Re: Hardware: SFP+ or 10GBase-T

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On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Kyle Bader <kyle.bader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you are talking about the links from the nodes with OSDs to their
> ToR switches then I would suggest going with Twinax cables. Twinax
> doesn't go very far but it's really durable and uses less power than
> 10GBase-T. Here's a blog post that goes into more detail:
>
> http://etherealmind.com/difference-twinax-category-6-10-gigabit-ethernet/
>
> I would probably go with the Arista 7050-S over the 7050-T and use
> twinax for ToR to OSD node links and SFP+SR uplinks to spine switches
> if you need longer runs.

So I totally understand that its less power, but finding that hard to
justify when the cost per port jumps to $300 more per port. With dual
ports its going to take a long time to make that up in power savings.



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