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The Economics of Port Breakout
Port-breakout deployments are driving the large industry demand for parallel optics transceivers. Breaking out parallel ports is beneficial for multiple applications, such as building large scale spine-and-leaf networks and enabling today’s high-density […]
The Future of MM Fiber is called OM5
OM5 Wideband Multimode fiber enables data centers to take advantage of short wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM). That’s a four-fold increase in usable bandwidth while maintaining compatibility with standard OM3 and OM4 fiber […]
New architectures evolve to serve user needs
Networks incorporate more applications than ever before, and for many, new architectures best serve user needs. Read the source article at cablinginstall.com
Equinix Makes Big Bet on Fuel Cell-Powered Data Centers | Data Center Knowledge
Equinix plans to install fuel cells at 12 more US Data Centers, adding 37MW of generation capacity. Fuel cell technology uses a chemical process to convert natural gas to electricity, produce fewer […]
TIA Updates Data Center Cabling Standard to Keep Pace With Rapid Technology Advancements
TIA has updated its data center standard, TIA-942-B, to keep pace with rapid technology changes in the data center environment. The revised version of the standard was published on July 12th and […]
Top 10 extreme data centers
In the last issue of DCD Magazine, we took a look at the most extreme data centers we could find in the world (and off it). Extreme data centers live life to […]
Intel introduces new SSD design for data centers
In an attempt to push small storage server capabilities into the petabyte range, Intel has created a new, ruler-shaped form-factor for SSDs. The design is exactly 1U tall, meaning several can be […]
Uptime, TIA and BICSI: Who runs the data center design standards show?
With three major players in the game, where should you look for data center design standards? This tip discusses the similarities and differences between the Uptime Institute tier system, TIA-942 and BICSI […]
Data Center Cooling Comes in Many Flavors
It’s obvious that data centers create a lot of heat. And that IT equipment will overheat without cooling. What’s not so obvious is how much heat is too much, and what is […]
