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Re: Cisco Vs FastIron
said by kracksmith  :Can anyone tell me if I should just stick to Cisco and not try to save money? besides the "nobody ever gotten fired by purchasing Cisco products" Youre asking on a Cisco forum, what do you think the answer will be? 
Conversely, if you were to ask on a Foundry forum, you'd probably get a very biased vote for Foundry.
I guess it depends on what sort of relationship you have with Cisco already. Some companies have very good relationships such that they get very decent discounts. Others want to build those relationships, so they continue to purchase Cisco gear.
If you dont have any specific business requirements to buy a Cisco, you could always give the Foundry a shot.
Ive heard good things about Foundry. They also have some plusses over Cisco, such as certain models supporting upto a million MAC entries vs Cisco's which only do several 10's of thousand (I think some of the newer 6500's support over 100,000).
All I can say is that even though I prefer Cisco, there are certain situations I can think of where I would chose a Foundry over a Cisco. |
