[AusNOG] Cheapest half decent 10Gbps switch (for iSCSI only)

[Luke Smith]

Dell sell plenty of their basic L2 10G switches for this purpose - they
seem to Just Work and run an IOS-a-like CLI - similarly  to Huawei they are
about half the price of something similar from Juniper or Cisco.

That said I'm not sure I see value in dedicated SANs any more - why not
converge and run storage and front end on the one fabric? Less bottlenecks,
less complexity, more redundancy, cheaper, and so on. The Dell switches
support all the DCE-type features you need to make this work without drama.

On 20 April 2015 at 11:19, Josh Tipping <josh.tipping at icita.com> wrote:

>  I can give you pricing and info on some Huawei switching options if you
> like (disclose: we are a disty). Nothing down near the netgear stuff
> however, but you’d be looking at 24x10GE @ wire speed well under half the
> cost of the cisco/juniper options you’ve mentioned. Contact me off list if
> you are interested.
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> Cheers,
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> *Josh Tipping *
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> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *James
> Cunningham
> *Sent:* Sunday, 19 April 2015 12:48 PM
> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* [AusNOG] Cheapest half decent 10Gbps switch (for iSCSI only)
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> Hi Guys,
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> Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question, so apologies
> in advance - but since most people here run high speed storage networks it
> is probably relevant.
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> Can I have some recommendations for low end, cost effective, 10Gbps
> switches (for iSCSI use)?
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> Only need around 8-10 ports per switch, and all the switches I'm looking
> at from the likes of Cisco and Juniper are around $20k-$30k a switch -
> seems pretty extreme really. I'm looking at deploying 2 x 10Gbps iSCSI
> switches for a client for a small VMware project, and am looking for
> suitable switches.
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> Looking for suggestions for a half decent switch to use here - doesn't
> have to be top of the line with heaps of features, just something very
> basic, as long as it's 10Gbps and has at least 8 ports.
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> Looking at the Netgear XS712T, these are around the $2k mark, which is in
> the ballpark of what I need. Looked at the Netgear XSM7224 and DELL N4032,
> but these are around the $5k mark per switch (but granted 24 ports with
> dual power supplies)
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> Suggestions anyone?
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> Thanks
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> James
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Cheers,

Luke Smith
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