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."The solution is plug-and-play and auto-configured."
"The tool's best part is the commercials. Its pricing is lower compared to other enterprise products. We pitch the product to customers who have budget constraints. Its implementation is plug-and-play."
"The stability is fine. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. Almost a ten on a ten."
"It is easy for deployment and configuration."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Aruba's management solutions, like Aruba Central are valuable."
"We use Aruba Instant On Switches for general communication, sending files, and going to the internet."
"In my experience, the scalability has been good."
"The pricing is quite competitive."
"It has a lifetime warranty, that includes lifetime updates."
"HPE ProCurve is very complex for junior engineers and beginners. You need a lot of experience in managing switches in order to use this switch."
"Its easy manageability is most valuable. It's easy to manage."
"We have found the solution to be entirely stable."
"HPE ProCurve has plenty of features."
"The GUI makes it easy to configure, manage, and work with."
"They could provide additional uplink ports, such as eight instead of four. It will be beneficial for our use case."
"The product must be integrated with Aruba Central for better management."
"The solution does not have any console access. For example, if you do not have internet access on your side and you need to configure anything, you should at least have CLI access to do something or manage the solution to put to some IP. It will only work if we have a TSCT on the network."
"The support needs improvement."
"The price has room for improvement."
"Instant On Switches' layer 3 and visibility could be improved."
"Room for improvement would be if they consolidated administration from multiple locations."
"The pricing is competitive but could be improved."
"There should be faster interfaces on the switch, such as 25 gigabits."
"One of the weakest points of this solution is its on-premise. We are not able to do all we need to with the CLI."
"There is one proprietary function they lack, and I can't remember what it was called, but it monitors the ports, and then every 10 seconds if the port is down, it can divert the traffic somewhere else."
"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."
"Procurve would work better if it had more options like the web environment."
"The dashboards could be improved to be more interesting."
"The only things that might need improvement would be the administrative tools and the graphical interface. The GUI could be improved on the administrative interface, for example."
"If you make a change and you disconnect yourself from the switch, you will create an issue."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 22 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, Dell PowerConnect Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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