Arista unqualified SFP

Fri Aug 19 17:17:51 UTC 2016

    Well,


    Context: Starting with 10Gb the optics are more finicky.


    Part of that price hike include tech support (1) which you will
never get from most OEM vendor.  PS: Mine is pretty good.


    Having dealt with a few optic issues lately:

        . Why that 10km LR won't work with that circuit, oh its a 8.5km
+ fusion + etc, your cutting it a bit short there bud, replaced them by ER's

        ( Cost: 3 weeks lag on delivery and ~10h )

        . Why is that XFP ain't working in those x450, oh its a power
issue :(

        ( Cost: 6h, delivery was no issue )

    But the question remains, does $290 is over charging it for that
type of insurance.


    PS: Approaching  those issue logically with less Trumpish hyperbole
make more sense, almost as much as the Juniper pricing with their 78%+
discounts off their official pricelist =D


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On 08/18/16 21:59, Ricky Beam wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:05:30 -0400, Tim Jackson
> <jackson.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "As I'm sure you know, Arista is not the only manufacturer that has made
>> this choice. Unlike our competition, we work to make our optics pricing
>> competitive, but we'll never be as low as the "Taiwan specials" that you
>> see floating around. I have another customer that was flashing white
>> label
>> optics that just made the decision to start using Arista labeled optics
>> again because they were tired of bad quality."
>
> I can't count the number of times I've seen this BS from vendors. I'm
> not buying crap made in a shack out in a rain forest. I'm buying the
> same f'ing optics from the same f'ing people as the vendor. (Finisar,
> Infineon, etc.) The only difference between my $10 optic and their
> $300 optic is the value in an EEPROM and the logo on the label.
>
> (I know from experience, the numbers on the price sheet are inflated
> so sales can maintain the illusion of "deep customer discounts". As
> the saying goes, only an idiot pays list price.)
>