@wrx7m said:
@scottalanmiller said:
We are using Dells. @art_of_shred or @Mike-Ralston would have to tell you which models, they have physical access to them.
Interested in the model numbers. I am pushing for some Extreme switches and have been planning an upgrade and expansion for about a year including the, "It is going to be about $25K-30K" remarks several times to my boss. Get it all ironed out and just under the 30K mark after some back and forths with the vendor and Extreme and then I get the, "Wow. That is a lot more than I thought." when submitting the proposal. Waiting to hear back from the owner next week. Might have to go back to the drawing board.
Not sure what your requirements are, but my shortlist of 10GbE switches for our baby VSAN project is:
- Dell N4032
- HP FlexFabric 5700
- Juniper EX4550
I was excited about the Brocade ICX/VDX stuff but I read lots of buggy firmware horror stories and the port licensing model for 10GbE really made the price jump (note- I did not run that through any major vendors to see how much padding is in those license prices)
Yes, Cisco stuff is conspicuously absent from my list. I don't particularly trust the 3850X for storage switching and the Nexus stuff gets pricey fast, plus I just don't like Cisco much. But I am no storage switching expert so take my thoughts with, like, a hogshead worth of salt.