Hi Mark, That sounds more like a Equipment issue rather than the SFP's Perhaps just compatibility or power regulation to the SFP. Having 4 SFP's Fail at the same time is highly unlikely even if they are FS. SFP's are Pretty basic devices with a simple IC, generally a PIC for the ID and Optical Driver IC's. There isnt much that can fail.
Ive used Codecom, FS and Genuine and have only had a handful of issues (Usually with the Genuine), Most of the issues being Equipment rather than the SFP itself. On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:32 PM Tim Raphael <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s less a case of 1-in-a-million and more about statistical likelihood > of failure. > > Cheaper price = lower quality, it’s a case of when not if you’ll encounter > a failure and if that’s acceptable to your business. > If you’re prepared to have spares, prepared to see a link fail and can > have it replaced in a reasonable time, that’s an acceptable risk. > If any of the above isn’t acceptable, you make a more reliable choice. > > - Tim > > > On 28 Jun 2023, at 14:14, Mark Caetano <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What sealed the deal for me was sitting on the floor of a DC to replace > a dodgy (new) 10G-LR and feeding an entire tray into this chassis, and > every one of them belching errors instantly. Scheduling midnight outages to > replace 4x failed SFP’s spread across Sydney that we were assured were a > “new and better quality” batch just rubbed salt in the wound. > > > > The aftersales support was pretty lacklustre even after demonstrating > many many failures. It gets to a point when you need to remember you’re > running a network, not a charity, and if they’re not up to par, there’s no > “giving them a chance” > > > > We also had a decent cross-section of 100G-LR’ and ER’s all faulty very > early on before we just decided to return all of our stock to their > warehouse. > > > > Codecom actually trust that a field tech/neteng know what they’re > talking about when they say an optic is cooked, and send RMA without making > you run through bullshit hoops. That, and Purcell will always take your > call and endeavour to help where they can. > > > > That being said, FS uniboots are still the best patch leads. > > > > --- > > Regards, > > Mark Caetano > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On 28 Jun 2023, at 13:56, Shane Chrisp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On 28/6/23 10:06, Chris Brown wrote: > >> > >> Have to mention another good supplier is Simple Tech APAC > https://www.simpletech.com.au/. We have been using their modules for more > than 10 years and have never had a faulty one yet. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Regards > >> > >> Shane Chrisp > >> 2000 Computers & Networks Pty Ltd > >> U8, 19 Outram St, West Perth, WA 6005 > >> Ph 08 6298 7391 Fx 08 6298 7393 > >> Mb 0412 409 856 > >> Email [email protected] > >> Web http://www.2000cn.com.au > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> Who do we use and trust for Cisco Compatible SFPs? I'm looking for > some 1000Base-LX and the cisco price is completely crazy compared to the > likes of FS who just seem too cheap but also have quick dispatch stock. > >>> > >>> This is for floor switches with redundancy so its not super critical. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> AusNOG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> AusNOG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AusNOG mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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