Home-use FC switch

[blinkenflamingo]

Hi guys/girls,

At the moment my home lab consist of 1 ESX host and 1 diy NAS box with an IP network in between. I'm planning on expanding the host/storage side for training/testing purposes and I'm eyeballing the FC world.

The problem is that I can't really find myself a good FC switch for home use. Can anyone recommend me a switch? It doesn't need 24/48 ports, but I may want two of them so it should have sufficient features to cover a small redundant FC network. Obviously shelling 2K for a switch is a bit too much and power consumption is a plus.

I hope I'm not too strict on the requirements .

 

[aggiec05]

You never specified a speed preference. You can pick up a couple Cisco MDS 9120 (2GB, 20 port) off ebay for a lower cost.

 

[D-EJ915]

If you are patient you can score. I got an EMC branded mcdata 4gb switch for cheap off ebay. (DS-4700M).

 

[tangoseal]

I just did a quick search and a 4g 32port FC switch for this price is amazing...

Buy it now and last only one day...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EMC2-DS-470...39?pt=US_Network_Switches&hash=item1c29c7a303

 

[blinkenflamingo]

I forgot the port speed indeed. I'm not too demanding on this. 2Gb is nice, 4Gb is a plus, 8Gb is unrealistic .

I'll look into that Brocade switch.