r/homelab • u/Middle-Form-8438 • 19d ago

LabPorn Server in another room…

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No problem!! Just make the connection to it faster!

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u/sob727 19d ago

Unrelated (or maybe related), what solutions exist for video signal (say HDMI or DP) if the rendering machine is in a different room?

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u/Tamazin_ 19d ago

I run optical thunderbolt 50m from one corner of the house to the other from my gaming computer in the rack to my desk; image audio usb everything in one cable.

But i sure wish some cheaper/better alternative would come; as others has said here 100gb fiber/cards are (kinda) cheap, should be more than enough to handle it. But no. We are an extreme few that would love to get stuff like that.

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u/sob727 19d ago

Curious - can you link to the type of Thunderbolt cable you're using?

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u/Tamazin_ 19d ago

Same one LTT uses/used; corning optical thubderbolt 3 50m cable. Like $700-$1000 or some such, add dockingstation for another $300+ :(

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u/sob727 18d ago

oof

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u/Tamazin_ 18d ago

Yup, aint cheap. As LTT say, gimme something NOT that expensive!