Procurve's are great switches. For any Enterprise customers out there, I highly recommend them. They have served me well at a couple of companies! ---- Julian
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Naushad, Zulfiqar < zulfiqar.naus...@siemens.com> wrote: > Just wanted to share my experiences regarding my foray into switches. > Initially I used the switch that came with the router. However, since > getting my Windows Home Server, I now regularly transfer several hundred > gigabytes at a time. As you would imagine 10/100 just did not cut it > for me. I looked around and settled on a nice 3Com gigabit switch > (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I1ZA0G/ref=ox_ya_oh_product) and > it served me quite well for almost 1 year. As my devices grew and my > server balooned to 8 TB of storage, I was abusing the little switch to > oblivion. > > After doing a bit of searching around, I settled on > (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I7SWLO/ref=ox_ya_oh_product) and > all I can say is that I am one happy camper! I know this seems odd, but > the performance change was quite noticeable. Before, I would feel the > 3Com switch struggling during multi computer transfers (i.e copying > 100GB from computer A -> B and simultaneously from C -> D). But now, I > feel that doing the same exercise on the ProCurve is much faster. > > Also, having a metal case and a web UI also helps. > > All-in-all, I am one happy camper! > > Highly recommended for anyone out there! >
