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		locusm 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ubiquiti SFP Wizard What nics are you using on the server end? Im looking at moving from 10Gbe copper to 25Gbe/100Gbe between Mikrotik switches and 14/15th gen Dell servers

aetherspawn 47 days ago [–]

Broadcom in nearly all cases (default Dell option, I think). Elsewhere, Intel.

locusm 47 days ago | [–]

You're not using DAC's ?

aetherspawn 46 days ago | | [–]

No we buy our OM4 fiber cables for pennies on FS, so we stock a box of virtually every length in 1ft increments.

DACs would be way more expensive to stock in every length.

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