<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi,<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 24 Sep 2021, at 12:37, Andrey Khomyakov <<a href="mailto:khomyakov.andrey@gmail.com" class="">khomyakov.andrey@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">(you know, where most of your server ports are…)</span></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Port side intake (switch at the front of the rack) is generally better for cooling the optical modules. The extra cabling difficulty is worth it.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Also, as others said, choosing an arguably inferior product only because it’s easier to rack sounds like a bad idea.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>BR, ic</div><div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>