Maybe you need better cable management or you are using super thick DACs?  They 
are obviously going to be thicker than individual strands of fiber.

We regularly terminate 2 racks of dual homed servers in one cabinet using 
nothing but DACs.

> On Jan 15, 2017, at 8:48 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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

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