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

[McDonald Richards]

Somebody there must have some serious porn storage if they are needing 1G
NIC teaming or 10G to push content out to the LAN.
 
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 1:19 PM
To: 'Aaron Weller // Crucial Paradigm'
Cc: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Tech Q: Looking for Cheapest 10G Switches for Hobby
Lan.
 
Wow!
 
That's pretty cheap and nasty!
 
It even has a matchingly awesome name, Edge-Core Tiger!
 
$400 for the 10G XFP's
http://www.optichaven.com/index.php?main_page=product_info
<http://www.optichaven.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=133&
cPath=17#googlebase> &products_id=133&cPath=17#googlebase
 
$3399 for the 8 port switch,
 
And 
 
About $600 for the Host adaptor.
http://www.provantage.com/edgecore-formerly-smc-networks-smc10gpcie-xfp~7SMC
C16N.htm
 
Even in $USD this is looking in the right ballpark.
 
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.
 
S
 
 
 
From: Aaron Weller // Crucial Paradigm [mailto:aaron at crucialp.com] 
Sent: Friday, 16 July 2010 1:05 PM
To: Sean K. Finn
Cc: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Tech Q: Looking for Cheapest 10G Switches for Hobby
Lan.
 
Not sure if these are the cheapest, but they are quite cheap!

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

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en
<http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=SMC8708L2&c
id=851054025650646221&ei=gcs_TPe6KpSgjgTTq8HSCA&sa=title&ved=0CAcQ8wIwADgA#s
coring=p>
&client=firefox-a&q=SMC8708L2&cid=851054025650646221&ei=gcs_TPe6KpSgjgTTq8HS
CA&sa=title&ved=0CAcQ8wIwADgA#scoring=p

Regards,
Aaron




Sean K. Finn wrote: 
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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