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Need to replace current switches do to EOL and upgrade to GB. Cisco 2948 running my core servers and Cisco 2924 for DMZ. Cost is an issue but dont want to sacrafic performance. What stats on my current switches should i be looking at so I can spec out proper replacement? What vendor would you recommend? Started looking at HP Procurve.
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Need to replace current switches do to EOL and upgrade to GB. Cisco 2948 running my core servers and Cisco 2924 for DMZ. Cost is an issue but dont want to sacrafic performance. What stats on my current switches should i be looking at so I can spec out proper replacement? What vendor would you recommend? Started looking at HP Procurve.

How to Identifying the proper switch replacement

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.