<disclaimer - I work for Extreme Networks, but am in IT there and not Sales>
Have you checked out the products from Extreme Networks? We just showed at Interop and won a bunch of awards, and have also compared VERY favorably to many of the more well known vendors. http://www.extremenetworks.com/products/products-hub.aspx On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Chinnery, Paul <pa...@mmcwm.com> wrote: > **** > > I have a Cisco 4510 as core running 1 gig ports. However, due to hospital > expansion (including going to VOIP), I am going to upgrade to 10 gig. > Size of our org doesn't justify, at this time, going to 40 or 100.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:31 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Time for new core switches**** > > ** ** > > Hi Folks,**** > > **** > > My core switch bank is a series of 3COM (HP) 1GIG managed switches. > They've worked very well. I don't think the exact model is made anymore, > so I cannot add to the current bank.**** > > **** > > Looking at my options, what speeds are you now using for your core > switches: 1 GB, 10, 100? We don't do any audio or AutoCad type of things > here, but I do have several SANS that are connected to the core. I haven't > run any port stats yet but I will. **** > > **** > > What about port size? Each of these switches has 24 ports. I could > continue with smaller switches or look for a few switches with many ports. > I recall seeing a Foundry core switch a few years ago and I think it had a > few hundred ports. **** > > **** > > Thoughts? **** > > **** > > Tom**** > > ** ** > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Kat Aylward Langan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
