exponentially higher cost compared to shorter cable

Direct Attach Cables (DAC) are high performance integrated duplex data link for bi-directional communication. And a SFP+ Direct Attach cable, also known as Twinax cables, uses SFP+ MSA and copper "twinaxial" cable with SFP+ connectors on both sides, provides 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity between devices with SFP+ interfaces. SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cable is expected to be the optimum solution for 10G Ethernet reaches up to QSFP TO CX4 DDR cable commonly used for 10MB, 100MB and 1GB network connections, while SFP+ Direct Attach Cable only for 10Gigabit Ethernet Network. And 10GBASE-T also support much longer distances than SFP+ Direct Attach Copper Cable.

As a standard, structured cabling system, twisted pair cables are a known technology to data center cable technicians. Twisted pair cabling offers the ability to field-terminate, as needed, clean lengths in less than a minute. 10GBase-T implementations enable just such Residents of Wyoming a clean, structured cable infrastructure.SFP+ Direct Attach cables, in contrast, cannot be field-terminated. SFP+ uses a passive twin-ax cable assembly and connects directly into a SFP+ housing; they are specially terminated at the vendor site and must be purchased at pre-determined lengths. This adds overhead to cable management inventory, while preventing a clean, efficient cable infrastructure design