Are there inexpensive DWDM products?
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear. Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards. All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value? Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers. If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks LFOD
CWDM is cheaper and will probably work fine within a city. Check fs.com. On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 06:01:10PM +0000, LF OD wrote:
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
These guys seem to be a white box solution for Optical. https://www.lumentum.com I see that Juniper and Infinera have both worked on solutions to work on their hardware. Luke Guillory Vice President – Technology and Innovation Tel: 985.536.1212 Fax: 985.536.0300 Email: lguillory@reservetele.com Reserve Telecommunications 100 RTC Dr Reserve, LA 70084 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material which should not disseminate, distribute or be copied. Please notify Luke Guillory immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Luke Guillory therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. . -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of LF OD Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2017 1:01 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products? We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear. Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards. All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value? Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers. If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks LFOD
CWDM option might be your best bet here. If you need more channels and you want to go to DWDM then check out Ekinops Great product and they don't charge as much as the other guys -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of LF OD Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:01 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products? We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear. Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards. All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value? Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers. If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks LFOD
We use and love Infinera XTG Muxes for our P2P extensions off the main optical core. They have a line of manageable 8 channel DWDM passive mux that you can get basic up down traps and optical information about each channel. You can use grey market or OAM tuned ten gig transponders in your switches or routers and patch into the mux. There is an option to add an amp if distances are too great. About 6K for a pair of the muxes and tuned optics are grey market so your price will vary based on the vender you purchase from. We use Precision for the grey market optics and have been very pleased with the price vs's value and support. Robert Jacobs | Network Architect & Director -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Romeo Czumbil Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 1:48 PM To: LF OD <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com>; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Are there inexpensive DWDM products? CWDM option might be your best bet here. If you need more channels and you want to go to DWDM then check out Ekinops Great product and they don't charge as much as the other guys -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of LF OD Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:01 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products? We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear. Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards. All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value? Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers. If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks LFOD
Wow... a lot of suggestions and very quickly too. CWDM may not be an option because some of the spans are just out of range, but I'm going to look at it for the short spans. Thanks for all the feedback, folks. (I'll contact some of you off-board) LFOD ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of LF OD <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:01 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products? We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear. Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards. All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value? Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers. If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks LFOD
fs.com DWDM with a 1310 pass through port. That way you can still run 40G or 100G over the 1310. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "LF OD" <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 1:01:10 PM Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products? We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear. Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards. All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value? Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers. If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks LFOD
I've used Adva passive DWDM MUX's and colored FlexOptix DWDM 10G optics. It worked very well with zero issues. I haven't personally used MUX's from fs.com but I've had colleagues use them and caution against them due to the quality. On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
fs.com DWDM with a 1310 pass through port. That way you can still run 40G or 100G over the 1310.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "LF OD" <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 1:01:10 PM Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products?
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
I've set a few people up with FS.com, and my $employer uses then for a lot of DWDM without issue. Quality bites everyone, cleaning terminations is one of the neglected steps :p On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Micah Croff <micahcroff@gmail.com> wrote:
I've used Adva passive DWDM MUX's and colored FlexOptix DWDM 10G optics. It worked very well with zero issues. I haven't personally used MUX's from fs.com but I've had colleagues use them and caution against them due to the quality.
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
fs.com DWDM with a 1310 pass through port. That way you can still run 40G or 100G over the 1310.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "LF OD" <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 1:01:10 PM Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products?
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
-- Brent Jones brent@brentrjones.com
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Brent Jones <brent@brentrjones.com> wrote:
I've set a few people up with FS.com, and my $employer uses then for a lot of DWDM without issue.
as another fs.com user of cwdm muxes... yes, in the limited sample I have they work for me... you ought to be able to pair the CWDM muxes like: http://www.fs.com/products/42972.html with their 80km optics and get pretty far along... a 'city' solution shouldn't really need more than 80k, right? :)
Quality bites everyone, cleaning terminations is one of the neglected steps :p
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Micah Croff <micahcroff@gmail.com> wrote:
I've used Adva passive DWDM MUX's and colored FlexOptix DWDM 10G optics. It worked very well with zero issues. I haven't personally used MUX's from fs.com but I've had colleagues use them and caution against them due to the quality.
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
fs.com DWDM with a 1310 pass through port. That way you can still run 40G or 100G over the 1310.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "LF OD" <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 1:01:10 PM Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products?
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
-- Brent Jones brent@brentrjones.com
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com
wrote:
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Brent Jones <brent@brentrjones.com> wrote:
I've set a few people up with FS.com, and my $employer uses then for a lot of DWDM without issue.
as another fs.com user of cwdm muxes... yes, in the limited sample I have they work for me... you ought to be able to pair the CWDM muxes like: http://www.fs.com/products/42972.html
with their 80km optics and get pretty far along... a 'city' solution shouldn't really need more than 80k, right? :)
the example 80k cwdm sfp+: http://www.fs.com/products/19371.html
Quality bites everyone, cleaning terminations is one of the neglected steps
:p
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:36 PM, Micah Croff <micahcroff@gmail.com> wrote:
I've used Adva passive DWDM MUX's and colored FlexOptix DWDM 10G optics. It worked very well with zero issues. I haven't personally used MUX's from fs.com but I've had colleagues use them and caution against them due to the quality.
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
fs.com DWDM with a 1310 pass through port. That way you can still run 40G or 100G over the 1310.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "LF OD" <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 1:01:10 PM Subject: Are there inexpensive DWDM products?
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
-- Brent Jones brent@brentrjones.com
On 02/11/2017 20:01, LF OD wrote: Try: https://www.packetlight.com/ -Hank
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
Also look at these guys, https://www.optelian.com/products/dwdm-optical-multiplexing/ On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:10 AM, Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
On 02/11/2017 20:01, LF OD wrote:
Try: https://www.packetlight.com/
-Hank
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
These guys are pretty inexpensive. Take it for what it is :) https://www.sfpcables.com/cisco-cwdm-oadm-series Eric Miller, CCNP Network Engineering Consultant -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+eric=ericheather.com@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Adnan Ahmed Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 9:26 AM To: Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Are there inexpensive DWDM products? Also look at these guys, https://www.optelian.com/products/dwdm-optical-multiplexing/ On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:10 AM, Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
On 02/11/2017 20:01, LF OD wrote:
Try: https://www.packetlight.com/
-Hank
We have several buildings and a couple data centers spread around the city and interconnected via dark fiber. It's a very simple setup - no ROADM, no real ring, no extended layer-2 or layer-3 via the optical gear.
Pretty much we just mux/demux a channel for each building so that each building sees the two data centers directly even though the fiber span may wind through a couple buildings along the way. In some cases, the distance is short enough to use colored optics in the network gear, but mostly the distances are just long enough to warrant transponder cards.
All that being said, a lot of the gear is approaching end of life (support in some cases). I'm not an optical guru but I can muddle my way through with Cisco ONS and I'm aware that Ciena and Fujitsu also have similar products. We really don't have budget for a large optical refresh effort. However, we've saved some money here and there in the routing/switching arena by leveraging Arista and even Cumulus. I'm wondering if there are smaller players in the optical arena that have a good quality/price value?
Again, we don't need sophisticated features... we primarily have 2-to-4 1Gb and 10Gb ports required per site, then we mux those onto a wavelength and extend it to the two data centers. Most buildings are set up the same way, each on a different wavelength so the don't even see each other... only the data centers.
If you guys know of any optical gear that you can vouch for (and which costs less than a small house), we would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
LFOD
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