Picture this: It’s late on a Friday afternoon. Everything is running smoothly in your network, when all of a sudden, one of the key Cisco switches you have running fails. Now What? You have to scramble to find the broken switch, and get it repaired as soon as possible to get your network back up and running. You find the faulty cisco switch but you cannot fix it and there is no telling how long it will take to get Cisco to come and fix it. Your network is down, and you cannot do anything about it.
Stressful, to say the least!
There is a way to avoid this all together! No really there is. You need to keep spares on hand for your key Cisco switches, routers and other hardware as a backup. I know what you are thinking: ” How is that even possible, all of my Cisco equipment was so expensive, there is now way I can afford to buy a few extra units just in case I have a failure!”
But you can! 
If you buy used or refurbished Cisco equipment from a reputable used cisco reseller, you can purchase spare units at a fraction of the price you paid when you bought them directly from Cisco.
Now, I am not saying that you should buy spare pre-owned Cisco hardware to keep as a backup simply because it is less expensive. If you have a backup switch in house, you can replace the failed unit in seconds rather than waiting for days with a downed network, for the unit to get repaired. Doesn’t that sound like a much better scenario then the first one I presented? I think so, too. And that is not the only reason why keeping spare units, for your most important Cisco equipment, would benefit you and your company.
Key Benefits of Keeping Used Cisco Spares on Site:
- Keeping a spare backup unit on hand with drastically reduce the down time of your network, when a failure occurs.
- The cost of buying replacement parts is often much greater than the cost of stocking refurbished cisco spares for your most important network components
- Once repaired, a failed unit can take the place of the spare, so you always have a backup unit on hand.
The Conclusion, keeping spare backup Cisco equipment in your facility is not only an economical choice, but it will also save you time while saving you from stress. A reliable Used Cisco Equipment Reseller, like Data Networks International, can help you to stock all of the spares that you need.
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