Life Cycle of devices

[Mark182]

We have around 40 WS-C2960-48TT-L & 30 WS-C3750G-12S-S along with other cisco kit in place at the moment, they are just over 5 years old, I’m putting together a life cycle plan for the place I work at. I am wondering what sort of life I should expect from them?

 

I also have in my planning laptops, printers and desktops ect I’m fine with that but we have a hell of a lot of permeation PRM-25 that are also 5 years old and my feeling is we’ve had the best out of them. They are all used 8 – 5 5 days a week 40 weeks a year. We maintain them well and only use original bulbs, what sort of life should I be expecting from them?

[jtoland]

Well depend on the quality of them we replace stuff as we need to and it seems to work fine for us. we did upgrade some of our switches because we have expanded but i still have the old ones onsite in case we ever need them if anything breaks down but if you are getting rid of any thing i would always be glad to take them off your hands

[Mark182]

Thanks for the reply, I also wanted to know how other schools approach their projector life cycle.

[FN-GM]

We keep our projectors and boards 5 years. When they run out of warranty we replace them.

[Mark182]

We keep our projectors and boards 5 years. When they run out of warranty we replace them.

 

We've hit the 5 year mark now problem is we have just under 100 boards and projectors :/

[FN-GM]

Similar here. In the budgets we made sure we had the money for it, all our boards, projectors and 300 PC's where replaced just before Christmas. Pretty much everything we replace here that is out of warranty.

 

The exceptions are:

 

• IP Phones (We have plenty spares, easy to get replacements)
  
• Specialist stuff like the laser cutter
  

 

Your Cisco switches are still current. I would make sure you have some spares. I have seen 13 year old cisco switches in service and working a treat. They are pretty reliable.

Edited September 24, 2014 by FN-GM