On Mar 29, 10:18am, Brian wrote:
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} We had a need to upgrade our workcloset switches.
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} We needed 72 10/100 ports, gigabit capibility, dual power.
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} Cat 5000, 3 24 port 10/100 blades, gigabit, Supervisor, and dual power,
} came to like $65000 or some crazy number like that. total switch fabric?
} 3Gbps
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} Foundry FastIron II was about $15k list, $12k street price. Total switch
} fabric 16Gbps, with a packet forwarding speed that stomped on the cisco.
} The switch's OS is almost identical to IOS as well.
This just illustrates why one should work through a knowledgable
reseller, instead of trying to put something together on their own. I
did some number crunching (prices in CDN$, prices may vary, etc.
etc.):
Cat 5505, 3 x 24FE, SupIIG, extra AC -- $40,204,80
bundled 5505 + SupIIG, bundled 3 x 24FE, extra AC -- $36,937.20
Of course, instead of using legacy equipment, I would recommend going with
the Cat 4000:
bundled 4003 + 48FE + 32FE/2G, extra AC -- $22,250.40
This gives a total of 80 10/100 ports and only costs 2/3rds as much.
It also has a 24G backplane. One thing, I've noticed is that Cisco
switches tend to have lots of bandwidth.
Converting your Foundry FastIron II to CDN$ gives $18,000. Although,
to be fair, I would have to find a CDN supplier and apply the same
markup.
P.S. Doesn't anybody believe in snipping irrelevent content
anymore???
}-- End of excerpt from Brian
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