Substantial amounts of hive mind went into this topic in the formation of Open-IX and particularly around optimizing costs and maximizing traffic. See http://bit.ly/N-OIX1 for a reference.
Best, -M< On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Justin Wilson - MTIN <li...@mtin.net> wrote: > Like Mike says, it depends on your market. Are these markets where there > are existing exchanges? > > Cost per port is what we always look at. If we are going into a market > where there won't be much growth we look at Cisco and Force 10. Their cost > per port is usually cheaper for smaller 10 Gig switches. You need something > that is fairly robust. > > Reliability in an exchange is a key component. If you go with a > non-chassis switch make sure you have redundancy in your design. We like > Chassis based switches because they tend to be more robust. But thats just > my take on it. > > Justin > > --- > Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net > http://www.mtin.net > Managed Services - xISP Solutions - Data Centers > http://www.thebrotherswisp.com > Podcast about xISP topics > http://www.midwest-ix.com > Peering - Transit - Internet Exchange > > > On Jan 12, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Aaron <aa...@wholesaleinternet.net> wrote: > > > > We used to use Brocade FastIrons until we needed more 10G port density. > We moved to Brocade SX's. > > > > Originally, when it was 2 or 3 peers, we used an old Netgear switch. :) > > > > Aaron > > > > On 1/12/2015 7:07 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > >> I look forward to this thread. > >> > >> I think one important thing is who is your addressable market size? I'm > working with a startup IXP and there's only 20 carriers in the building. A > chassis based switch would be silly as there would never be that many > people present. 2x 1U switches would be more than plenty in their > environment. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> Mike Hammett > >> Intelligent Computing Solutions > >> http://www.ics-il.com > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: "Manuel Marín" <m...@transtelco.net> > >> To: nanog@nanog.org > >> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 12:35:15 AM > >> Subject: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP > >> > >> Dear Nanog community > >> > >> We are trying to build a new IXP in some US Metro areas where we have > >> multiple POPs and I was wondering what do you recommend for L2 > switches. I > >> know that some IXPs use Nexus, Brocade, Force10 but I don't personally > have > >> experience with these switches. It would be great if you can share your > >> experience and recommendations. There are so many options that I don't > know > >> if it makes sense to start with a modular switch (usually expensive > because > >> the backplane, dual dc, dual CPU, etc) or start with a 1RU high density > >> switch that support new protocols like Trill and that supposedly allow > you > >> to create Ethernet Fabric/Clusters. The requirements are simple, 1G/10G > >> ports for exchange participants, 40G/100G for uplinks between switches > and > >> flow support for statistics and traffic analysis. > >> > >> Thank you and have a great day. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> > > > > -- > > ================================================================ > > Aaron Wendel > > Chief Technical Officer > > Wholesale Internet, Inc. (AS 32097) > > (816)550-9030 > > http://www.wholesaleinternet.com > > ================================================================ > > > >