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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Check out the Juniper EX3300, they are very well priced (around 1k even for the DC version), give you 4xSFP+ and a full carrier grade operating system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/ex-series/ex3300/">http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/ex-series/ex3300/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joshua D'Alton<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 12 December 2015 11:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Joseph Goldman <joe@apcs.com.au><br><b>Cc:</b> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Low cost 10G SFP+ switches?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, the ones with 2 ports are cheap, but to get 4+ is 2k+<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>After lowest total cost for ~4 ports.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Joseph Goldman <<a href="mailto:joe@apcs.com.au" target="_blank">joe@apcs.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p>Look at the mikrotik CRS range, some of them have SFP+, duxtel is a good au disty, or <a href="http://routerboard.com" target="_blank">routerboard.com</a> to read up on the models<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#787878'>On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Joshua D'Alton <</span><a href="mailto:joshua@railgun.com.au" target="_blank">joshua@railgun.com.au</a><span style='color:#787878'>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Hola list,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Cool quiet Saturday night, with a easy question for those already onto the harder stuff...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>What is available in low cost switches that have SFP+ for 10G? The cheapest I've come up with is a Netgear...<a href="http://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Networking_-_Wired/Gigabit_Switches/58774-DGS-1510-28X" target="_blank">$670 24x1g 4xSFP+</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>I feel like there must be other options for either pure or mixed SFP+ especially given all the China OEM/whitelabel things floating around DCs these days.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Does anyone have a favourite, doesn't need to be DC quality, also doesn't need to be advanced purely for layer2 not even MPLS or VLANs. Oh and doesn't need to have a lot of ports. Looking for lowest TCO, not per port efficiency (where I know you can get for a few k a 48 porter from eg Force10 etc).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Basically the rasberry pi of SFP+ switching... (hmm is that an option, Rpi with some dodgy chinese SFP+ switching modules soldered on?)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>Enjoy the beers!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'>--<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>