Dell PowerConnect Switches [EOL] vs HPE ProCurve comparison

"This is a very reliable solution."

"The security is the most valuable aspect of this solution. It also has good storage and resource handling."

"The tool is very user-friendly, with features catering to beginners and advanced users. For beginners, there are models with interactive and easy-to-navigate GUIs that aid in initial deployment and updates. For advanced users, there is the option to use the CLI."

"PowerConnect Switches' stability is satisfactory."

"The features I've found most valuable are that the product is very easy to configure and inexpensive."

"Dell PowerConnect Switches are very easy to configure with the GUI. Dell supports the solution even though it has been discontinued."

"The product is cheap."

"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."

"It's easy to manage and configure. The configurations can be exported and imported to another solution."

"Inter-VLAN is a great feature."

"HPE ProCurve has plenty of features."

"The most valuable features are the price and the warranty."

"The LAN features give us exactly what we need."

"We have found the solution to be entirely stable."

"It is easy to deploy."

"The most valuable features of HPE ProCurve are the reports, lifetime warranty, and CLI."

"I would like to see better scalability and more features on these switches in the future."

"The product price is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"You have to build the stackable interface by yourself in Dell PowerConnect Switches [EOL], making it an area that can be considered for improvement."

"The solution's ROI for generic networking is not extraordinary."

"The one issue you face in the industry there is always some planned obsolescence in these switches."

"The IOS software that is used on the switches could be improved."

"It would be great to have modules that integrate with SDN solutions such as Cisco ACI, Arista SDN, Huawei Agile, and IBM."

"We've only been using the solution for half a year. We haven't run into any issues, but maybe over time, that may change. It's too soon to tell. Offhand, there aren't any features that are lacking."

"The product must provide something similar to Cisco’s command-line interface."

"Our customers are focused on features and generally, they would like to have a more feature-rich solution."

"The solution should offer different gigabit interfaces. Right now, they have ten gigabits. However, for our needs, we only need one gigabit. We don't need 24 or 48 ports. We only need eight to ten. HPE should introduce into their portfolio some smaller and more compact options."

"The dashboards could be improved to be more interesting."

"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."

"We do occasionally have issues with the solution and need to change out the switches sometimes. This can be due to the fan, but, in most cases, it's because the power supply was broken."

"A few areas included in the network performance managers can be integrated into the solution's dashboard since it is the only area with a few concerns."

"The product could be cheaper."

"I would rate the pricing as a seven or eight."

"Dell PowerConnect switches are cheaper than Cisco switches. Cisco's higher capacity switches (100 or 200 gigs) are super-expensive. With the higher capacity, the price of the switches and the price of the architecture go high. Dell is cheaper and modular. So, I don't need to invest 100% upfront. I can invest as I progress. That is an option because the chassis will not be populated with all the pluggables. I have a choice because it is modular. I can go for 25 gigs today, and after four months, I can go for 100 gigs, and after that, I can go for 200 gigs. I have a choice when it is not a fixed switch."

"In my opinion, it is a product that is priced somewhere in the middle, making it a well-priced solution in the middle. It is not a very cheap product."

"PowerConnect Switches are priced well."

"Its price is okay. Sometimes, it is lower than a Cisco solution."

"If one is the cheapest price and ten is the most expensive, I rate the product price as an eight or nine. The tool is not cheap."

"The price of these switches is okay."

"The initial cost was high but since they have lasted for over ten or twenty years they are worth it."

"HPE ProCurve is competitively priced, with a difference of approximately 30 to 35% compared to other vendors"

"You buy the switch and that's it."

"We have an annual support subscription."

"We are a public company, so we are obliged to take the best offer from the vendors. They gave us the best price for the needs we had. It was considerably less than Cisco. It had maybe 40% lower cost."

"It provides quite good value for money."

"The price could be more competitive."

"The product is reasonably priced."

"The solution is more expensive than other vendors. There is hardware and software that needs to be purchased in some circumstance. The software can sometimes be expensive."