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This sounds like a great topic to revisit at our next MICE UG meeting. I seem to recall discussing this at the last one as well. s *Shaun Carlson *Senior Network Engineer | Arvig ph: (218) 346-8673 | contact: protocol.by/scarlson em: [log in to unmask] On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Jeremy Lumby <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ** > I agree with Owen > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MICE Discuss [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf > Of *Owen DeLong > *Sent:* Friday, July 20, 2012 5:36 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: [MICE-DISCUSS] Juniper Upgrade > > For MICE to be viable as an exchange long term, connections to MICE need > to cover upgrades like this as well as maintenance, etc. > > It's great that people are willing to donate hardware/money, but, I would > like to see MICE develop a longer-term view of its own financial support > where all members pay a fair share and we should be building up a reserve > that can initially purchase any needed hardware that MICE doesn't own and > later can provide for unforseen events. > > Owen > > On Jul 20, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Jay Hanke wrote: > > As you may be aware, a waiting list is starting to form for 10G ports on > the main switch. The Juniper switches in the core are on long term demo and > will need to be returned to the pool at some point. In addition, there are > members that are looking for 10G LAG connections to the main switch. > > I talked to Juniper and they will allow us to swap our existing stack of > EX4200's for a steeply discounted EX4500. > > http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/ex-series/ex4500/ > > The new switch would give us 40 1G/10G ports and the ability to add > additional shelves in the future with 128 Gb/s VC uplinks. If there was > sufficient interest and support I believe we could deploy a set out of the > gate to provide redundancy. The plan would be to move anyone with a > FastEthernet connection to one of the remote switches. > > After the trade in, the cost to MICE would be $4485 + $1158 (Next Day > Support) + any sales taxes (if any). > > MICE would own the switch. None of the current switches are owned by MICE > and their use is at the whim of their respective owners. This would prevent > any of the members from taking their ball and going home. > > We already have a pledge of $3000 for the upgrade from an existing MICE > member. > > Thanks, > > Jay > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1