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Just like the subject says.

I've got a mess of FC hardware in a rack that I'd like to replace the cabling on. Looking at Monoprice I see that LC/LC cables are really close in price between 10Gb and "normal" ($9.18 for a 1m 10Gb, $8.91 for a 1m "normal"). Is there any reason I shouldn't buy the aqua-colored stuff for future use?

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Orange cable meets the OM2 standard. Aqua meets OM3 or OM4 standards (usually OM3). Yellow is singlemode cable.

The OM standards are backward compatible (for the most part; OM1 was defined to be 62.5/125 size; OM2+ are 50/125; but not all manufacturers followed this, just be sure to get the size that matches your equipment or you'll experience some attenuation).

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No, go with the OM3/OM4. OM3/OM4 is becoming more common in the fiber industry. I manufacture fiber assemblies and see the trend moving toward OM3/OM4, particularly for future growth purposes. Within the 50um (micron) family, the Aqua fiber OM3/OM4 is backward compatible to its orange counterpart. Both fiber cores are the same size.

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