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A unified solution
As data centres merge and consolidate, and where new
services need to be deployed quickly and projects managed
on time and on budget, arrangements where product
specification, process and materials are unified across
multiple data centre sites (nationally, regionally or around
the globe) are essential. Data centre owners can then control
quality and enable consistent builds and high performance
results throughout the real estate.
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"The immense growth in the rate of data
transmission, has in some instances, outpaced
the standards organisation’s ability to formalise
specifications for higher speed cables and
components"
Figure 2 * Ethernet Alliance
Growth of transmission speeds
The immense growth in the rate of data transmission, driven
recently from cloud and webscale operations (including
Google, Amazon, Microsoft) has, in some instances, outpaced
the standards organisation’s ability to formalise specifications
for higher speed cables and components. This has created a
complex landscape of alternative infrastructure solutions. The
leapfrog effect, has meant some DC owners are implementing
high-performance infrastructure based on new to market
technologies, rather than taking advantage of the standards
committees ratified upgrades now available to installed
backbone systems.
The latest high bandwidth infrastructure solutions provide
a range of innovations that allow data centre operators
a clear migration pathway that permits upgrading to the
prevailing technology, while offering a scalable solution that
expands with the customers’ requirement.
Extending current lifecycles on inventory improves ROI
and lowers capital expense. The latest development from the
TIA Standards has created a new speed path for two fibre
Multi-mode (MM) LC connectivity to support at least 10x the
bandwidth previously thought capable for that connector
type, expanding it from 1G/10G/40G up to at least 100G. This
again expands the options available to the operator to finetune the infrastructure design.
Pathway to 100G and beyond
While traditional high-density fibre enclosures support the
port counts required, their design typically results in hard to
manage clusters of cables, making installation, servicing and
MACs difficult. This impacts service tasks often resulting
in disruption to adjacent circuit, which can lead to costly
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