I completely agree, the original "rfq" is super suspicious. There's no need to require to be specifically at One Wilshire for a single 1U server (particularly with only 10GbE interfaces, not 100), since the most effective use of being at a major interconnect point like that is only if you're prepared to incur the recurring monthly expense of many intra-building cross connects.
Realistic use by a small ISP that needs a presence there would be more like a minimum 1/4th of a cabinet in its own compartment. On Wed, Aug 7, 2024, 6:38 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 4:07 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Your typical cat 6A cable is significantly fatter in diameter, less > flexible and [...] > > Hi Eric, > > All of these are excellent reasons why the DC -operator- should want > to use fiber in 10GE links. > > The question was: why does a DC -customer- want 40 gigs of > specifically fiber optic connections in what is otherwise a minimum > server configuration, the sort that easily fits in 1U. The Linux > network stack would struggle to even drive 40 gigs; you'd be into very > custom network software built with something like DPDK but the guy > hasn't placed any conditions on the available network infrastructure > and connectivity except that it offer 4x 10gig fiber optic ethernet. > That's weird. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William Herrin > b...@herrin.us > https://bill.herrin.us/ >
