> Don't know if this collides with the 'network plumbing' point.... > but this is what I know eg... in Europe, Germany and you can start > from eg... here:
So far, the best I can find are those unusual but generally functional boards that are more or less AliExpress Specials, or for a slightly higher price point, the public retail versions of Lanner Electronics' network appliances, a few of which are known to be OEM partner systems for mid-high range systems from vendors such as Juniper Networks. Said machines can be purchased from their online retail channel called "Whitebox Solutions". I have been looking at their systems for a while now as a potential base for a networking venture and between their OEM business and their wide variations in to-order specs for selling more or less plain jane x86-64 systems with PCIe-attached Intel Ethernet adaptors in a funky line-card format, they seem quite approachable for high-throughput, small-batch hardware for systems running modern open-source network operating systems. Troy Martin | Head of Development Araxes Networks W: www.araxes.net | E: t...@araxes.net T: 778-819-2801 | C: 604-690-5885
