A new Stackable switch lab test report from Miercom confirms superiority of Cisco 500 Series Stackable switches over comparable products from HP, Netgear, and D-Link.
What's new in this report?
- Focus on Stackable Switches – Cisco 500 series, HP 2910al, Netgear GSM7x, D-Link DGS-3120
- For Stacking, comparison of:
- Cross-stack configuration and operation
- Resiliency and failover/recovery of Stack
- Ease of Stack configuration
- Cost Effectiveness of Stack
- Stack Throughput
- Switch operation in the presence of a Denial-of-Service attack and Protocol Mutations
- EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet)
Report Results highlights:
Cisco 500 series Switches were proven to have the:
- Highest Scalability (MAC, VLANs, ACLs)
- Best Stack Resiliency
- Lowest Energy Consumption
- The only switches supporting EEE – Energy savings of up to 41%
- The only products performing flawlessly when under Attack
- The easiest to setup and operate
- Lowest normalized cost of ownership
While the report proves that the 500 Series is superior against all the products from all vendors in the test, the position against HP's top-selling 2910al portfolio is particularly stark:
What this translates to from a Business perspective is:
- It allows Cisco solutions to be used in more business critical applications given the superior resiliency proven by this report
- Gives customers direct lifecyle savings over HP given that it consumes lower power (operational savings)
- Products also offer lower capex with lower cost per Gig and POE watt
- Products are easiest to operate given the best ease-of-use
- Gives customers the confidence that they will operate flawlessly even in the presence of a malicious denial-of-service attack
Download the report and see for yourself.
