You may want to take a look at the Brocade VDX 6720, it provides 16 10gb ports, with 8 ports on demand with addl license. They are very reasonable, esp. if you only need 16 ports. Maintenance costs are less than cisco. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Germann" <egermann@limanews.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 10:13:01 AM Subject: Looking for recommendation on 10G Ethernet switch Colleagues,
I'm looking for a recommendation on a smallish 10G Ethernet switch for a small virtualization/SAN implementation (4-5 hosts, 2 SAN boxes) over iSCSI with some legacy boxes on GigE.
Preferably
- 8-16 10G ports - several GigE ports for legacy GigE hosts or cross connect to a legacy GigE switch - preferably not a large chassis based solution with blades
The hosts aren't going to be driving full line rate, nor the SAN boxes providing full line rate, but their offered loads will definitely exceed 1Gbps. Assessing whether it is better to go 10G now vs. multi-pathing with quad GigE cards. Trying to find the best solution for > 1G on a trunk and < $50K per box.
Any recommendations appreciated.
Thanks
EKG