Re: Looking for recommendation on 10G Ethernet switch

[Peter Nowak <pnowak () batblue com>]

Dell Force10 S4810 is a decent ToR switch: 48 dual-speed 1/10GbE (SFP+) ports and four 40GbE (QSFP+) uplinks

Peter

> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Eric Germann <egermann () limanews com> wrote:
>
> > Colleagues,
> >
> > I'm looking for a recommendation on a smallish 10G Ethernet switch for a
> > small virtualization/SAN implementation (4-5 hosts, 2 SAN boxes) over
> > iSCSI with some legacy boxes on GigE.
> >
> > Preferably
> >
> > - 8-16 10G ports
> > - several GigE ports for legacy GigE hosts or cross connect to a legacy
> > GigE  switch
> > - preferably not a large chassis based solution with blades
> >
> > The hosts aren't going to be driving full line rate, nor the SAN boxes
> > providing full line rate, but their offered loads will definitely exceed
> > 1Gbps.   Assessing whether it is better to go 10G now vs. multi-pathing
> > with quad GigE cards.  Trying to find the best solution for > 1G on a
> > trunk and < $50K per box.
> >
> > Any recommendations appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > EKG