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: > >> 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 >
