I would definitely recommend the Juniper EX series, they can be a little pricey but they're very very good and once you learn JunOS you can work on any equipment that they have. They're very solid performers and can do just about anything you're going to need them for.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Dan Kulinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel@kulinski.net">daniel@kulinski.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I generally purchase HP ProCurve switches due to the strong warranty and the exceptional stability of the hardware for our edge switches. We don't use them as core switches in HPC as there are switches designed to better handle that task.<br>
<br>Dan Kulinski<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Jim Ockers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net" target="_blank">ockers@ockers.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font size="+1"><tt>Hi CLUEbies,<br>
<br>
I've been out of the IT purchasing loop for a few years and so I
thought I'd ask the list for opinions on IT technology. We have a rack
in a datacenter (obLinux: the servers are mostly running Linux) that is
not nearby. I'm upgrading its infrastructure so it has reliable,
manageable ethernet switches. When I worked in IT every day I used to
know exactly what to buy, but now I'm not as sure.<br>
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The form factor I need is 1U rack mounted. 100BaseTX is fast enough,
1000BaseTX is fine but not required, and we have only ethernet
twisted-pair RJ45 cabling. Switching OS is unimportant. Total number
of ports is around 24, but it could be 2 physical switches of ~12
ports. We will require VLANs because there's an "inside" network and an
"outside" network, and if I buy 2 switches then it's obvious which is
which, but if I use only one switch then it'll need to have good
network/VLAN segregation. Cost is somewhat unimportant, but we don't
need & won't pay for the top of the top of the line.<br>
<br>
Reliability is VERY important, because it's unattended & remote and
pretty much needs to not fail ever, or else give us lots of advance
warning before any major failure.<br>
<br>
Any quick suggestions for something similar to this that you've bought
lately and like?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Jim<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (<a href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net" target="_blank">ockers@ockers.net</a>)
Contact info: <a href="http://www.ockers.net/msi.html" target="_blank">http://www.ockers.net/msi.html</a>
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