as lower latency and higher availability of
required services.
Without an effective design, downtime
of a data centre can be costly to
operators, as well as posing potentially
critical implications to the end-user
applications of the involved business it
serves. For example, mining companies,
factory automation environments and
communication at an airport. Therefore, it
is imperative that EDCs are designed with
resilience and efficiency in mind to support
the high demanding environment it serves.
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Currently, the industry is in its early
stages of adoption of deploying Edge
Data Centres. However, interest in Edge
Computing is growing rapidly as businesses
slowly start to realise the potential of
Edge Computing. HUBER+SUHNER is
seeing increasing numbers of requests to
support the development of EDCs with
effective fibre management solutions
between the different active equipment
and optical switching to allow for remote
reconfiguration of the optical layer. This
provides redundancy for the fibre network
and can be used to remotely commission
new services. A third consideration is the
question of how to get large chunks of
bandwidth to the EDC at an affordable
price. For this, either a rugged WDM
solution for multiple 10G or a simple
100G service will usually be enough for
an EDC. Understanding the environment,
the use cases and the bandwidth
demands are key elements which
HUBER+SUHNER considers to support
the implementation of EDCs. Each EDC
is created to be robust and resilient in all
environments and should be remotely
reconfigured for seamless connectivity.
With the future set to see even more
EDCs designed and deployed, people will
experience the full possibilities of 5G as
the industry invests in the infrastructure
to deliver on the full potential of 5G.
Many critical applications will rely on the
performance, scalability and reliability
of EDCs such as autonomous cars
and healthcare systems or completely
digitalised factories, which is why it is vital
to invest in high-quality EDCs for today
and beyond. ◊
www.intelligentdatacentres.com