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 <andrews@ltinet.net> 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: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:06 PM
To: Michael Loftis
Cc: frank@dticonsulting.com; michael.dillon@bt.com; nanog@merit.edu
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.