Re: Low Cost 400G??

[Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

*nods* Usually, I don't need lots of ports. Usually, just a few will do.

That's the annoying thing: they usually come with (and I'm exaggerating to avoid getting caught up in minutiae) two 
high-speed ports or 50, but rarely six, eight, or ten.



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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
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Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Beecher" <beecher () beecher cc>
To: "North American Network Operators Group" <nanog () lists nanog org>
Cc: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 6:52:56 AM
Subject: Re: Low Cost 400G??




    * Lots of ports 
    * Lots of FIB 
    * Cheap 


Pick 2 


On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM Mike Hammett via NANOG < nanog () lists nanog org > wrote: 


Is it paradoxical to wonder what low-cost full table (or close to it) 400G options there are? An earlier thread looks 
like the Arista 7280QR-C36 is "almost" there for 100G at a reasonable $3k, but a quick look at 400G-capable goes up, 
well, 4x in price, though one does get fully into DFZ capable devices then. 

It seems like anything with more than low 6 digit route capability goes into full-scale multi-million capability, which 
is great technically, but not so great financially. 



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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
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Midwest-IX 
http://www.midwest-ix.com 


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