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by KaiserPro 19 days ago
When I did server room buildouts for VFX, I used to use DAC for short distance and fibre for anything longer than a rack.

However that was mainly because I always thought fibre was much more fragile. I mean in a sense it is, it really doesn't like being pull through a thatch of other wires. The solution of course is to do nice cabling.

Nowadays I'm not actually sure if DACs are cheaper than fibre now

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> Nowadays I'm not actually sure if DACs are cheaper than fibre now

Yep still are, although fiber transceivers are surprisingly affordable, and of course you can usually re-use jumpers when you upgrade transceivers so TCO over a couple generations might be comparable.