We performed a comparison between Dell PowerConnect Switches and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series 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."Dell PowerConnect Switches are easy to configure."
"This solution comes with a lifetime warranty."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"The solution’s technical support is good."
"The features I've found most valuable are that the product is very easy to configure and inexpensive."
"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"The product is cheap."
"When the price is competitive the customers tend to choose the cheaper brand and then look at the features. So having a competitive price is a plus."
"For a customer, it is easy to configure and to add ports through the LAN the GUI."
"Port density and port speed performance are both suitable. It has some appealing intangibles."
"Scalability, especially with the power connect series is something that you have to take into account before starting the project because any changes to an ongoing project can be difficult."
"Dell is sometimes slow to provide updates to firmware."
"We've only been using the solution for half a year. We haven't run into any issues, but maybe over time, that may change. It's too soon to tell. Offhand, there aren't any features that are lacking."
"The CLI for Dell PowerConnect Switches is sometimes confusing, especially with the LAN, but for the GUI it is simple."
"The configuration should be improved."
"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."
"More stable firmware releases would be an improvement because we have had them randomly power on and off."
"Their hardware is not reliable, it's faulty."
"Customers do not prefer this to connect to multiple cities."
"Instead of competing at the enterprise level with that product, they should probably scale it. With all of the ports, they should develop a good mid-level business to truly scale it and gain adoption before attempting to go after the enterprise."
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Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 31 reviews while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is ranked 12th in LAN Switching. Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0, while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerSwitch N-Series writes "Performs well, but the support and stability could be improved". Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and NETGEAR Switches, whereas Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is most compared with Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst Switches. See our Dell PowerConnect Switches vs. Dell PowerSwitch N-Series report.
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