[AusNOG] 3rd Party SFP+ Optics

[Scott Howard]

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  Scott



On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Joshua Small <JSmall at daraco.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi,
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> 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.
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> *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
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> Good evening Gentlepeople,
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> I will keep this simple and straight to the point:
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> You buy 10G network switches from recognised brand name vendor(s).
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> 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.
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> Feel free to reply off list if you want to shame an entity outside of the
> public eye :)
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> Thanks in advance for your opinions!
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