Hi Greg Most of the switches offer more than 16 ports because the underlying ASICs are pretty much all 32, 64 or 128 port devices. But Mellanox do have a cheaper 16 port version (which actually uses the same 32 port ASIC, but only wires-up 16 of them) in the SN2100, for example.
Jason > On 05 Aug 2020, at 00:21, Greg Lindahl <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm new to the list and thought I would introduce myself: I'm a recently > hired Software Architect in Shep Doeleman's group at SAO. One of my projects > is prototyping next-generation data recorders, a topic that many of you are > familiar with. > > Along those lines, I need a 16-port 100 gig switch for my lab. Has anyone > done a recent survey of the market? If so I'd love to see it, if not I'd love > to share. > > -- > Greg Lindahl > Software Architect, Event Horizon Telescope > Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory > 60 Garden Street | MS 66 | Cambridge, MA 02138 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "[email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAJT0TuP037jbj2g6yCbXAvaxZyxShKsKyuJFcdpdpd51VgTTkA%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/577C502A-39F7-440A-A966-7F083CC4F47C%40ska.ac.za.
