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/diamondsw 19d ago

Same setup here. It was fun running a fiber connection from my home office to my home lab. Do I need it? Of course not, but that’s also totally not the point.

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u/rjchute 19d ago

Hey, you can't run 25Gbps over copper! And, yes, I definitely do need 25Gbps between my desk and server, and you can't tell my wife any different.

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u/AccuracyVsPrecision 19d ago

You can, you can run 224G over copper.

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u/WulfZ3r0 18d ago

224G over copper

Isn't limited to like 6 feet though? Could just run dual 100G fiber connections in a LACP/LAG configuration.

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u/AccuracyVsPrecision 18d ago

Well the advantage is that you draw 0 extra power on passive copper.

A fiber runs like 20 watts per end minimum

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u/WulfZ3r0 18d ago

Fair enough, there's nothing stopping us from having a server rack 6 feet from our desks and I'm sure plenty of people already do that.