ARISTA 7xxx series would be one of the options to consider cheers! Gopi... __________________________________ please ignore typo's if any... sent from handheld device __________________________________ Eugeniu Patrascu <eugen@imacandi.net> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Eric Germann <egermann@limanews.com> wrote:

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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.

You can look ar Brocade TurboIron 24. It has 24 ports of 1/10G depending on the SFP you put in.