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We evaluated Cisco but HP configurations were more friendly...HP has great support and customer service.

What is most valuable?

Online monitoring

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has saved me time configuring the network.

What needs improvement?

Products always have room for improvement but nothing specific.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for 2 years.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No.

How are customer service and support?

Customer Service: 5/5Technical Support: 5/5

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The configurations were more friendly, but most of all price point.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented in house.

What was our ROI?

Our ROI is unknown at this time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Our day-to-day cost is pennies a day.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated Cisco.

What other advice do I have?

HP has great support; customer service means a lot in our business.
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Networking Operations Supervisor with 501-1,000 employees
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HP Networking has the bells and whistles you need to scale while avoiding the complexity that other vendors have.

At DreamWorks Animation, we produce billions of pixels and thousands of assets for each of the ten movies in our production pipeline. Our studio is on a 24/7 production cycle and if performance suffers, it could have serious consequences for our business.

Our previous network was pushed past its limits, making it unpredictable. We were using Spanning Tree for network redundancy and were having issues that we couldn’t fix. This forced us to reboot the core of our network at least once a quarter. Some of our more complex scenes take multiple days to render. If we had an outage 71 hours into a 72-hour render, we didn’t just lose the time the network wasn’t available, we had to start from scratch.

After reviewing our options, we found that an HP Networking solution fulfilled our stability requirements while simplifying and speeding up our network. We are using HP 12518 Network Switches and HP 5800 and 5820 Switch Series from core to edge. The equipment was installed over several months one building floor at a time, and our IT staff successfully deployed the solution to our data center over one weekend. We also utilize HP Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology which offers us the capability to create and manage a virtual chassis across multiple active switches. And we turned Spanning Tree off and now use Link Aggregation Control Protocol for redundancy.

What surprised us the most, after installing the equipment, was that we didn’t receive any calls from our creative teams. They didn’t seem to notice that anything had happened. Everything worked at every layer which is the best scenario we could have hoped for. Since we put in our HP network, we’ve shaved off a millisecond of latency between our Glendale and Redwood City offices. That’s a very meaningful boost in speed for us when we’re submitting half a million jobs every night for rendering.

It’s been a couple of years since the install and we still haven’t had a significant outage. The HP gear has been the most stable we’ve ever seen in terms of software and patches. 

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Engineer with 51-200 employees
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Pricing beats the comparable Cisco switch by a small margin for some products and a huge margin for others

For some of the product families the pricing beats the comparable Cisco switch by a small margin. In other product families they beat the comparable Cisco switch by a huge margin.

There are some missing features on the HP Procurve gear that I loved using on the Cisco gear (e.g., the NO SWITCHPORT command) but I pretty much have all the features I would generally need in a closet switch and >90% of the features I would need in a distribution-layer switch. I might find the missing 10% as I dig deeper into the platform.

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Akshay Kharkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Manschaft IT Pvt Ltd
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Great stability, works well, with easy deployment
Pros and Cons
  • "I have found the most valuable feature is stability."
  • "I would like to see the initial setup become easier."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is for layer three or four switches.

What is most valuable?

I have found the most valuable feature is stability.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see the initial setup become easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using HPE Ethernet Switches for the past two or three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There is stability.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The management required we switch to HPE Ethernet Switches. There could be a variety of reasons why management makes the switch.

What about the implementation team?

When you do the deployment you simply call and verify the device and serial number. Once this is done you can access the data.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing cost is set up annually or every three years.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate HPE Ethernet Switches an overall eight on a scale of one to ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Presales Engineer at Elite Technologies Jsc
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Easy to use for switch management and provides great performance
Pros and Cons
  • "The performance is great."
  • "The solution could be more stable."

What is our primary use case?

It's easy to use for switch management. There are about 15 people using this solution in my company.

What is most valuable?

The performance is great.

What needs improvement?

The solution could be more stable.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for more than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's stable, but it could be better.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable.

How are customer service and support?

My company is an authorized support center of Aruba and HP, so we provide the customer and technical support.

How was the initial setup?

It's easy to install. It took one day to deploy on site.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution nine out of ten.

I would recommend this solution for those who are interested in using it.

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Helpful technical support, programmable, and beneficial analytics
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature in HPE Ethernet Switches is programmability and analytics."
  • "The solution could improve by having more integration options."

What is our primary use case?

We use HPE Ethernet Switches as a small business tool.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature in HPE Ethernet Switches is programmability and analytics.

What needs improvement?

The solution could improve by having more integration options.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using HPE Ethernet Switches for approximately 10 years

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good.

What other advice do I have?

I rate HPE Ethernet Switches a ten out of ten.

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System Network Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
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Is scalable but needs to be more stable
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a scalable solution."
  • "It is not very stable."

What is most valuable?

It is a scalable solution.

What needs improvement?

The stability could be improved, and the price could be cheaper as well.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used HPE Switches for about five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is not very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Price wise, it is a more expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate HPE Ethernet Switches at six on a scale from one to ten.

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Support Engineer and Helpdesk Administrator at Praxis Computing
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Easy to configure solution with good stability
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is scalable."
  • "They should release more updates for the solution."

What is most valuable?

The solution has the best performance and stability features. It is easy to configure as well.

What needs improvement?

They should release more updates for the solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for four to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. I rate its stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution has good scalability. We have three switches; we use two extensively, while a few users prefer the other.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Netgear before. Using it, we encountered issues with faulty switches and licensing plans. Also, the warranty support from the company we purchased from needed to be more satisfactory.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup process is straightforward. It takes less than ten minutes to complete.

What about the implementation team?

We implement the solution in-house most of the time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution's price is much more reasonable as long as it is not in Cisco's central interface.

What other advice do I have?

The solution is stable enough, user-friendly, and reliable. It is suitable for any size of company. I rate it a nine out of ten.

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