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Looking to replace the current NetGear switches (10/100) with either Brocade or HP Procurve (1GB - 10GB).<br />
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Which is the preferred option and why? &nbsp;What other vendors products are recommended for comparison?
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Looking to replace the current NetGear switches (10/100) with either Brocade or HP Procurve (1GB - 10GB).

Which is the preferred option and why?  What other vendors products are recommended for comparison?

Brocade ICX6610/6450 vs HP Procurve 3500YL/2920

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.