[AusNOG] 3rd Party SFP+ Optics

[Peter Tonoli]

G'day,

> On 26 Mar 2014, at 6:13 pm, Greg Anderson <ganderson at raywhite.com> wrote:
> 
> Good evening Gentlepeople,
> I will keep this simple and straight to the point:
> 
> You buy 10G network switches from recognised brand name vendor(s).
> 
> Please do tell me why you chose (or chose not to) use 3rd party SFP+ optics in your gear at 1/4 the price rather than going to your vendor for the modules.

I'll keep my response straight and to the point..

Optics are basically commoditised, switches & network OS aren't (yet).

Peter Tonoli
IT Manager, St. Vincent's Academic Centre
(please excuse the brevity of this email - it was written on a mobile device)