Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
Oh thank god, I just hadn't gotten that far down yet.
lmao hadn't gotten down to the very next line
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@bnrstnr said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
Oh thank god, I just hadn't gotten that far down yet.
lmao hadn't gotten down to the very next line
I was shocked at the top level documentation... I needed to find a beer!
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Yeah, the only place I see 70 is non blocking throughput.
But sure, the Meraki do appear to have higher throughput than the EdgeSwitches in general. The question is, do you need that level of throughput?
I don't know about you, but I have basically three bottle necks - internet (100 mb/s download), Email server (1 Gb/s shared with other VMs), DC/File server (1 Gb/s shared with other VMs).
I don't need more than 1.1 Gb/s to tap out my stuff in general. Toss in some printing, etc.. I might be able to push that to 2 Gb/s.
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With the Meraki Switches you need to by licensing, right? Does the hardware purchase include a years license or anything?
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
With the Meraki Switches you need to by licensing, right? Does the hardware purchase include a years license or anything?
Yes.
When you stop paying, they stop working. Period.I have no need for something better than what I have now. But I'm guessing that if I did, I wouldn't be looking to Meraki to solve the issue for me.
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@dashrender said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
With the Meraki Switches you need to by licensing, right? Does the hardware purchase include a years license or anything?
Yes.
When you stop paying, they stop working. Period.I have no need for something better than what I have now. But I'm guessing that if I did, I wouldn't be looking to Meraki to solve the issue for me.
Yeah, plenty of other options without the license encumbrance. Just not Ubiquiti, who doesn't even offer anything at that level.
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
With the Meraki Switches you need to by licensing, right? Does the hardware purchase include a years license or anything?
Yes, huge cost and huge risk.
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@travisdh1 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
The Meraki gear was never knocked because it lacked performance. It's the value/price that sucks.
Oh no, performance is lackluster, too.
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@scottalanmiller said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@travisdh1 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
The Meraki gear was never knocked because it lacked performance. It's the value/price that sucks.
Oh no, performance is lackluster, too.
Even tho the stats are better than EdgeSwitches?
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@travisdh1 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
Remember how @scottalanmiller is always saying Ubiquiti beats out anything Cisco offers below $3000.00?
Turned out to be even higher! Closer to $4K!
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So I found the licensing for the Meraki Switches.
Pricing is as low as $350/year for a single year.
Ubiquiti has no licensing cost at all and is substantially cheaper, so why. . .
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
So I found the licensing for the Meraki Switches.
Pricing is as low as $350/year for a single year.
Ubiquiti has no licensing cost at all and is substantially cheaper, so why. . .
And this is the conclusion that Scott came to and posted about - what, 5 years ago?
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@scottalanmiller said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@travisdh1 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
The Meraki gear was never knocked because it lacked performance. It's the value/price that sucks.
Oh no, performance is lackluster, too.
Lackluster compared to the price? Or just in general?
According to each companies data sheets, Meraki does out perform Ubiquiti by a bit.
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
So I found the licensing for the Meraki Switches.
Pricing is as low as $350/year for a single year.
Ubiquiti has no licensing cost at all and is substantially cheaper, so why. . .
Meraki is really something we never consider since Ubiquiti came out. If you need something bigger than Ubiquiti, then Merkai is not the right product either.
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@scottalanmiller said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@travisdh1 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
The Meraki gear was never knocked because it lacked performance. It's the value/price that sucks.
Oh no, performance is lackluster, too.
Lackluster compared to the price? Or just in general?
According to each companies data sheets, Meraki does out perform Ubiquiti by a bit.
Everything in IT is based on price. A Meraki for similar price to other things on the market is very slow.
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@dashrender said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
So I found the licensing for the Meraki Switches.
Pricing is as low as $350/year for a single year.
Ubiquiti has no licensing cost at all and is substantially cheaper, so why. . .
And this is the conclusion that Scott came to and posted about - what, 5 years ago?
Not so long
But a while ago. -
@scottalanmiller said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@dashrender said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
So I found the licensing for the Meraki Switches.
Pricing is as low as $350/year for a single year.
Ubiquiti has no licensing cost at all and is substantially cheaper, so why. . .
And this is the conclusion that Scott came to and posted about - what, 5 years ago?
Not so long
But a while ago.It's at least 3.
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For the list price of 1 Meraki I could get 10.4 Ubiquiti switches.
That's insane!
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Does the Edge line need a controller or anything else? Anything I'm not seeing as something required or recommended for them?
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@dustinb3403 said in Meraki MS2** series vs Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch:
For the list price of 1 Meraki I could get 10.4 Ubiquiti switches.
That's insane!
wait, what? I thought you said it was $350? You found EdgeSwitches for under $35/ea? What port counts are you talking about here?
