[AusNOG] 3rd Party SFP+ Optics

[Andrew Cox]

Optics are the HDMI Cables of the networking world, you can get Gold
plated, oxygen free for $500 or you can get ones that work just fine for $5!

- Andrew


On 26 March 2014 17:17, Peter Tonoli <peter at medstv.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:

> 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)
>
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