Most inter and intra rack environments don't care about electrical isolation.
I haven't installed hundreds in one spot, so I can't comment on that. However, where we have a few, they don't seem significantly different than fiber to manage. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 7:48:33 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct attach sfp cables? Yes they are cheap, but they have less of a bend radius than modern fiber, they don't provide electrical isolation, and they are an absolute bitch when it comes to cable management. I thought it would be a great idea to put a couple hundred DAC'd ports in a rack. Terrible idea. Never again. DACs you say? *Spits on ground* On Jan 15, 2017 7:46 PM, "Seth Mattinen" < [email protected] > wrote: On 1/15/17 5:02 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: <blockquote> What's the purpose? Seems like it would pretty much always be better to just use fiber... Super cost effective way to connect a rack full of servers to a TOR 10G switch. ~Seth </blockquote>
