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Re: Buy vs Lease
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Benjamin)
Thu Dec 23 10:22:59 2010
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Eliot,
For switches consider looking at the cisco Catalyst 4500, http://www.cisco.=
com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/index.html . The cisco Nexus is more=
for data center application. For SANs we went with Lefthand which is now=
HP http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/highlights/lefthandsans.html . For t=
he firewall I recommend looking at Palo Alto Networks http://www.paloaltone=
tworks.com/products/
Charles Benjamin | Senior Network and Systems Administrator CCSI 21905
University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education
PO Box 112100 | Gainesville, FL 32611-2100
office 352.392.2171 x10197 | fax 352.392.6819 | Benjamin@housing.ufl.edu<ma=
ilto:Benjamin@housing.ufl.edu>
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From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Bank, Eli=
ot
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 10:11 AM
To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Buy vs Lease
First of all happy holidays to all!!!
We are in the need of upgrading some of our core infrastructure and are sta=
rting to rice it out. I was wondering if most schools own their own equipm=
ent or lease. Traditionally we own and then have core equipment in place u=
ntil EOL or sometimes even longer. I would like to refresh more often and =
even though, I think over time the cost would be more to lease, it would be=
easier to stay up to date because we wouldn't need to find huge initial co=
sts. As an example we need to update/replace our core switches, firewalls =
and SAN/virtual infrastructure.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Eliot
Eliot Bank
Systems Administrator
DB Systems Corp @ CNR
ebank@cnr.edu<mailto:ebank@cnr.edu>
(914) 654 5919
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/h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/highlights/lefthandsans.html</a> . For th=
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EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bank, Eliot<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 23,=
2010 10:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> Bu=
y vs Lease<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> =
;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>First of all happy holidays to all!!! =
<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNor=
mal>We are in the need of upgrading some of our core infrastructure and are=
starting to rice it out. I was wondering if most schools own their o=
wn equipment or lease. Traditionally we own and then have core equipm=
ent in place until EOL or sometimes even longer. I would like to refr=
esh more often and even though, I think over time the cost would be more to=
lease, it would be easier to stay up to date because we wouldn’t nee=
d to find huge initial costs. As an example we need to update/replace=
our core switches, firewalls and SAN/virtual infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></p=
><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Thanks for =
your thoughts!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Eliot<o:p></o:p></p><p cl=
ass=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'fo=
nt-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:green'>Eliot B=
ank</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0=
pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:green'>Systems Administrat=
or</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0p=
t;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:green'>DB Systems Corp @ CN=
R</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt=
;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:green'><a href=3D"mailto:eba=
nk@cnr.edu">ebank@cnr.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><sp=
an style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:=
green'>(914) 654 5919</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> =
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