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 functionality is very good."
"The most valuable features are the jumbo frames and the stacking."
"PowerConnect Switches' stability is satisfactory."
"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"There is high reliability since we have used them for close to twenty years and only had possibly one failure."
"Dell offers very good support."
"It's easy to set up. We can put it in production in a couple of minutes."
"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."
"We don't mind the cost in general."
"The most valuable feature of HPE ProCurve is its ease of use and implementation."
"It has a lifetime warranty, that includes lifetime updates."
"HPE ProCurve offers a very good value proposition compared to that of other switches and is very energy-efficient."
"The solution is fast and inexpensive."
"The most valuable features of HPE ProCurve are the reports, lifetime warranty, and CLI."
"HPE ProCurve's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"Because of the stackings you lose some boards and switches."
"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."
"The IOS software that is used on the switches could be improved."
"The one issue you face in the industry there is always some planned obsolescence in these switches."
"Their hardware is not reliable, it's faulty."
"Accessibility and management could be improved."
"I would like to see better scalability and more features on these switches in the future."
"The CLI for Dell PowerConnect Switches is sometimes confusing, especially with the LAN, but for the GUI it is simple."
"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."
"I would like to see integration with HPE OneView."
"The product could be cheaper."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The CLI is a bit confusing. It is not the easiest to manage, especially if you come from a Cisco environment."
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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