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....@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Adnan Ahmed Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 9:26 AM To: Hank Nussbacher <h...@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 <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 > > > >
