I keep away from "compatible"; there is almost always a deficiency.
I buy factory-refurb or <cough> "pre-owned" and have rarely had a problem. Give Dan Savage at World Data a call. Quick quotes, reliable and doesn't forget you. I have purchased all manner of HP equipment, including SFPs, and been very satisfied. Mike ------------- *Dan Savage* *IBM, Dell, HP, and Cisco Solution SalesWorld Data Products, Inc1105 Xenium Lane North, Suite 200Plymouth, MN 55441Direct: 763-452-1336Fax: 763-452-1337Cell: 612.281.9975*mailto:dan.sav...@wdpi.com WEB: www.wdpi.com On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Alexei Rodriguez < alexei.rodrig...@gmail.com> wrote: > We've had excellent experiences with Memorydealers: > http://memorydealers.com/ > > Specifically, we've done 1gig & 10 gig modules of different types (LR vs > SR, etc). There are some (minor) drawbacks: on Juniper switches you won't > get as detailed a set of instrumentation. If you have a large enough number > of SFPs in use then it is worth keeping a pair of the "official vendor" > ones to use in case of problems and when you need the additional info. > > Alexei > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Roy McMorran <mcmor...@barncrew.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mcmor...@barncrew.com');>> wrote: > >> Hi all, a network-slash-purchasing question for you. >> >> Does anyone have any experience using SFPs from third-party vendors in a >> Cisco environment? Having recently spent $500 a whack for brand new >> genuine Cisco 10Gb modules (SFP-10G-SR in this case) I was pretty shocked >> to see 'compatible' SFPs of the same type under twenty bucks online. Don't >> know if I'd trust those in particular, but there are plenty of choices for >> well under $100. >> >> They're so cheap by comparison I'm tempted to just try a couple, but I >> thought I'd see if anyone on the list had any particularly good or bad >> experiences with any vendor. >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- >> Roy McMorran >> Bar Harbor, ME >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Tech@lists.lopsa.org');> >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> > >
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