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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by solotronics on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @09:57AM (#15748210)
ethernet over multimode fiber, I want to be able to have accessories hundreds of meters away from my computer
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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by willglynn on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:40AM (#15749135)
Careful, multi-mode fiber is near its scaling limits. 10GBASE-SR and 25GBASE-SR exist, but that's about it. (By contrast, 40GBASE-LR and 100GBASE-LR work over single-mode fiber, and DWDM + coherent optics can push the medium much further.) Wouldn't want to be stuck at 25 gbps forever ;-)
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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by makapuf on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:00PM (#15749326)
Yeah, some of us can type pretty fast. And for mice, some of us take clicker games seriously.
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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by OnACoffeeBreak on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:13AM (#15748332)
Just make sure those cables are never bent beyond the minimum bend radius.
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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by kpwagner on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:37PM (#15749713)
It's amazing how much you can bend fiber. Fiber is really hard to break just by bending it, assuming it is well insulated. You can have performance loss with bends and kinks though.
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Re:Desktop compositing latency is real by nimish on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:38PM (#15752774)
Just use bend-insensitive fiber. It's not like copper cables like being kinked, either.
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