*wave* Long time no chat! I hope all is well with you and yours. -Darrel
> On Dec 15, 2025, at 5:59 AM, Jesper Skriver via NANOG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The Arista 7280 series has models with moderate amounts of high speed ports > to go along with a larger number of lower speed ports, for example > 7280CR3A-24D12 has 24x 100G and 12x 400G > 7280CR3A-48D6 has 48x 100G and 6x 400G > > /Jesper > > On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 at 15:44, Mike Hammett via NANOG <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> *nods* Usually, I don't need lots of ports. Usually, just a few will do. >> >> That's the annoying thing: they usually come with (and I'm exaggerating to >> avoid getting caught up in minutiae) two high-speed ports or 50, but rarely >> six, eight, or ten. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> Midwest-IX >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom Beecher" <[email protected]> >> To: "North American Network Operators Group" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 6:52:56 AM >> Subject: Re: Low Cost 400G?? >> >> >> >> >> * Lots of ports >> * Lots of FIB >> * Cheap >> >> >> Pick 2 >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM Mike Hammett via NANOG < >> [email protected] > wrote: >> >> >> Is it paradoxical to wonder what low-cost full table (or close to it) 400G >> options there are? An earlier thread looks like the Arista 7280QR-C36 is >> "almost" there for 100G at a reasonable $3k, but a quick look at >> 400G-capable goes up, well, 4x in price, though one does get fully into DFZ >> capable devices then. >> >> It seems like anything with more than low 6 digit route capability goes >> into full-scale multi-million capability, which is great technically, but >> not so great financially. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> Midwest-IX >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NANOG mailing list >> >> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XZVYJ7UTXPKQAHM7SD5R5XMMQQKYOVNH/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NANOG mailing list >> >> https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/EBIZEKLSRZXGS3IEYUAXJ4NL4QQO3VSW/ >> > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PSJM7GZSGBORYOBCWXSKBS5ZPIB3GSKG/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JT3WJRVMS6VP3L3HH3BQG7IQRH3RBQAL/
