[AusNOG] 3rd Party SFP+ Optics

[Joshua Small]

Hi,

A short answer is that if you buy large enough kit under a deal reg system, vendor SFPs tend to be where a lot of the price comes off (it's as though they know they are inflated). Buy enough servers in a part of a package deal and you'll see genuine 10GB SFP optics at equivalent or less than third party pricing - I'd assume similar deals apply to switching.

Joshua Small

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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Greg Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2014 6:11 PM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] 3rd Party SFP+ Optics

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.

Feel free to reply off list if you want to shame an entity outside of the public eye :)

Thanks in advance for your opinions!

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