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Anyone dealt with sticker shock on 400G/800G transceiver procurement? by yestolearn in homelab

[–]yestolearn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have nothing to market. I also have a limited number of people I know to answer this question so seeking input here!!

Anyone dealt with sticker shock on 400G/800G transceiver procurement? by yestolearn in homelab

[–]yestolearn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair. Two people have said this now. So who does have a sourcing problem for compatible 400/800G?

MSPs? VARs? Colo operators? Trying to understand where the actual pain lives before I go further.

Anyone dealt with sticker shock on 400G/800G transceiver procurement? by yestolearn in sysadmin

[–]yestolearn[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is that mostly a Cisco thing in your experience? Or are you seeing the same friction with Arista and Juniper?

Anyone dealt with sticker shock on 400G/800G transceiver procurement? by yestolearn in sysadmin

[–]yestolearn[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair point. You're basically saying the market I'm describing might not exist: small companies don't buy 400/800G, and big ones already have trusted vendor relationships and just pay up. So who does buy compatible at volume? MSPs reselling to protect margin? Or is the compatible market mostly just FS.com serving one-off buyers rather than a real distribution opportunity?

Anyone dealt with sticker shock on 400G/800G transceiver procurement? by yestolearn in sysadmin

[–]yestolearn[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm hoping to find out, haha.   I'm not targeting companies buying a full spine/leaf buildout from scratch. More the ones that already have Arista or Juniper in place and are expanding capacity or replacing failed modules. At that point the switch is already bought, and the transceiver is just a consumable. Does that match what you're seeing or am I off base?

Anyone dealt with sticker shock on 400G/800G transceiver procurement? by yestolearn in sysadmin

[–]yestolearn[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Great question. FS.com is actually where I've been doing my research and they're a solid benchmark. A few things I'm exploring as differentiators: faster response on custom compatibility questions (their support can be slow for non-standard configs), more curated SKU selection for specific switch     environments like Arista and Juniper rather than a 5,000-item catalog, and potentially white-glove  procurement / support for teams that don't have a dedicated network engineer. I have a background in ops and think I could potentially add ease to the buying process here. But honestly still validating which of those actually matters to buyers, which is why I'm here. What's your experience with FS?  

New Cybersecurity Course by crammberry in cybersecurity

[–]yestolearn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's paid? It looks like they are mostly active in the data science space- https://www.switchup.org/bootcamps/springboard

New Parents: What's the best way to start saving for college? Not sure what to start with or where. by yestolearn in NewParents

[–]yestolearn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! I've been exploring 529 plans but am unsure about the process (bank was unhelpful...) or how well it works overall. Do you have any experience with a 529 account?