I'm replacing some OM1 fiber with new fiber, between ICX6610's to stack at 40Gig.
Plan is to get some preterminated fiber with pull ends, and run it thru the existing conduit. I have 3 options: there will be 2 different lines run for redundancy
1. MTP (cheap transceivers, expensive OM4 fiber, 12 fibers needed per run, and no extra fibers)
2. BiDi (expensive transceivers, medium expense OM4 fiber, only 2 needed per run )
3. LR4 (expensive transceivers, cheapest fiber, but less forgiving of fiber bends and such)
Cost wise they all end up fairly close. My instinct is SMF, except for the fragility.
Thoughts?
Plan is to get some preterminated fiber with pull ends, and run it thru the existing conduit. I have 3 options: there will be 2 different lines run for redundancy
1. MTP (cheap transceivers, expensive OM4 fiber, 12 fibers needed per run, and no extra fibers)
2. BiDi (expensive transceivers, medium expense OM4 fiber, only 2 needed per run )
3. LR4 (expensive transceivers, cheapest fiber, but less forgiving of fiber bends and such)
Cost wise they all end up fairly close. My instinct is SMF, except for the fragility.
Thoughts?