Have you ever thought about the number of connections required in a data center? Let it be power cables or networking cables. It depends on the number of connections required in each device, electric connections required for each of the racks or devices. The amount of cables to be pulled is massive, right? Have you
How many of you know what is Open Compute Project(OCP). You might have heard the word open compute project many times but did you ever understand what is the real scenario applications with its advantages and disadvantages? Why do data centers are steadily increasing the usage of open compute project hardware? This article contains straight forward
In my previous article, you have seen what is Direct Attached Cables and Direct attached Copper cables. In this article, we will discuss the second category of Direct attached cables which are active optical cables(AOC). The main physical difference between direct attached copper cables and active optical cables is that the cable which transmits the
During our discussions with fiber cabling, one of the major concerns for companies was the cost of fiber cables and its transceivers. Reducing this cost can increase the popularity and applicability of fiber cables and the solution is Direct attached (DAC) cables. In this article, we will look into each of these in detail and why the usage
There’s a lot to consider when building a fiber optic network. There are so many different ways to approach optical communication, and every device has its own list of pros and cons. In modern, dense networks, small form factors are a constant necessity. Without such interfaces, you simply can’t pack enough networking components into the
When you take transceiver modules, all of this will contain many abbreviations which may be quite confusing for you too. Some of the major abbreviations are SR, LR, LRM, ER, and ZR. In fact, these abbreviations tell you the characteristics of these modules. Let us have a look into some of this in detail. SFP-10G-SR vs SFP-10G-LR
A small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver is a compact, hot-swappable, input/output transceiver used in data communication and telecommunications networks. SFP interfaces are generally used in almost all communication devices like switches, routers, and servers. SFP transceivers support communications standards including synchronous optical networking (SONET)(Standardized protocols that transfer multiple digital bit streams synchronously over optical fiber using lasers or
Everybody knows that what are fiber optics cables and types of fiber optic cables. Do you know that this category of cables can be divided based on their usage also? That is what we will speak in this article where categories are Lit fiber and Dark fiber. The simplest way of definition for this is that the fiber optic
In my previous article, we have seen different switching architectures that define the logical aspects used in a data center cabling. There is no doubt that fat tree architecture(leaf-spine architecture) is the most emerging one and 3-tier architecture has started to eliminate in many network environments. In a data center distribution of network equipment, the physical architecture is having a major
You know that in a data center environment there is a number of servers, storage devices, networking devices that are involved to provide the functionality as a data center. In order to provide the connectivity between all these devices isn’t it necessary to connect these devices into network and data transmission between these devices are