We performed a comparison between Dell PowerConnect 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 technology is good and the interface is simple. We haven't had any bugs, disconnections or delays."
"The setup is straightforward. It takes minimum time for deployment."
"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"We have these switches installed in an environment with hardware from many other vendors, and so far, so good."
"The product is reliable."
"The solution’s technical support is good."
"The most valuable features are the jumbo frames and the stacking."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerConnect Switches for me is the throughput. I also like that the product has more compatibility with Dell infrastructure, especially with EMC and new generation Dell servers. Dell PowerConnect Switches can also easily integrate with Dell servers, and this is another pro."
"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."
"The LAN features give us exactly what we need."
"It's easy to manage and configure. The configurations can be exported and imported to another solution."
"We don't mind the cost in general."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"HPE ProCurve's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly."
"HPE ProCurve has plenty of features."
"When it comes to the configuration, there should be documentation and interactive help available to assist people who have experience with products from other vendors."
"An area for improvement would be that it's very hard to configure if you're not familiar with the UI or CLI of the product. The UI itself could also be improved."
"The solution's ROI for generic networking is not extraordinary."
"I expect it to be a zero-touch or a plug-and-play device. To some extent, it is, but we need to know the architecture, and we need to know what exactly we are doing. It is not so easy to implement. It depends on what exactly we are doing and it is still not a plug-and-play or zero-touch device. In the upcoming version, they can make it zero-touch, where we can just power it on and start using it. They can have some templates for different scenarios, such as when you are using it for the data center or adding it to your existing infrastructure."
"The product needs to improve in terms of reports and backups."
"A big issue with this product is that when our customer migrated the data center, one cluster blocked the whole network and because we had a new approach, some commands were not compatible with the new version."
"The CLI for Dell PowerConnect Switches is sometimes confusing, especially with the LAN, but for the GUI it is simple."
"I would like to see better scalability and more features on these switches in the future."
"The product could be cheaper."
"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."
"The dashboards could be improved to be more interesting."
"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."
"The solution doesn't have web-based management, which is why we've moved to a different solution."
"The CLI is a bit confusing. It is not the easiest to manage, especially if you come from a Cisco environment."
"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."
"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."
Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 30 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 36 reviews. Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, NETGEAR Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Aruba Instant On Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Cisco Nexus and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Dell PowerConnect Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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