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

[Lincoln Dale]

On 16/07/2010, at 12:18 PM, Sean K. Finn wrote:
> 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.

i don't think 10GbE is "hobby level" but you can even buy line-rate 10GbE Cisco switches for under $500/port "street price" including CX1 transceivers these days.

reality is i suspect you don't actually need 10GbE to the host.  rather you're after 10GbE for uplinks from 10/100/1000 access switches with 2-4x10GbE uplinks.


cheers,

lincoln.