You could have a look at the 4500's. A couple of 4506's or 4507's would up your performance and port count for far less than you paid for your 6006 (relatively). As they are a fairly recent addition, they 'should' have a fair lifespan before they become end of life/sale.
I would guestimate at 4 to 6 years before most companies find that their newly purchased switches are nearing replacement. This is putting my neck on the line really as there are probably hundreds of reasons for this time being shorter or longer, depending on the company, their requirements, the speed at which the industry evolves etc etc, but from what I have seen this seems to be fairly true. A lot can happen in 5 years though. I've rolled out a few 4500's recently and find them hard to beat with anything realistically priced (unless you stray from Cisco). These are just my points of view and open to argument as always. Bikespace ""Mary Myers"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Greetings, > > As the company that I work for is considering replacing cat6006 with 2 > smaller switches set up for dedundancy, I am looking into the average life > cycle of Catalyst products. > > What is the avg life cycle of the Cat switches? > > Thanks, > Marc > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=71100&t=70879 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
