Cisco 2924 Recommendation?

[juandc]

We would like to use 2924 Switch for our local datacenter. Would you recommend this switch. What have 5 MB line coming in and connected to our core router. From the core router we need to connect to 2924 and then connected to switch.

What kind of cisco switch series most of the datacenter use?.


Thanks
Juan

We have just finished a huge global network for a major US company that have had alot of bad press recently

They have deployed 2950 switches in over 90 locations and I have been doing basic implementation on them. I found them very easy to use as they use IOS rather than CATOS.

I whould suggest a 2924 whould be perfect for the access layer..
But distrobution, once you grow it can get bogged down.
Look at the pps (packets per second) rating on various switches.
From their you should come up with the true speed ratings of various switches &/or routers.
Also I whould suggest a layer 3 switch for the distrobution layer.
If you plan on using vlans or any policy based filtering etc..
Keep it out of your core!
You want your core processing packets as fast as possible, while your distrobution is faced with ACLs/Vlan Routing etc..
You could even step it farther into layer 3 at the access layer.
This whould be very costly thou.
Think and plan ahead
As for the question on most used switch for DC's..
Cisco's 6500 is a very popular choice with good reason..
I think it whould be overkill for you right now thou.