We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and HPE ProCurve based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use Aruba Instant On Switches for general communication, sending files, and going to the internet."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The solution has a simple deployment and zero border."
"Its customer service is good."
"It is easy for deployment and configuration."
"The cost and simplicity of the product are its most valuable features."
"Setup is easy."
"It is straightforward to set up."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"It is stable, and it fulfills our needs. We have all the functions we need, so we're totally satisfied."
"It is easy to deploy."
"The most valuable features are the price and the warranty."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"One of the biggest things in HPE ProCurve that I like, though not necessarily a feature, is the HPE warranty because it's probably better than any of the other vendors that we deal with, as it has a lifetime replacement. Feature-wise, the web interface of HPE ProCurve is typically pretty good and I like that as well."
"It has a lifetime warranty, that includes lifetime updates."
"In the next version, they should add a firewall from a single source."
"Tracking with instant switches needs improvement."
"In general, mostly in Instant On series, if we could have much more control on the switches, at least. We'd like a CLI access so that, when we want to do some advanced configurations we could."
"You cannot use many VLANs, like VLAN 10, VLAN 20, VLAN 30, and VLAN 100 on Aruba Instant On AP."
"It could have an MSP portal version."
"The support needs improvement."
"The price has room for improvement."
"We would like to see more documentation."
"They should learn from other vendors, such as Cisco. They all have a few specific routing features. HPE doesn't have any cheap BGP solution."
"The product could be cheaper."
"Procurve would work better if it had more options like the web environment."
"The solution should offer different gigabit interfaces. Right now, they have ten gigabits. However, for our needs, we only need one gigabit. We don't need 24 or 48 ports. We only need eight to ten. HPE should introduce into their portfolio some smaller and more compact options."
"The CLI is a bit confusing. It is not the easiest to manage, especially if you come from a Cisco environment."
"Since we transfer from one gigabit to ten gigabits of information, in a future release, it would benefit to have more high-speed ports."
"I don't have any recommendations for areas of improvement."
"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant On Switches writes "A very stable tool that needs to offer better startup speed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Cisco Nexus, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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