<div dir="ltr">Optics are the HDMI Cables of the networking world, you can get Gold plated, oxygen free for $500 or you can get ones that work just fine for $5!<div><div><br></div><div>- Andrew</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 March 2014 17:17, Peter Tonoli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peter@medstv.unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">peter@medstv.unimelb.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
G'day,<br>
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> On 26 Mar 2014, at 6:13 pm, Greg Anderson <<a href="mailto:ganderson@raywhite.com">ganderson@raywhite.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Good evening Gentlepeople,<br>
> I will keep this simple and straight to the point:<br>
><br>
> You buy 10G network switches from recognised brand name vendor(s).<br>
><br>
> Please do tell me why you chose (or chose not to) use 3rd party SFP+ optics in your gear at 1/4 the price rather than going to your vendor for the modules.<br>
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</div>I'll keep my response straight and to the point..<br>
<br>
Optics are basically commoditised, switches & network OS aren't (yet).<br>
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Peter Tonoli<br>
IT Manager, St. Vincent's Academic Centre<br>
(please excuse the brevity of this email - it was written on a mobile device)<br>
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