[188245] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SFP Cost Variation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hale)
Sat Mar 12 15:08:53 2016
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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:06:27 -0800
From: Mike Hale <eyeronic.design@gmail.com>
To: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Kost?= <jk@ip-clear.de>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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You also run into some quality issues on third party ones, so be aware
and plan for it. I've had maybe one Cisco-branded SFP go bad that I
can think, but I've got a crap ton of Axiom branded ones that were
bad. Twinax ones were even worse...I got maybe two or three inserts
out of a significant fraction of them before they broke. I've had
great luck with Curvature SFPs.
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:38 AM, J=C3=B6rg Kost <jk@ip-clear.de> wrote:
> Its all about support under warranty.
>
> CDW is selling the original Brocade SFP. The amazon links only shows a
> compatible one. In most cases it will work, but if that tiny metal piece
> will break your freshly installed 20-x2 linecard, Brocade may not replace
> it. Also some of the cheaper optics may not support monitoring or diagnos=
tic
> options.
>
> You can also check the second market for an used original optic, if you w=
ant
> to save some budget.
>
> J=C3=B6rg
>
>
> On 9 Mar 2016, at 19:59, Nicholas Warren wrote:
>
>> Quick question for the experts.
>>
>> Why when looking at SFPs, some sites list them as $800 when the same par=
t
>> number can be found on places like amazon for $30-$40. What is the
>> difference in them? Why would I buy them from a place like CDW with what
>> appears to be a 2,000% markup.
>>
>>
>> https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Brocade-SFP-mini-GBIC-transceiver-modu=
le-G
>> igabit-Ethernet/1411743.aspx
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0076Q1CTY
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nich
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