priority overnight with little hassle. >> >> Anyone have any compelling reason to spend almost 2X on ProCurve over Dell >> PowerConnect? >> >> Thanks! >> Devin >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
