by tiac | Aug 19, 2019 | Scoop.it
The webinar will describe how to implement a spine-and-leaf data center network architecture, how spine-and-leaf is designed to ensure full connectivity among switches. It is also sometimes called full-mesh, and it requires just that—a full mesh of fiber-optic cabling...
by tiac | Aug 13, 2019 | Scoop.it
The appeal of 400G Ethernet is clear: Bandwidth demand continues to grow fueled by new AI/ML applications, faster CPUs, serverless compute and high-speed distributed flash storage. Upgrading datacenters from 100G to 400G provides the simplest, lowest power and most...
by tiac | Jul 23, 2019 | Scoop.it
As customer demand for extreme high-capacity, low-latency data transport continues to grow, CenturyLink is expanding the company’s intercity network by adding 4.7 million miles of Corning fiber, making it the largest ultra-low-loss fiber network in North America. The...
by tiac | Jul 23, 2019 | Scoop.it
With hyperscale data centers driving the need for extreme high density fiber cabling, the market has responded with new products that pack up to 3,456 fibers into a single cable. Such density affects the installation of these cables. This article overviews some of the...
