[BBLISA] Cisco versus Dell switches

[stephen g. wadlow]

I've had quite the opposite experience.   I don't think I've worked  
with a netgear switch (old or new) that didn't freak out and need to  
be rebooted on a regular basis.

I've become something of a fan of Foundry FastIrons over the last few  
years.   They're solid, manageable, and typically much cheaper than a  
"comparable" cisco, moreso on the grey market.

						-steve


On Nov 19, 2007, at 10:24 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:

> Y'know, I've always liked netgear switches myself, but I didn't  
> know they
> made managed switches.  So I'll look into that as well.
>
> Thanks...
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Pascoe [mailto:km3t at km3t.org]
>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 4:04 PM
>> To: Edward Ned Harvey
>> Subject: Re: [BBLISA] Cisco versus Dell switches
>>
>> I know you're only looking at Cisco and Dell.  Don't overlook  
>> Netgear -
>> I used to snub them but after testing their newer lines of switches
>> find
>> them to be really nice.  And stable.  The managed switches are  
>> actually
>> affordable and feature rich.
>>
>> I've used almost all the major manufacturers and have done work in  
>> some
>> heavy duty environments...so my recommendation isn't coming from left
>> field.  :-)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
>>> Hey everyone.  I know cisco is better; that's not the question.  The
>>> question is - is cisco better in any of the ways I will care about.
>> Enough
>>> to outweigh the extra cost.  I'm comparing 24port managed gigabit,
>> against
>>> 24port managed gigabit.
>>>
>>> If I buy the cisco, I am sure the switches will be stable, and  
>>> remain
>>> operational, I can safely assume they continue doing their job at  
>>> all
>> times
>>> with pure trust.  Until the switch suffers some total failure, and I
>> RMA the
>>> device.  I am prepared to face the risk that cisco RMA is 4 hour,
>> while Dell
>>> RMA is NBD.
>>>
>>> But in the past (2002) I had problems with Dell switches that would
>> crash.
>>> I was in a company that used experimental network hardware, but now
>> it's
>>> unclear if the cause was the switches or the experimental network
>> hardware.
>>> It's also unclear if there was a problem back in 2002, which is now
>>> resolved.
>>>
>>> Does anyone use Dell switches, can you say you're able to work
>> without
>>> problems in general?  You're able to put some heavy NFS traffic
>> across the
>>> network, and the switches don't unexplainedly crash?
>>>
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