On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 01:47:48AM +0000, FRLinux wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:35 AM, Kapetanakis Giannis > <bil...@edu.physics.uoc.gr> wrote: > > b) 10G Xenpack for C6500 costs around $25K if I'm not wrong. > > Err, the backplane cost us about 10.000 euros for the card and 2500 > euros per xenpack, and we have 4. So that sounds about right :) >
You can get ix(4) with sfp+ interface that are 600E per dual port card and about the same for SR optics modules and direct attached cables are way cheaper. You can get a hell of a system for 20'000 Euros and that's just the interface card of a 6500 and does not include the SUP and the chassis. Sure the 6500 use HW for the switching but they suck at anything more complex. > > If future demands for more than 1G I will probably bond 1G cards (cheap > > solution) or buy a new L2 10G switch to do the link as well as xenpacks for > > the cisco. > > Bonding is not aggregating... > > Steph > -- :wq Claudio
