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What are the different types of data centers from a cabling perspective ?
Firstly , there is the Centralized Cable . Small data centers or those that formed in an unstructured manner , such as pre-existing data centers where technologies were adopted after the initial design that might include support of IoT initiatives , Single Pair Ethernet , or adoption of Hyper Converged Infrastructure ( HCI ), are just a few examples .
These types of data centers will centralize cabling and patch panels into a consolidated rack or group of racks . Servers and storage located in racks surrounding the patch panels can connect with relatively short patch cables . However , the further away servers and other network-connected devices are , the longer the patch cables need to be . It ’ s often the case that cable management becomes disorganized and sloppy as the number and lengths of cabling required to connect data center devices becomes significant in such a small and centralized section of the server room .
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Secondly , there is End-of-Row Cabling . Looking to alleviate much of the cabling congestion of a centralized patch panel design , larger legacy data centers ( DC ) are known to utilize distributed cable patch panels and switching / fiber channel switch hardware into several locations within the DC facility . In many cases , each DC row will have their own rack that is designated for cabling and patch panels .
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