On 23/08/16 12:04, Rob Evans wrote: >> I seem to recall a large academic network having saved over a million pounds >> by >> using MMF optics purely for links between their packet and optical platforms >> that would typically be in adjacent racks, although that may have been a few >> years ago and suffering early adopter pricing for wanting the highest >> capacity >> interface on the market at that point :) > > This was largely the difference in price between ~112 100GBASE-LR4 CFP > pluggables and the same number of 100GBASE-SR10 ones and couldn’t support > 10x10MSA. > > The price difference is still substantial, but we’re not sticking with SR10s > on new installs. >
Sounds like a reasonable approach to run the numbers and make an informed decision, although it will be interesting to see how much demand there is for delivering > 100g over MMF ;) P -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
