I agree--that workload seems light for 10GbE. The one thing I'm wondering about is the video rendering--are you using an AVID or something similar where you have shared HD video assets? If so, I would suggest investigating Fibre Channel specifically for the video systems and leaving your other equipment on gigabit, with the FC network isolated.
If you do want to go 10GbE anyway, I personally am a fan of Juniper equipment and they have some nice top-of-rack stuff. Go 10GbE for your core with your users offloaded to gigabit switches. The Juniper EX2500 is actually a rebranded Brocade switch, so it doesn't support JunOS but is much cheaper--otherwise, it's tough to go wrong with an EX4500 or 4550 for core paired with EX3300 or 4200 (with 10GbE add-in cards) switches for the user access stuff. Those 10GbE switches are all SFP+, which is fine since you'll be in the same cabinet. Drop in some SR optical transceivers if you need to get to a switch in a remote closet. ---- Jack Kramer Manager of Information Technology Communications and Brand Strategy Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 On Jun 5, 2013, at 9:04 PM, "Andrew S. Baker" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I don't happen to see any need for 10Gbit with the workload you need to support. What kind of budget do you have? What kind of NAS are you getting (and how much storage?) Are you considering something like Cisco UCS or some other blade server chassis? Regards, ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker<http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market… On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 2:49 PM, J- P <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Anyone? perhaps maybe a link ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] 10Gbe & switches- feedback Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:28:50 -0400 Hi all, We are moving to a new location and figured may as well upgrade the infrastructure. We currently have 3COM 24 port switches from the late 90's, if I had to guess and its time to send them to rest. I have been reading and trying to get a solid feel for which way to go , and as always there is a plethora of data out there that says "Spf+ hands down" or CX4, or even cat6, Everyone seems the have "the perfect answer" and of course they all conflict. and I hope not to start a thread war on this list. Let me give a breakdown of what will be in play here Small office (< 50 users) PC's all gigabit Phones all megabit (VOIP) 6 servers; Exchange Citrix/ TS (Hyper-V) OwnCloud (Hyper-V) File Server Print Server SQL (all users connected 24x7) 2 DC's We are considering getting a NAS (10GB supported) The other heavy traffic will be from video rendering and CAD, we would like use something like backburner to spread the rendering, or maybe build a dedicated rendering server (still up in the air) all servers, switches, and possible NAS will be in the same cabinet, so distance is not a factor in terms of connecting to the switch, only the PC's will require runs greater than the 10 meters I would like also welcome any reccomendations on switches as too TIA,
