Fiber optic internet, final connection to lan

Posted by RayQuang on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by RayQuang
Published on 2011-01-07T09:38:39Z Indexed on 2011/01/07 9:55 UTC
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Hi, We have fiber optic internet coming to our office soon, and i would like to know if it would be worth installing fiber NIC's in our servers and machines instead of using cat6 gigabit.

Here is the layout:

(fiber) cable from distribution point in basement -> fiber optic modem -> Network gateway (debian lenny) -> network computers and servers

I was wondering if it would be worth installing a fiber connection from the modem to the gateway and the network clients. Will the costs be worth it in terms of speed, latency and stability?

Thanks, RayQuang

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