[AusNOG] Tech Q: Looking for Cheapest 10G Switches for Hobby Lan.

[McDonald Richards]

J EX3200s are probably the cheapest option I can think of for 10G trunk
facing and GE to clients. I have also heard H3C are pretty competitive but
have not actually used their gear.
 
Macca
 
 
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Sean K. Finn
Sent: Friday, 16 July 2010 12:19 PM
To: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: [AusNOG] Tech Q: Looking for Cheapest 10G Switches for Hobby Lan.
 
Hi All,
 
Some of our staff run a hobby LAN one day a month that attracts about 100
players for 12-24 hours.
 
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. 
 
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.
 
My Question is :What's the cheapest and nastiest 10Gb consumer grade gear,
if it exists yet, that anyone knows about?
 
Both switches and cards.
 
Some of the guys mentioned http://www.extremenetworks.com/ , not sure if
this is nasty enough though?
 
Cheers,
Sean.
 
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