Also look at these guys, https://www.optelian.com/products/dwdm-optical-multiplexing/
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 1:10 AM, Hank Nussbacher <h...@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 > > > >
