> HP Proliant Servers - despite HP's awful website and support policies their Proliant range are the most well designed, well thought out servers I've ever used

> HP Proliant Servers - despite HP's awful website and support policies their Proliant range are the most well designed, well thought out servers I've ever used. Their ProCurve networking equipment is also excellent. They also have a lifetime warranty [0] (first owner) meaning if the switch ever breaks, they'll replace it. I've read online this even applies to 15 year old switches. They changed the warranty somewhat after people started buying broken switches on eBay and RMA'ing them to HP for replacement. [1] I've had personal experience with a dead HP ProCurve switch in a previous position. They sent us an advance replacement with next day shipping. I don't particularly like what they're doing to ProLiant line (e.g. firmware updates now require a paid support subscription, or a torrent), but I still recommend ProCurve switches to everyone looking for a good L2/L3 managed switch. Also they're damn cheap these days. I was looking recently and you can pick up a managed 24 port GigE HP (1910-24G or 2910al-24G) for under $100 USD on eBay. My 1910-24G idles at 12W. The 2910al will even accept 10Gbit expansion cards (on the back) so you can have up to 4 10GBit ports per switch. [0] https://community.hpe.com/t5/Networking/Lifetime-Warranty-2-0-Setting-a-new-industry-benchmark/ba-p/6791076 https://community.hpe.com/t5/Networking/Lifetime-Warranty-2-... [1] http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1483888 http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1483888