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From: Andrew Staples (no email)
Date: Wed Apr 09 2008 - 09:42:47 EDT
I was asked to summarize what I found. I only had two personal
recommendations based on respondents use/experience, so I don't have much of
a rating to give back to the list. However, I did do some research as
follows.
Some disclaimers/explanations:
1. Best Price = no gbics. Total Price = includes gbics @ $80/each
(generic brand GBIC, not sure it they work in all models. I've not had
problems using generic gbics in FC switches.ymmv)
2. Feature set is my personal subjective rating based on high-level
features important to me. Your feature-set needs may be different.
3. Couldn't find RPS info on two switches. As an alternative, I like to
use Tripplite Digital Power ATS PDUs for all my single-power-supply gear.
4. There may be additional costs for various feature sets.
5. Best pricing usually means used/refurbed gear with warranties. I've
added the base list price (without gbics) if you like shiny new.
6. No warranties expressed or implied as to the accuracy/completeness of
the info below (I didn't call each manufacturer to verify their
documentation). If you can clarify any inaccuracies, send me a note
off-list.
7. I couldn't verify if the Force10 needed gbics or not.two different
documents gave conflicting information, so I assumed worst-case.
8. No particular ranking is imputed by the table.
9. Delete the email rather than complain about the html format.
Product
Feature Set
Ports
Best Price
Price/Port
L2/L3
RPS
Total Price ($80 GBIC)
Total P/P
Base List Price
Ciscos 3750G
High
12
$ 5,200
$ 433
L3
Ext
$ 6,160
$ 513
$ 11,000
Extreme X450-24x
High
24
$ 4,700
$ 196
L3
Ext
$ 6,620
$ 276
$ 6,800
Force10 S25P
High
24
$ 5,500
$ 229
L3
Int
$ 7,420
$ 309
??
Extreme 11703
High
32
$ 4,500
$ 141
L3
?
$ 7,060
$ 221
$ 20,000
Foundry FESX424HF
High
24
$ 9,995
$ 416
L3
Int
$11,915
$ 496
$ 9,995
Alcatel 6850-U24X
Med
24
$ 3,700
$ 154
L3
?
$ 5,620
$ 234
$ 4,200
Dlink DXS-3326GSR
Med
24
$ 4,400
$ 183
L2
Ext
$ 6,320
$ 263
$ 4,400
Zyxel GS-4012F
Med
12
$ 950
$ 79
L3
Ext
$ 1,910
$ 159
$ 950
Zyxel GS-3012F
Low
12
$ 650
$ 54
L2
Ext
$ 1,610
$ 134
$ 650
Netgear GSM7328FS
Med
24
$ 2,400
$ 100
L3
No
$ 4,320
$ 180
$ 2,800
Netgear GSM7312
Low
12
$ 850
$ 71
L3
No
$ 1,810
$ 151
$ 1,000
Dell 6224F
Med
24
$ 1,999
$ 83
L3
Ext
$ 3,919
$ 163
$ 1,999
Telco Systems T5C-24G
High
24
$ 5,200
$ 217
L3
Int
$ 7,120
$ 297
$ 5,200
HP 5406zl
Med
24
$ 2,650
$ 110
L2
Int
$ 4,570
$ 190
$ 4,825
Nortel 5530-24TFD
Med
24
$ 6,100
$ 254
L3
Ext
$ 8,020
$ 334
$ 6,100
Andrew
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Andrew Staples <> wrote:
Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have
suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal
experience? Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but
this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke. Looking for a central switch
for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.
Considering:
DLink DXS-3326GSR
NetGear GSM7312
Foundry SX-FI12GM-4
Zyxel GS-4012F
I realize not all these switches are IEEE 802.3ae, Clause 49 or IEEE 802.3aq
capable.
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:06 PM
To: Michael Loftis
Cc: ; ;
Subject: Re: cooling door
On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:48:47 MDT, Michael Loftis said:
> Yeah except in a lot of areas there is no MAN, and the ILECs want to
> bend you over for any data access. I've no idea how well the MAN idea
> is coming along in various areas, but you still have to pay for access
> to it somehow, and that adds to overhead. Which leads to attempt
> efficiency gains through centralization and increased density.
I doubt we'll ever see the day when running gigabit across town becomes cost
effective when compared to running gigabit to the other end of your server
room/cage/whatever.
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