DAC Transceiver Advice Requested

[Ladd]

I have recently purchased a Ubiquiti Cloud Fiber Gateway and connected it to my M1 Studio Max via one of the UCFG's 2.5Gbs Ethernet ports. I also have the option of connecting the Studio via one of the UCFG's SFP+ LAN ports to get the full 10Gbs speed to the Studio. If I wished to do this, I would need to purchase an SFP+ to RJ45 transceiver. I already have an SFP+ 10Gbs DAC copper cable.

A: Would I even notice the difference?

B: Other than the appropriate Ubiquiti transceiver (UACC-CM-RJ45-MG, $70), are there any recommendations for a quality, lesser priced transceiver?

From what I have read, heat generation is an issue with any transceiver. Any advice as to what I should know about this in relation to the Studio would be much appreciated.

 

[lukasz.bromirski]

First thing to consider is - what would you be connecting with this added throughput to? Do you have local NAS or some other resources like servers connected over 10GE? Is your ISP offering you more than 2.5Gbps of throughput? If not, then it's wasted money. Nice, geeky - but pretty much useless.

As for the 10GE transceiver - keep to list of hardware supported by switch vendor. Other modules may work, but at the same time may be fleaky or overheat and damage SFP cage which means you'll have bigger problem than 70$.

 

[Ladd]

First thing to consider is - what would you be connecting with this added throughput to? Do you have local NAS or some other resources like servers connected over 10GE? Is your ISP offering you more than 2.5Gbps of throughput? If not, then it's wasted money. Nice, geeky - but pretty much useless.

As for the 10GE transceiver - keep to list of hardware supported by switch vendor. Other modules may work, but at the same time may be fleaky or overheat and damage SFP cage which means you'll have bigger problem than 70$.

Thanks for the advice re: sticking with vendor accessories.

FWIW: the new Ubiquiti Gateway offers two 10G SFP+ out ports and the Ubiquiti switch and NAS in the basement connected to the switch are both 10G in. I won't be scrubbing video, so yes, there's probably more geek in the purchase equation than need.