I'd love to know what model Juniper you are getting for $102 per 10GbE port and where you are getting it. The lowest-end 10GbE switch is the EX4600, which lists at more like $850 per port. You can get higher-end ones with much larger port counts and get the cost/port down to about half that, but I can't imagine what you could be talking about for $102/port.
I would kill for a 24-port 10GbE Juniper switch for ~$2,500. You can't even get a 24-port 1GbE for that. thanks, -Randy ----- On Jan 28, 2016, at 11:08 AM, Josh Reynolds j...@kyneticwifi.com wrote: > You're buying your switches and optics in the wrong places. > > An SFP+ 10K w/ DOM is running me a little under $34. An SFP+ port runs > me slightly over $102. (Juniper) > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Baldur Norddahl > <baldur.nordd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The standard 24 or 48 port SFP+ switch is 10 times the price of the >> equivalent switch with 24 or 48 port SFP. The same is true for the optics. >> >> 2.5 and 4 Gbit/s SFP modules are available and cheap. It is just that >> ethernet ports will not take advantage of the extra speed. So it is only >> useful on fibrechannel ports. >> >> It would be an improvement if we can get 2.5 or 4 Gbit/s ethernet on SFP >> instead of paying for an all SFP+ switch. >> >> Regards, >> >> Baldur
