Switch recommendation?

[mrbios]

Hi,

I'm trying to find the cheapest solution possible to the switching for my iSCSI network.

I plan on using two stacked, 10GbE is required but i could make it work with 10Gb SFP+ ports. Only need to use 6 ports on each so an 8 port switch would be good (i can't find any 8 port 10GbE switches though, hence the thread)

The best switch i can find for the solution at the moment is a Cisco SG500XG-8F8T which has 8 x 10GbE and 8 x SFP+ but at £2150 per switch I'm hoping there might be something smaller and cheaper out there to fit my needs.

Any suggestions?

 

[mrbios]

I've just looked into the XS708E and XS712T but unfortunately the tiny 2mb packet buffer size is a sticking point. Our storage supplier is worried that it'd be a potential issue down the line.