hi jonthan,
you can purchase 48 port SFP+ switches for about $250/port.
you can purchase 20 port CX4 switches for about $500/port.
(eg: Fujitsu XG2000C)
regarding connectors - here's what i've gleaned from switch
vendors and others:
a) CX4 is being phased out.
b) SFP+ is what most vendors are pushing now,
c) vendors are moving to QSFP (40Gbit ethernet ports
in roughly the same form factor as SFP+), and eventually
moving to 100G ports in a QSFP connector (4 times 26 Gbit).
i don't know costs as function of time.
best wishes,
dan
On 10/12/2010 8:17 AM, Jonathan Weintroub wrote:
Hi,
Can someone in the community please feed back the current $/port of 10
GigE switches. Please indicate how this number is affected by
connector style (SFP vs. CX4, etc) and the overall size of the switch.
Is there a rule of thumb for how cost might reduce over 1, 3, and 5
year horizon, say?
Thanks for the help, a good data point for a planning review here.
Jonathan
