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Gigabit switch recommendations

Looking at doing some switch replacements, one of them would be my backbone switch which is currently a 48 port 10/100.

Anyone have some recommendations regarding gigabit switches? The obvious is Cisco but the price may be too hard for me to push past accounting.

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My personal philosphy is that you get what you pay for.
Cisco 2970 for 10/100/1000 is an excellent, cost effective product, but not for backbone work.
Cisco 3750 10/100/1000 is much more suitable as a backbone with awsome Web-based GUI

Dell switches, I've heard both good and bad - both about the customer service/support and about the performance. One client ripped out all Dells and replaced with Ciscos.

HP ProCurve are pretty good, reliable switches.

Your core switch is the heart and soul of the whole network. The wide array of capabilities built into the Cisco products, from port-level security to full l3 capabilities, along with world-class 24x7 support is well worth the investment to 'future proof' your capabilities.
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Thanks for the data points.

The switches I am looking to replace are Dell :)