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

[Aaron Weller // Crucial Paradigm]

Not sure if these are the cheapest, but they are quite cheap!

http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=8&scid=107&pid=1431

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=SMC8708L2&cid=851054025650646221&ei=gcs_TPe6KpSgjgTTq8HSCA&sa=title&ved=0CAcQ8wIwADgA#scoring=p

Regards,
Aaron




Sean K. Finn wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> Some of our staff run a hobby LAN one day a month that attracts about 
> 100 players for 12-24 hours.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> My Question is :What's the cheapest and nastiest 10Gb consumer grade 
> gear, if it exists yet, that anyone knows about?
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> Both switches and cards.
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> Some of the guys mentioned http://www.extremenetworks.com/ , not sure 
> if this is nasty enough though?
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> Cheers,
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> Sean.
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