Arista 7050QX-32 Cheap

[Jeggs101]

Here's the deal post $665 with best offer:
Arista DCS-7050QX-32 Switch 32-Ports 40GbE QSFP+ 2xAC PWR 4x Fans Switch | eBay

If you're into the best offer game here's #2:
Arista DCS-7050QX-32 32-Port QSFP+ 40GBE Layer 2/3 Switch Dual AC Power Tested | eBay

I'm just posting these since they're under $700 and there's a killer SDN article on STH Get started with 40GbE SDN with Microsoft Azure SONiC for under $1K

 

[nthu9280]

Here's the deal post $665 with best offer:
Arista DCS-7050QX-32 Switch 32-Ports 40GbE QSFP+ 2xAC PWR 4x Fans Switch | eBay

If you're into the best offer game here's #2:
Arista DCS-7050QX-32 32-Port QSFP+ 40GBE Layer 2/3 Switch Dual AC Power Tested | eBay

I'm just posting these since they're under $700 and there's a killer SDN article on STH Get started with 40GbE SDN with Microsoft Azure SONiC for under $1K

This switch has been on my watch list. Just didn't have a stomach / need for spending that much for home lab and was monitoring auctions to see if I could get lucky. Now that it made the STH main site post, that hope is pretty much squashed

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[am4593]

I suppose silent or at least "quiet" 40GB is too much to ask for right. I assume these are loud?

 

[K D]

These are definitely loud. I can hear it a floor above my unfinished basement if the fans are running above 60%. I use only 4 ports and know I will never tax the switch so I run it with the fans spun down to ~40% and it's bearable. Still noticeable though.

 

[i386]

I assume thes

I've heard nothing but horror stories about the 7124 10Gbe ones, I've just been assuming these are going to be up there too.

My supermicro chassis fans @ fullspeed are louder than the arista switch with fanspeed set to auto + 6 qsfp+ ports in use.

 

[AT S37=0]

There is a Arista 7050qx-32 on newegg for $500:

Refurbished: Arista DCS-7050QX-32 Switch 32x Port 40G QSFP+ 2x Power Supplies 4x Fans - Newegg.com

This is the same seller that has them on ebay sometimes.

 

[AT S37=0]

Yeah, fans on the Arista are not quiet, mine is in the garage and you can hear it through the garage door when you walk by outside. The other 40gbe switches that I have, have quieter fans: Dell S6000-on, HPE Altoline 6940. These are basically the same as the Edgecore 6712-32x, but for some reason only the Dell is listed as a platform for Sonic and OpenSwitch. The HPE 6940 was the OpenSwitch reference before Dell took over.