speederpro4
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Hello all,
I'm wondering about the benefits of stacking switches. Our company has two HP Procurve 2650 and one HP 2824 switch. The cost on them are like >$2000 each. The only extra function that I see on these switches is its ability to stack. I'm curious as to whether the benefits of stacking really outweight the cost?
We still have many users on a 10MB switch. I want to upgrade them but not sure if benefit of stacking is going to help them at all. I know these users are hungry for bigger bandwidth as our data transfer usage is very high within company.
Can anyone help me make a better decision? I know I can get a gigabit switch with link aggregation for less than 1/2 the price of these HP Procurve stackable switches.
My understanding of stacking is that it makes all three switches like 1 big switch. Or am I wrong? Currently, our user is only two hopes away from our gateway and servers. That is most user can reach our server/gateway by the third hop (asumming the three switches as 1 hop).
I'm wondering about the benefits of stacking switches. Our company has two HP Procurve 2650 and one HP 2824 switch. The cost on them are like >$2000 each. The only extra function that I see on these switches is its ability to stack. I'm curious as to whether the benefits of stacking really outweight the cost?
We still have many users on a 10MB switch. I want to upgrade them but not sure if benefit of stacking is going to help them at all. I know these users are hungry for bigger bandwidth as our data transfer usage is very high within company.
Can anyone help me make a better decision? I know I can get a gigabit switch with link aggregation for less than 1/2 the price of these HP Procurve stackable switches.
My understanding of stacking is that it makes all three switches like 1 big switch. Or am I wrong? Currently, our user is only two hopes away from our gateway and servers. That is most user can reach our server/gateway by the third hop (asumming the three switches as 1 hop).