[f-nsp] Where have all the MLX/XMR users gone to?

[Aaron]

I just got quotes for an Arista 7280R (48x 10Gbit and 6x 100Gbit) and an 
SLX9640.  Adding a port license to the 9640 to go to 8x 100G ports the 
Arista quote for just the base box (no service, optics, etc.) was 251% 
higher.

Maybe I have the wrong sales rep at Arista and the right one at Extreme?

Aaron


On 3/12/2019 1:39 PM, Richard Laager wrote:
> On 3/12/19 1:19 PM, Aaron wrote:
>> We replaced our Extreme gear with Brocade several years ago. We're
>> getting ready to swap out some MLXes' with SLXs'.  We've looked at
>> Arista hard but just can't seem to justify the 3x price premium.
> Unless Extreme has massively dropped the price or Arista has massively
> increased their prices, there's no reason that equivalent Arista gear
> should be 3x the price of an SLX, and that doesn't match up with my
> experience.
>
> I ended up with the Arista 7280SR (48-ports of 10G, 6 ports of
> short-range 100G in a 1RU fixed configuration) and it's been working well.
>

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