I have 8 Dell Switches 3448P and 5324 have been using for about 3 years absolutelly no problems.
Stefan On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:02 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 > > > > > > -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
