[ale] OT - Best newtork switches...

[Jeffrey B. Layton]

Well, are you interested in bandwidth? Do you need only
IP (not Mac junk or other junk)? If so, I would rank things
in this order ((better to worse)

Force10 (GigE only, but very good)
Foundry (love 'em!)
Extreme
HP Procurve (pick these carefully because some of them are
   basically Foundry switches - could find a good deal).
Everything else

There may be a few others above the "Everything else"
category, but I don't have enough experience with them.
   Personally I love Foundry and I've heard good things
about HP Pro curve. The Force10 switches I've tested on
give good performance (low latency, excellent bandwidth)
but I've never played with one up close and personal.
   So, if I had to guess, I'd guess HP Procurve.

Good Luck!

Jeff


> Hi everyone,
>
> I just needed a quick bit of advice and couldn't think of a better 
> group of people to ask.
>
> I am needing to purchase a 48 port 100 base network switch that has 
> high-speed stacking ports for future growth. I am supporting a group 
> of designers and developers who use quite a bit of bandwidth and our 
> current generic 100 base switches uplinked are showing their 
> throughput weaknesses.
>
> I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share 
> opinions/experiences with different switches and offer recommendations 
> on what to buy. I'm wanting to stay in roughly the $1000-$1500 range 
> so Foundry "BigIron" is a little out of the questions.
>
> Thanks in advance for any any information you could offer.
>
> Keith Morris
> Creative Director
> Design / Effects
> IQ television group
> http://www.iqtv.com
>
>
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