Envious, are we? On Jan 30, 2008 7:47 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Cisco = Shook > > Bread = bend > > Butter = over > > > > > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:08 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Switch Purchase Question... > > > > > Yeah, I'm getting the company away from 3COM and since Cisco has been my > bread and butter for the last 8 years, it's just simpler... Don't get me > wrong, HP does make some nice equipment, but it's just not for me... > > On Jan 29, 2008 7:42 PM, Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2008 4:41 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm getting a 4507 with dual Sup V 10GE engines, 48 port gig > > blade and a 24 port fiber blade for 30k... > > Wow. Nice. That's way bigger than anything I usually work with. > But I was curious, so I did a little web browsing. It looks like the > roughly equivalent ProCurve model would be the 8108fl. 8 slots > instead of 7 for the Cisco. > > http://www.hp.com/rnd/products/switches/ProCurve_Switch_8100fl_Series > > Pricing in this space is hard to find and harder to compare (since > you have to order all the modules separately), but it looks like the > two are roughly comparable, price-wise. > > Obviously, your experience is with Cisco, and I'm not trying to > suggest you switch to HP. It's very likely your existing investment > (equipment, training, experience, etc.) in Cisco is far more valuable > than anything HP could bring to the table. This is more for my own > curiosity. > > > On Jan 29, 2008 9:25 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Redundant Sup Engines for one... Full Netflow feature set... Policy > based > > routing... > > The 8108 does appear to have those sorts of features. HP uses > "management module" for what Cisco calls a "supervisor". Policy > routing is listed in the data sheet. "NetFlow" is a Cisco brand name. > So of course the HP doesn't have that. HP has various monitoring and > management tools; dunno if they do what you need. > > Given that the above is all based on about 20 minutes of work with > Google, it's not worth very much, but maybe it's food for thought. > > -- Ben > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
