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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Wow!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>That’s pretty cheap and nasty!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>It even has a matchingly awesome
name, Edge-Core Tiger!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>$400 for the 10G XFP’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.optichaven.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=133&cPath=17#googlebase">http://www.optichaven.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=133&cPath=17#googlebase</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>$3399 for the 8 port switch,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>And <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>About $600 for the Host adaptor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://www.provantage.com/edgecore-formerly-smc-networks-smc10gpcie-xfp~7SMCC16N.htm">http://www.provantage.com/edgecore-formerly-smc-networks-smc10gpcie-xfp~7SMCC16N.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Even in $USD this is looking in
the right ballpark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Some of the guys spend $600 on
quad port 1G Intel Nic’s for teaming so the Host adaptor pricing is in similar
ballpark to what they’re currently using. Sure they will have to chip in for
the XFP’s too but its right on the money.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>S<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>
Aaron Weller // Crucial Paradigm [mailto:aaron@crucialp.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 16 July 2010 1:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sean K. Finn<br>
<b>Cc:</b> 'ausnog@ausnog.net'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Tech Q: Looking for Cheapest 10G Switches for
Hobby Lan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Not sure if these are the cheapest, but they are quite
cheap!<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=8&scid=107&pid=1431">http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=8&scid=107&pid=1431</a><br>
<br>
<a
href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=SMC8708L2&cid=851054025650646221&ei=gcs_TPe6KpSgjgTTq8HSCA&sa=title&ved=0CAcQ8wIwADgA#scoring=p">http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=SMC8708L2&cid=851054025650646221&ei=gcs_TPe6KpSgjgTTq8HSCA&sa=title&ved=0CAcQ8wIwADgA#scoring=p</a><br>
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Regards,<br>
Aaron<br>
<br>
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Sean K. Finn wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Some of our staff run a hobby LAN one day a month that
attracts about 100 players for 12-24 hours.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Currently the guys are running multi 1GB trunks, some 6GB
trunks between switches and 4GB trunks to servers for the day, but there has
been talk of wanting to experiment with 10Gb gear at a hobby level. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The budget isn’t huge, maybe about $1,000 per month to spend
on gear, but LAN days are usually good test beds to skill up and play with this
kind of gear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>My Question is :What’s the cheapest and nastiest 10Gb
consumer grade gear, if it exists yet, that anyone knows about?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Both switches and cards.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Some of the guys mentioned <a
href="http://www.extremenetworks.com/">http://www.extremenetworks.com/</a> ,
not sure if this is nasty enough though?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sean.<o:p></o:p></p>
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