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<div dir="ltr">Folks,<br><br>My experience is purely with Cisco. With everything in networking I'm certain there is a comparable non-Cisco product. And most likely to be cheaper as well!<br><br>I happen to be a fan, as a top of rack switch, of the Cisco 3750X. it is dual PSU (hot swappable), 10Gi uplinks care of a module you have to put into the switch, 1RU, and Gig ports throughout.<br><br>Timothy<br><br><br><br><div>> From: craig@askings.com.au<br>> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 22:56:37 +1000<br>> To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Switching Recommendations<br>> <br>> <br>> On 14/07/2013, at 10:24 PM, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> > He said not many ports.. so stacking isn't likely needed... which means the EX3200.<br>> > <br>> > If layer 3 isn't important... EX2200 is very valid... and VERY cheap right now... <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> Neither of which have redundant power supplies, which joe listed as an important requirement. The RPS that is available, while helpful. Doesn't remove the need for de racking the switch to get the failed PSU out of it. The ex4200 is the lowest EX switch model that has dual hot swap PSUs.<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> AusNOG mailing list<br>> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<br></div></div>
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