Cerulean
[H]F Junkie
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Does brocade have any bracade products?
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I decided to check out these Junipers everyone is talking about. From what I see they're pricey and you can get something else to do the job for a lot less money. I'm not into Cisco but even they are more modestly priced and would go that route if I ever decided to drop Procurve.
You may be looking at the wrong line but Juniper is FAR cheaper than Cisco once you factor in support.
They are a bit more than HP, but also tend to to be higher performance as well.
HP ProCurve all the way. Lifetime hardware warranty and no maintenance/renewal for access to firmware images. Dell Force10, select PowerConnect models, and Brocade have also been good to work with.
I do get a chuckle when someone talks about a switch's GUI in an enterprise setting. All networking professionals (myself included) disabled any http/https access as part of any standard config template.
We use Extreme, but I think I've gotten better reliability from Linksys. I don't like Extreme much....
NETGEAR、HP、Huawei、Zyxel and so on...maybe Huawei has a better cost efficient
Well you got one right.
HP is the only one I'd consider "Enterprise".
HP ProCurve all the way. Lifetime hardware warranty and no maintenance/renewal for access to firmware images. Dell Force10, select PowerConnect models, and Brocade have also been good to work with.
I do get a chuckle when someone talks about a switch's GUI in an enterprise setting. All networking professionals (myself included) disabled any http/https access as part of any standard config template.
I went to cdw and the cheapest Juniper switch I saw there was $700. Thanks for the update. I'll keep an eye out and maybe check one out someday.
Come to think of it, Allied Telesis also have enterprise stuff but perhaps not as advanced?
//Danne
Actually AT makes quite a bit of carrier grade hardened equipment. It's high end gear.
Juniper = bunch of X Cisco guys started them
HP is great as well and even Dell higher end switches are solid.
You will find your share of problems with them all, but i would aim to HP or Juniper. Both include more options and Juniper usually handles far more throughput than the others.
Also you will save a TON on support costs, HP are guaranteed for life and both include support for the price, not like Cisco butt raping support add-on costs that end up being 5x more than any other product just so your paying for the name.
This isn't 10-15 years ago when Cisco owned the networking world. There are better options now but people are so drunk on Cisco Kool Aid they think there is nothing competitive out there.
Zyxel shouldn't be bad but I don't know how their high end switches stacks up to the rest.
//Danne
HP's lifetime guarantee is amazing! Some people buy old HP switches off ebay, try and find an issue with it, and send it in to HP for a new switch. Since they don't make some models anymore, they send their newer, and better, switches out as a replacement.