JRA Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 Hi all - well, got no money and my switching (all HP) here is dying (running rather busy, edge switches all 10/100.) We've a half-decent core switch (in an HP 5412ZL iirc) and three cabs around the school, about 6-10 switches in each. Fiber to each cab. With this no money I've got, I *MIGHT* be able to blag a few gigabit switches to replace the stack commanders only, or rather the switches what sit at the end of the fiber and feed the other switches. Worth doing or not really? Any other (cheap) ideas? Thanks any and everyone!
JackCPickup Posted April 25, 2017 Posted April 25, 2017 You looking to stick with HP? We're starting to install Ubiquiti for clients. Ridiculously cheap and bloody good, but I don't know if you have needs that they wouldn't provide. I'd be surprised if something in the range didn't though. 1
JRA Posted April 26, 2017 Author Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks! Hmmm, not looked into that. Might give it a read up. Not sure if I've got the budget to pull the LOT out, but I'll have a look at how well they'll all 'play' together with VLAN and trunks and the like. Ideally I would stick with HP though.
Fazza Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 We're starting to install Ubiquiti for clients. Ridiculously cheap and bloody good, but I don't know if you have needs that they wouldn't provide. I'd be surprised if something in the range didn't though. What's the warranty like (how long and what's the support like)? Do they play well together with HP switches and VLANs? 1
NB9457 Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 You looking to stick with HP? We're starting to install Ubiquiti for clients. Ridiculously cheap and bloody good, but I don't know if you have needs that they wouldn't provide. I'd be surprised if something in the range didn't though. We're looking at ubiquiti, how long have you been running the switches, do you use VLANs and do you have any issues? 1
whitte Posted April 27, 2017 Posted April 27, 2017 UBNT switch is a good try. Very cheap and reliable. 1
JRA Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 Is it sensible (or not, or of minimal benefit) though to just buy in an up-rated stack commander switch? Let me know if I'm about to throw money away! Thanks all!
JRA Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 Probably looking at £1k/switch, so around £6k? Thinking HP 2530-48G currently.
NB9457 Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 Genuinely if you're looking into spending £6k, you could replace the core switch with a Ubiquiti 16 Port Fibre Switch (Around £450exVAT) and you could get around 12 US-48 switches (£350exVAT) and the 10Gb modules to go with (Around £20 each). There's people running the kit on here and for the money it is very very good, I'd look into it as you'd definately see a benefit, heck, if you could squeeze to £10k, you could do all the switches, have a 10Gb backbone and 1Gb to clients. 1
JRA Posted May 3, 2017 Author Posted May 3, 2017 Hmmm, gosh it's tempting! Do they play nice with 'regular' VLANs and trunking? Is the Unifi Controller software any good? Are there all sorts of bolt-on purchase gotchas with it, where nothing works right until I throw bags of cash at it? Warranties any good? I appreciate that's a lot of questions!
NB9457 Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 If you can get the money together, it'd probably be best to do it all at once and get the Unifi Gateway for routing as the switches are L2, they support VLANs and they will work with other switches and routers, but nothing is better than a standarised system, it's easier to support and troubleshoot. The Unifi software is very good, I've not had an issue with it yet, there's a lot of support now too on their own forums and even edugeek as the community is growing as more and more people adapt it! 1
richbrowncardiff Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 Fully Unifi Here - Replaced HP Kit. Vlans setup and working with other switches (Cisco, Netgear,HP) Our setup is simple 1 vlan per floor and using a Edgepro 8 router. Everything is flying ! great setup and no real issues. 1 year warranty is the main difference between UBNT and major brands but its so affordable is cheaper to have some spares onsite (i have 8 spare switches some 8, some 24 and some 48 port) but i do have 42 active switches as im a big site. Unifi controller is simple and easy to use. 1
JackCPickup Posted May 3, 2017 Posted May 3, 2017 We're looking at ubiquiti, how long have you been running the switches, do you use VLANs and do you have any issues? Nope, no use for VLANS. All we configure on them is LAG and RSTP.
IanT Posted May 13, 2017 Posted May 13, 2017 What model HP Switches are dying on you? lifetime warranty rings a bell on most procurve products
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