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How to Test switches from 3 manuf to find out which is the best

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Greetings:
Question 1:
I have to deploy 19 L2 switches and 2 L3 switch. Need help in picking the right switch. I am going to use SNMP and Sflow with Solarwinds or Auvik.com network management software to manage these switches. So it comes down to the hardware performance of the switch.
I have the three switch models from the manufacturers on trial – need to figure out how to test them. Is there a step by step document to conduct this test ?

Question 2:
Switch model 1 – showing switching capacity, forwarding rate and stacking bandwidth in duplex where as other switch manufacturers does not mention duplex. Is switch manufacturer 1 inflating the forwarding rate and stack bandwidth?

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Since these are from those makes.

In reply to How to Test switches from 3 manuf to find out which is the best

Have them tell you why you should use their products. Here we went with Cisco for decades.

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In reply to Since these are from those makes.

There is a significant price difference and I want to see the best value (performance / price)

Here’s the short version.

In reply to Reply To: How to Test switches from 3 manuf to find out which is the best

I’ve yet to see any measurable speed difference from one switch to the next. If I take a few gigabit switches, they don’t give me any measurable speed differences.

So the best value by your metric is the cheap one.

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