Moving away from Cisco or Juniper I've found a few interesting switch deals in the past weeks:
Fujitsu - Fujitsu XG2600 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch XG2600A | eBay $800 but I bet you could get it for under $750 and Liquid8 is a good seller we've used many times. Description says there needs to be a paid service from Fujitsu to unlock so unknown if this is a good deal, but if the switch just passed everything, it's a cheap option.
IBM - IBM Blade G8124 E Rackswitch 7309 BR6 90Y3529 7309 HC6 90 Day Warranty | eBay $900 BIN but $650 current bid. 4 broken ports!!!!! But if you could get a 20 port switch for $700 or less that's fab.
IBM #2 - fav seller in TX - IBM Rackswitch G8124E 7309 BF7 24x Port Switch | eBay - $1200 OBO. Someone snagged one already. I'd love to know what they got it for. Under $1000 and it'd be fantastic
Dell 8132F - Dell PowerConnect 8132F 24 Port 10GbE SFP Fibre Network Layer 3 Switch | eBay $1200 - ok this is more BUT come on now. It is a newer switch than the 80xx and its half the price of most others on ebay
I see a LOT of people here looking for switches like I am so I figured I'd pitch in.
Fujitsu - Fujitsu XG2600 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch XG2600A | eBay $800 but I bet you could get it for under $750 and Liquid8 is a good seller we've used many times. Description says there needs to be a paid service from Fujitsu to unlock so unknown if this is a good deal, but if the switch just passed everything, it's a cheap option.
IBM - IBM Blade G8124 E Rackswitch 7309 BR6 90Y3529 7309 HC6 90 Day Warranty | eBay $900 BIN but $650 current bid. 4 broken ports!!!!! But if you could get a 20 port switch for $700 or less that's fab.
IBM #2 - fav seller in TX - IBM Rackswitch G8124E 7309 BF7 24x Port Switch | eBay - $1200 OBO. Someone snagged one already. I'd love to know what they got it for. Under $1000 and it'd be fantastic
Dell 8132F - Dell PowerConnect 8132F 24 Port 10GbE SFP Fibre Network Layer 3 Switch | eBay $1200 - ok this is more BUT come on now. It is a newer switch than the 80xx and its half the price of most others on ebay
I see a LOT of people here looking for switches like I am so I figured I'd pitch in.