[c-nsp] Stacking 3750X vs diverse 4948E

[Ryan West]

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 16:42:20, Mark Tinka wrote:
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Stacking 3750X vs diverse 4948E
> 
> On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:19:47 PM Ryan West wrote:
> 
> > And you'll have VSS in the X.  I realize the 5500 and 4500-X are 
> > positioned differently, but the 10G capacity of the 4500-X does seem 
> > a little low for the price.  I guess it all depends on the feature 
> > set you need.  What are you needing in the 4500-X that isn't 
> > available in the 5500?
> 
> Not much - pure Layer 2 switching in the core, and customer 
> aggregation in the edge where router line cards are more expensive than the switch.
> 
> We looked at the 5500 for such a purpose a while back, but we had 6500 
> in the core then, with typical 1U switches at the edge inside the data centres.
> 
> For the price (or for what the price will be), the 4500-X fits our 
> bill quite nicely in both segments we're looking at.
> 

The bundle price on the 5500 seems about 35% less than the 4500-X.  Maybe I'm missing the other models, but the 3 listed in netformx start off at Land Rover pricing.

-ryan