40G switch recommendations requested

[RobFantini]

Hello,
we are looking to upgrade our 10G network to 40G and are looking for some used switch recommendations

we use this model card:

lspci | grep Mellanox
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx]
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx]

we need two switches for high availability , each with 7 ports used. in the future we do not see a need for more then 8 ports. Naturally a switch with extra ports at a great price is OK.

thank you .

Rob Fantini

 

[Nathan Stratton]

I use two Cisco Nexus 3131Q off eBay, I got them for $400 each, but it looks like now the lowest price is about $700 each. Still not a bad price for 40 Gig 32 QSFP ports.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/N3K-C3132Q...418798?hash=item5b5a43d4ee:g:i38AAOSwlYVdSoOm