HP 4208 Successor?

[Gabriele83]

Good Morning

I'm Zanon Gabriele

Technical Director for Digitalwide s.r.l.

Providing solutions for Audio/Video Broadcast in Italy

In the systems i design and build, i successfully deployed, in the past, several HP 4208 modular switches.

I think this is a really good model for situations where, with low budget, you can achieve a modular, redundant switch with high reliability and port expansions.

One more great feature of this switch is the price, also provided by the fact that a full PoE Ethernet with 10Gbit is not always required, especially in small/medium realities.

My question is the following:

Is the 4208 going EoL being replaced by the 5400 (much more priced, especially the modules) ?

Or you're planning a new revision of this module to keep alive the price range between a standard switch and a modular system with an affordable price?

Thank you very much for your time

Best Regards

Zanon Gabrele