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
