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by TheLoneWolfling 4481 days ago
The ability to take my memory and stash it a rack away, optical can enable that

In optical fiber, at a minimum, every 3.3cm is another clock cycle of delay. (210^8 m/s / 3GHz / 2) (speed of propagation in optical fiber / clock rate / round trip factor).

That being said, being able to have hard drives* in other racks would be great, if nothing else just for vibration concerns.