Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Cisco 550X Stack OR Used/Refurb 3850 Stack?

One rack - multiple web servers, NAS devices, etc.... iSCSI 10gb LUNs...

Debating trying the 550X stack, and doing 2x 48 10/100/1000 switches and a 12 SFP+ in a stack.

Would run ~ $6,500

A refurb/used stack of 2x 3850 10/100/1000 + 12 SFP+ stack would be similar in cost....

Is SmartNET 4 hour available on both? I don't see 3850s going EOL anytime soon, not using anything CRAZY so the 3850 is most likely overkill. But in terms of reliability, thats what has me hesitating.



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