SFP+ Durability

[skimmilk5]

There's a lot of mis-information and a general lack of information concerning the durability of SFP transceivers and their accompanying recepacles. How many insertion/removal cycles are the transceivers or DAC cables rated for? Are we talking SATA levels of durability (~50 cycles), RJ45 durability (750-1K cycles), or USB durability (10K+ cycles)?

If you've broken SFP transceivers, DAC cables, or their receptacles, what broke?

[Windows7ge]

I have to ask. Why is this a concern of yours? I've been using SFP+ transceivers with LC fiber cables for a few years now. Nothings broken.

[skimmilk5]

Mostly out of curiousity. 

Likewise, I've never broken a transciever (and I do tend to treat them somewhat poorly), but they seem like the kind of connector that wouldn't favor frequent plugging and unplugging. 

[Lurick]

I've "broken" them because I accidentally ripped the pull tab off a few times but you can still get them out, just takes a bit of work at that point.

[Darren]

The pull mechanism will fail first I think, it's the only part I've ever seen broken, aside from that I'd rate it as very durable. You may have some failures for other reasons though, it's a complex and small component.

[jasonvp]

20 hours ago, kimsejin5 said:

 but they seem like the kind of connector that wouldn't favor frequent plugging and unplugging. 

 

Why are we "frequent(tl) plugging and unplugging" them?  Set your networking stuff up and leave it the eff alone?

[Lurick]

2 minutes ago, jasonvp said:

 

Why are we "frequent(tl) plugging and unplugging" them?  Set your networking stuff up and leave it the eff alone?

Lab testing?

[beersykins]

12 hours ago, Lurick said:

I've "broken" them because I accidentally ripped the pull tab off a few times but you can still get them out, just takes a bit of work at that point.

Ha, I've had issues with some generics getting stuck in newer equipment (cat 9500) since it seems like the ports have higher tolerances.

 

Having to pry those out with pliers sucks, especially when your company just drops a bunch of $k on new gear.