Nowadays it's easier for a developer or somebody who needs >1Gbps to have a remote session on a beefy hypervisor in a server room or colo that has 10GbE (or 40GbE) to a TOR switch... The sort of powerful system you don't want at your desk because it's too loud. For example a quad socket machine with 512GB of RAM and a bunch of PCI-E SSDs.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > At one time people were recommending fiber to the desktop, what happened > to that? > > -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weekley > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 5:16 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New Office, Cat5e or 6? > > Perhaps a higher threshold before problems from florescent lights, power > lines, etc become an issue. I've been told that quality Cat5e will > support 10 gig applications though. Obviously, I've never seen that in > the real world. > > Nate Burke wrote: > >> I'm working on the network side of an office remodel at my Church. The >> cabling job will be contracted out, so I have no horse in the race other >> than trying to save money. Is there a benefit in running Cat6 over Cat5e? >> They're on a 100mb network now, and it's running just fine. Very little >> file sharing, mainly internet surfing and Word Docs. Probably looking at >> around 30-50 ports, half are VoIP Phones. Everyone is recommending Cat6, >> but I'm wondering if it's worth it. Isn't cable and terminations for Cat6 >> about 30% more than Equivalent Cat5e? I can't see the office needing over >> gig ethernet for the foreseeable future. Does Cat6 bring any other >> benefits? >> >> Nate >> >> >> > >
