Re:Upgrading my HP 2910al to a 10GbE Fiber Optic Internet Co...
by veyron on Monday April 11, 2011 @09:25AM
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> Fiber optic transceivers are crazy expensive--easily equally or more pricy than CPUs by both size and weight. I'm glad we don't need a long run!
Presuming you are connecting devices within the same rack, you can easily get a 10gbe card and relevant twinax cable for less than 500 bucks -- these cables have dedicated SFP+ modules on each end, eliminating the need for transceivers.
The switches, on the other hand, will cost you a pretty penny
Presuming you are connecting devices within the same rack, you can easily get a 10gbe card and relevant twinax cable for less than 500 bucks -- these cables have dedicated SFP+ modules on each end, eliminating the need for transceivers.
The switches, on the other hand, will cost you a pretty penny