I can attest to Edge-Core. We've used them heavily, their support is top notch as I always have someone to reach out to in an instant if there's an issue. They might be a small operation in the US but there's an advantage to that (e.g. no layers to go through for support). Funny, I was just going to recommend them as an option as they have very reasonably priced 10G/40G hardware. If anyone wants a contact (both from Edge-Core and a distributor), let me know. They're worth consideration from my prospective. Chase Rydberg *North Star Fiber* On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Jason Hanke <jayhanke@neutralpath.net> wrote:
I'm starting to think that the new OEM switches are worth a look. Especially because we don't need a complex feature set.
Mellanox EdgeCore etc.
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Andrew Hoyos <hoyosa@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sep 20, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Mike Horwath <drechsau@GEEKS.ORG> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 09:49:48AM -0500, Levi Pederson wrote:
A full chassis 8200 and 9200 would be a solid upgrade for all pertinent points.
I don't agree.
Also don’t agree with the 8200/9200. Most line cards on the 8200 and 9200 are oversub’d anyway, and the space/ports ratio isn’t great.
Cost per port is high compared to running with 4500/45550 setup and can stack 10 deep as it is.
I don’t know if I necessarily agree here either. The VC will quickly become a bottleneck if not already (32gb unidirectional traffic). Also, no support for 40/100g.
If money is being spent, something like an Arista 7504 or Juniper QFX 5100/5200’s would make more sense here and allow for some growth not entirely based on "more 10g ports".
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