Hello,
I’ve read several times 10Gb/s on Copper SFP+ implied noticeable power consumption and heat.
Do you have any comparison between Fiber and Copper SFP+ when connecting over 1 Gb/s ?
Can S+AO0005 be seen a way to work around power/heat issues without sacrifying throughput when inter-connecting Mikrotik devices ?
Best regards
Certainly devices such as the S+RJ10 require significantly more power then optical modules - Mikrotik quote an average power consumption of 2.7W driving a 30m 10GBASE-T link, compared to a maximum of 0.8W for a S+85DLC03D which supports 300m on multimode fibre.
Conversely the S+DA0001 and S+DA0003 passive DAC use no power, note these do not work in RB4011s.
Mikrotik don’t appear to publish a power consumption figure for the S+AO0005, I would expect it to be less than the regular optical SFPs.
S+AO0005 seems to be fine but a 5m length is not very convenient when connecting devices with a rack.
A 1m S+AO0001 would be much appreciated for this.
Hey Olivier,
prefer Fiber SFP+ if you can choose.
We have a setup with multiple Copper SFP+ modules on CRS317-1G-16S+ and these modules are heating up to 72°C at < 26°C environment temperature.
On maintenance you have to act very careful if you dislike to burn your fingers