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 <na...@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...@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 > >
