One of the great features of the HP Procurve I have is the very low switching latency.
But for all intents and purposes the Dell equivalent looks quite similar. http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/networking/switch-powerconnect-2808/pd.aspx?refid=switch-powerconnect-2808&s=bsd&cs=04 http://www.procurve.com/products/switches/HP_ProCurve_Switch_1800_Series/overview.htm I don't think you could go wrong with either. But the bottom line is that a little bit more money and you are in a completely different league when compared to the run of the mill D-Link, Linksys or Netgear switches that most people have On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:49 PM, DSinc <dx7...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Ryan, > Can not say that Procurve switches were not mentioned when I converted from > 10/100 switches to 10/100/1000 switches some time back. I chose to go with a > pair of Dell PowerConnect 2716's. The home LAN has never been as nice as it > is now. And, I still have not started to play with "jumbo-frames." > Next time, maybe the Procurve's.......... :) > Best, > Duncan > > > > Ryan Vorachek wrote: > >> I'll second that. We switched to Procurve switches a couple years ago >> from 3com stuff. The HP switches are fast and built like tanks. That >> said we did loose one during a firmware update. Flashed the ROM and >> waited for it to come back up.... and waited... and waited... called >> HP support. I remember the guy stating that this is very unusual and >> the first time he's seen this. The good news is HP shipped out one next >> day air so all was happy quickly. (apart from the creative wire >> rerouting that I had to do while the switch was down.) >> >> I would love Procurves at home, but my rather old SMC gigabit switches >> are working well enough to not justify the upgrade cost. :) >> >> Ryan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com >> [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Julian Zottl >> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 8:28 AM >> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com >> Subject: Re: [H] What a difference a switch makes! >> >> 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! >>> >>> >> -- Best Regards, Zulfiqar Naushad
