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HP E5400 zl and HP 8200 zl switches vs. Cisco Catalyst 3750-X and 4500 switches
Wed, 12/8/10 - 6:43pm View comments
HP commissioned the Tolly Group to competitively compare its E5400 zl and E8200 zl switches to Cisco's 3750-X and 4500 switches.
According to Tolly's report, HP's switches delivered up to 44.5% in TCO savings for resilient management solutions when compared to Cisco.
And with regard to non-resilient management solutions, HP switches delivered up to 55.3% in TCO savings over Cisco's switches.
Additionally, Tolly reports that HP's switches delivered close to 3 to 8 times higher aggregate throuput than Cisco's switches.
While HP switches also delivered around 2 to 10 times lower latency than Cisco switches.
Furthermore, Tolly reports that HP's switches consumed between 17% to 26% less power (ATIS-weighted average power) than Cisco's switches.
Finally, Tolly concluded that HP switches offered a range of 17.4% to 26% in cooling and power cost savings when compared to Cisco's switches.
Tolly's video below provides more "color" on this HP vs. Cisco lab test.
View Tolly's entire HP vs. Cisco competitive report.
Also, you may wish to read more Cisco vs. competitor lab tests.
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