Andreas Echavez wrote:
Hey guys,
Does anyone here have experience running copper 10Gbase-T networks?
Yes.
It seems like the standard just died out. For us it would make a lot of sense for our applications -- even if throughput and latency aren't as great. If anyone out there knows of any *copper* 10 gig-t switches (48 port?), I'd be interested to hear your experiences. I can't seem to find any high-density ones from major vendors.
Well, I'm not sure about 48 port. I have several of these: http://www.extremenetworks.com/products/summit-x650.aspx which are 24 port 10Gbase-T switches. I got them in.. late 2008? 2009? Not sure offhand. From the same manufacturer there's the more recent http://www.extremenetworks.com/products/summit-x670.aspx also 1U, which appears to be 48 port or more and to have a copper version but I've not actually seen one. And both models are stackable.