Re: OT Cheap SFP vendors

Ah yes, the joy of unpackaging a couple boxes of SFPs. How much paper and
plastic is wasted on those...don't even mention the man hours spent just
unpackaging them and putting them in the blades.

On Sep 16, 2011, at 4:33 PM, -Hammer- <bhmccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess if I was building a home lab and it had to be on the cheap I would
deviate from Cisco. But I've never had a customer come to me and say "Hey, On
my 75K 6509 can you skimp on the SFPs?" I just don't see the logic in a prod
environment. But I'm not saying it's wrong. I just don't see it.
>
> Now, there is nothing more fun than unwrapping your new 6509 with 4 or 5
line cards and a few hundred SFPs and having to unwrap EACH and EVERY ONE
because Cisco has no concept of bulk packaging. Thank God for junior staff....
> -Hammer-
>
> "I was a normal American nerd"
> -Jack Herer
>
>
> On 09/16/2011 04:31 PM, David Bass wrote:
>>
>> Actually, they charge a lot more then that, but they're worth it.
>>
>> Maybe I'm lucky, but have had very few issues with them and have had
datacenters with thousands of them deployed...
>>
>> Crazy when you place a couple hundred k order that's just SFPs...
>>
>>
>> On Sep 16, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Networking Dude <ccie_at_routefilter.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> hahahaha! no. Cisco charges up to 200 bucks for some of their SFPs, which
>>> are the same as the 22 dollar ones coming out of China. It's just a
matter
>>> of finding which Chinese companies sells good ones.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM, -Hammer- <bhmccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> www.cisco.com?
>>>>
>>>> -Hammer-
>>>>
>>>> "I was a normal American nerd"
>>>> -Jack Herer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 09/16/2011 03:39 PM, Networking Dude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I need some reliable SFPs. Bought a crap load of 1000-base T ones about
>>>>>
>>>> 22$
>>>>
>>>>> a pop, and they are crap. Machined poorly, high DOA rate. Anyone know
>>>>>
>>>> where
>>>>
>>>>> I can get some good batches from a US vendor on the cheap?
>>>>>
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