My TN Connection

I was recently browsing the Data Center Journal website doing some research on trends in data center cabling when I came across a nice video - Data Center Cabling for Data Center Managers - published on their Data Center TV site. Benoit Chevarie of Belden Cable discusses trends and what to plan for in data center networking.

Here are some of the discussion points:

• 10 Gig: With 10GBase-T becoming a factor and network demands increasing, 10 Gig is a major factor in today’s data center networking.
• Virtualization will play a role in network speeds and connections.
• Some predict the end of copper and the immediate switch to fiber, but others argue that copper technology will keep evolving as well. Talk of 40 Gig and 100 Gig over copper support that theory.

There is also a section in the interview where Benoit discusses how to plan for tomorrow’s data center networking while planning today’s cabling. He mentions planning robust cabling that will support data center networking for the next 10-15 years.

I think the video is worth a look. You can either visit the Data Center TV site or watch it here.

Transition also feels strongly that you can plan your data center for tomorrow’s cabling needs while still utilizing your current infrastructure. If you’d like to learn more, check out our high density data center conversion module.

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