They are also thicker than the cat6a I had, with less flexibility :(

On Jan 15, 2017 8:00 PM, "Josh Baird" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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