Developing a Strategic Approach to Data Center Networking
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Data center networking presents many challenges in terms of supporting cost-effective, reliable, and high-performance services for business-critical applications. A coherent overall strategy for networking, leading to construction of a powerful and flexible network, creates more long-term value than a series of tactical, project-oriented steps.
Data center networking presents many challenges in terms of supporting cost-effective, reliable, and high-performance services for business-critical applications. A coherent overall strategy for networking, leading to construction of a powerful and flexible network, creates more long-term value than a series of tactical, project-oriented steps.
Storage Extension Network Solutions: Lower-cost, Higher-Performance Networks
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Robust, secure, resilient, high-capacity storage networks are business imperatives. The right network solutions must provide reliable, timely, and accurate application-layer replication over a network that cost-effectively delivers high-performance connectivity to fit application requirements. This white paper explores techniques to ensure the availability of storage applications over distances while driving costs down by up to 70 percent.
Robust, secure, resilient, high-capacity storage networks are business imperatives. The right network solutions must provide reliable, timely, and accurate application-layer replication over a network that cost-effectively delivers high-performance connectivity to fit application requirements. This white paper explores techniques to ensure the availability of storage applications over distances while driving costs down by up to 70 percent.
Dark Fiber Tutorial
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Dark fiber is the name given to fiber optic cables which have been laid in the ground but have yet to be used, or “lit”. There are several key characteristics that determine the equipment required to deliver service over the fiber. It is important to understand these characteristics to see how dark fiber can save you money.
Dark fiber is the name given to fiber optic cables which have been laid in the ground but have yet to be used, or “lit”. There are several key characteristics that determine the equipment required to deliver service over the fiber. It is important to understand these characteristics to see how dark fiber can save you money.
Storage Distance Extension
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The digital age continues to transform the manner and rate at which organizations of all types create and store information. Data now represents the lifeblood of many enterprises, government agencies, and educational organizations, and must be safeguarded against a wide range of natural and human threats.The Ciena solution offers minimal packet loss, guaranteed delivery, and a level of performance essential to guaranteeing its acceptability in such high-stakes applications as BC and DR.
The digital age continues to transform the manner and rate at which organizations of all types create and store information. Data now represents the lifeblood of many enterprises, government agencies, and educational organizations, and must be safeguarded against a wide range of natural and human threats.The Ciena solution offers minimal packet loss, guaranteed delivery, and a level of performance essential to guaranteeing its acceptability in such high-stakes applications as BC and DR.
A Comparison of Next-generation 40-Gbps Technologies
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There are many proposed optical transmission systems that offer 40 Gb/s wavelength capacity. The unbridled adoption of these solutions may well depend on the degree to which they overlay on existing DWDM 10 Gb/s links. This paper provides a description of new 40 Gb/s technologies being proposed and reveals their true compatibility with existing 10 Gb/s infrastructure.
There are many proposed optical transmission systems that offer 40 Gb/s wavelength capacity. The unbridled adoption of these solutions may well depend on the degree to which they overlay on existing DWDM 10 Gb/s links. This paper provides a description of new 40 Gb/s technologies being proposed and reveals their true compatibility with existing 10 Gb/s infrastructure.
TABB Group - Optical Networking for Capital Markets: The Bright Side of Dark Fiber
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Latency reduction is no longer confined to the data center; it now has everything to do with the miles of conduit carrying fiber optic cables. Dedicated fiber optic lines and DWDM implementations are critical for financial services-focused connectivity firms and optical networking equipment providers. The solution a firm chooses forms the foundation for its entire trading infrastructure. Trading will continue to grow globally—only those with a deep understanding of how their data moves around the world will remain competitive.
Latency reduction is no longer confined to the data center; it now has everything to do with the miles of conduit carrying fiber optic cables. Dedicated fiber optic lines and DWDM implementations are critical for financial services-focused connectivity firms and optical networking equipment providers. The solution a firm chooses forms the foundation for its entire trading infrastructure. Trading will continue to grow globally—only those with a deep understanding of how their data moves around the world will remain competitive.
Provider Backbone Bridging – Traffic Engineering of Carrier Ethernet Services
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Due to its ubiquity and ease of use, Ethernet, in the form of PBB-TE, is positioned to capitalize on the sizeable opportunity of delivering and transporting Carrier Ethernet services.
Due to its ubiquity and ease of use, Ethernet, in the form of PBB-TE, is positioned to capitalize on the sizeable opportunity of delivering and transporting Carrier Ethernet services.
Increasing the Survivability and Efficiency of Video Distribution Networks
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Broadcasters and film and television producers face the challenge of efficiently transporting high-bandwidth video content over existing networks with the highest levels of availability. While availability is key, efficiency and the ability to transport high-quality video content are equally important. This paper describes how an intelligent infrastructure increases the survivability of broadcast networks and allows efficient and cost-effective solutions to transport high-quality, advanced video content.
Broadcasters and film and television producers face the challenge of efficiently transporting high-bandwidth video content over existing networks with the highest levels of availability. While availability is key, efficiency and the ability to transport high-quality video content are equally important. This paper describes how an intelligent infrastructure increases the survivability of broadcast networks and allows efficient and cost-effective solutions to transport high-quality, advanced video content.
