I work in a small enterprise environment. 10 locations all within the same state. ~450 employees total. We currently utilize Aerohive (now extreme). We have ~90 access points with 20 of them being utilized outdoors.
As we prepare to budget next year, I'm curious if we should look to other vendors. We're due to replace 1/3 of these APs this year due to them going end of life/support. We are also due to renew licensing for all ~90 of them this year as well.
For reference, ~20 of these are outdoor APs covering storage lots. ~30 of them are in Warehouse/shop space with high ceilings. Those that remain are in normal office space areas.
If you were in my shoes what would you look into?
We're obviously trying to shave operational costs down due to COVID. Would you even remotely consider going the Unifi route? Are their AP's stable enough to run in production at this quantity? Would a single management server be enough to handle this many Aps? I figure even with the lack of support, I could buy extras to have on the shelf for replacements. We currently have several of their wireless bridges in place without any issue over the last couple of years.
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