[156953] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: So what's the deal with 10Gbase-T
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jima)
Mon Oct 1 15:58:47 2012
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Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:58:38 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Jima" <nanog@jima.tk>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> Does anyone here have experience running copper 10Gbase-T networks? It
> seems like the standard just died out. For us it would make a lot of sense
> for our applications -- even if throughput and latency aren't as great. If
> anyone out there knows of any *copper* 10 gig-t switches (48 port?), I'd
> be
> interested to hear your experiences. I can't seem to find any high-density
> ones from major vendors.
Is there something unique about your environment that wouldn't allow you
to use 10gbit SFP+-based switches with DAC (Direct Attach Copper) cables?
Those seem fairly well supported.
Jima
