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The Dell PowerConnect 2708 and the HP Procurve are very similar when in unmanaged mode.  The HP firmware is a little better but the Dell hardware is better.  I wouldn’t buy networking equipment used though unless it came with the original warranty.  One of the things I love about HP and Dell is that they have a lifetime warranty behind the switches….but it isn’t transferable (at least last I looked)

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Don’t want to hijack, but related ………..

For YEARS I’ve been struggling with Bluray stuttering.

“Latest stuttering hardware”

Server: WHS2011, i5-650, 8GB, intel MB & NIC, 7 2TB WD EARS for Bluray w-MyMovies/TMT5, DriveBender Beta
HTPC: Win7Pro 64,i7-2600K, 12GB, intel MB & NIC, OS on SSD
(so should not be the hardware)
Switch: D-Link DGS-1024D Gear on switch: Server, HTPC, Router,modem, Squeezebox Duet, 2 ea HDHRs, ,Onkyo 3008, 2 Xbox 360 extenders, Battery Back up.

All gear rackmounted, so no long runs from switch for AV gear

HDTV doesn’t stutter (HTPC & Xbox extender), but I do get the “occasional network error” on the xbox 360

I’ve continually upgraded/changed gear software, cables, network throttling, you name it!

The only thing I haven’t changed is the EARS drives and the SWITCH.

So before I spend more on a new switch, any other things/settings to try?

I know, no guarantees, but would the “PowerConnect 2816 Switch” help, is the “D-Link DGS-1024D” that bad?

Tired of spending cash on solutions that don’t work.

Thanks,

Jeff

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DriveBender (WHS2011 DE replacement) is working perfectly for me. Folder duplication included. Still in beta but for my needs, working perfectly, with MyMovies, automated ripping and bluray serving. In fact my 2011 WHS is working far better than WHS1 ever did, even with DriveBender in beta.

Rumors of more than one DrivePool (DE) in the future on the same box. Set of drives for movies and set of drives for recorded TV anyone? And then a pool for data!

YMMV, but the WHS world has not ended

Jeff

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