Re: DWDM hardware recommendations

2010-05-24 Thread chip
I've been pretty happy with the Adva FSP3000R7 units. Lots of options for 1g and 10g and they are very helpful with setup and design. There's a lot more to it than just coming up with an attenuation budget. --chip On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:52 AM, ML wrote: > I'm in the process of researching

Re: DWDM hardware recommendations

2010-05-23 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 23 May 2010, at 09:31, Matthew Walster wrote: No complaints here apart from the need to use MU connectors. MU gives slightly lower attenuation than other types of physical connector (i.e. non spliced). It's a minor pain if you don't have an easy source of MU patch cables, but there are

Re: DWDM hardware recommendations

2010-05-23 Thread Raphael Maunier
Hello, We moved from MRV to Ekinops (http://www.ekinops.net/). Mrv was really stable ( no issue for the last 3 years), but they are slow in innovation. The new cards just came out. For a simple and cheap solution, I will benchmark, Mrv, Ekinops and BTI. The most innovative and with easy R&D acc

Re: DWDM hardware recommendations

2010-05-23 Thread Matthew Walster
On 22 May 2010 16:52, ML wrote: > Does anyone have a recommendation that might fit these requirements? I've used the MRV Lambdadrivers for a ring using DWDM, 16 channel MUX/DEMUX, with one channel using an 8-in-1 10G TDM device (tunable). No complaints here apart from the need to use MU connecto

DWDM hardware recommendations

2010-05-22 Thread ML
I'm in the process of researching DWDM equipment for a new ring I'm about to light. Only two dark fibers to start. My only experience with WDM is a ring lit with MRV CWDM equipment by another provider. The MRV equipment hasn't failed once in the years I've had the service. Good/bad/ugly thoughts