Big fan of exchange here as well. We're looking to upgrade, so we might have a BlackDiamond 8810 for sale soon :)
From: Kat Aylward Langan [mailto:messagel...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Time for new core switches <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<mailto: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<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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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