Looking at Newegg there is a Supermicro SSE-G48-TG4 for about $1,550 which is much less expensive than elsewhere. 4x 10gb and 48 gigabit ports. Know little about these since I usually use Dell or HP but just seems like Newegg is much less expensive.
Looking at Newegg there is a Supermicro SSE-G48-TG4 for about $1,550 which is much less expensive than elsewhere. 4x 10gb and 48 gigabit ports. Know little about these since I usually use Dell or HP but just seems like Newegg is much less expensive.
Ah I have a Cisco TopSpin 120 that stares at me from the rack every day.
True, but remember that first gen Intel 10GbE controllers used a ton of power per port. On the other hand 1GbE is so mature at this point that manufacturers have been able to introduce many generations of power optimizations.It's slightly off-topic, but have you noticed the power consumption of 10Gbe switches? 150 watts is normal! That's an enormous amount of power compared to Gbe switches, which run 20-50 watts.
dba, 150W for base-t switches or sfp+? Nexus 5548P says typical operating of ~350W with 48 sfp+ ports. Though, the Nexus is not just a simple layer 2 switch. 150W for 48 10Gbase-t ports seems not so bad.
btw, you can stack any members of the Dell 62xx family (6224/6248/6248P)
2 stack modules per switch, 2 CX-4 ports per module
Modules can be configured (in the GUI) for Stacking or 10GbE
This is a nice & inexpensive way to go 10Gbe assuming you have CX4 NICs
I think I got it. Look at the Dell PowerConnect 6248. Looks the same to me minus coloring. Seems like $700-900 on ebay.
So probably same ODM there. Also saw Dell has the PowerConnect 6224 - 24 port GbE version but basically the same price used.
Which one for $300-400? At those prices I might upgrade a 2724... or instead of upgrade... gently re-deploy that one as it does work well