Jeff GeerlingHaving a 5 Gbps NIC using standard cat6e cabling is... actually really nice, not gonna lie. A lot of media can't even keep up at ~400 MB/s.
10 Gbps has still taken so long to trickle down, and has so many caveats, maybe 5 Gbps will be the new standard in a few years?
Gaveen Prabhasara@geerlingguy@mastodon.social isn't 6e a marketing gimmick and not an actual standard? 6A on the other hand, can deliver 10GBASE-T up to 100m.
However, completely anecdotally, people seem to prefer fiber at 10G. At least where I live, the cost difference between 6A and LC-LC OM4 Duplex isn't that significant.
Jeff Geerling@gaveen@hachyderm.io Cat6a, sorry, was mentally blurring 5e and 6a :D