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Re: Fiber only in DataCenters?
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:01:15 -0800
On Dec 17, 2012, at 09:14 , Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:01 PM, James Wininger <jwininger () ifncom net> wrote:Hello all, Looking for input from "providers" as well as "consumers" of data center space and facilities. Specifically speaking to the types of available physical cross connects. Are there data centers out there that are "fiber only"? That is to say that the cross connects are fiber only and no copper cross connects are available? I understand that fiber is great and all, but to my knowledge there are a lot of folks still using and needing copper cross connects. Am I wrong? -- JimIn general the physical size and space needed for security make fiber a requirement. Copper is very useful but ladder racks and managed cabling can make runs much longer. Fiber is simply the next scale.
I have yet to see a datacenter that doesn't offer both. That does not mean that all runs within any given datacenter can be done via copper, but I don't now of any datacenters that do not make copper cross-connects available to customers that wish to purchase them. Owen
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- Fiber only in DataCenters? James Wininger (Dec 17)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Andrew Latham (Dec 17)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Owen DeLong (Dec 17)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Walter Keen (Dec 17)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Isabel Dias (Dec 17)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? joel jaeggli (Dec 17)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Matthew Kaufman (Dec 21)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? George Herbert (Dec 21)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Owen DeLong (Dec 21)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? George Herbert (Dec 21)
- Fun With Plasma (Re: Fiber only in DataCenters?) Jay Ashworth (Dec 24)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Jay Ashworth (Dec 24)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Matthew Kaufman (Dec 21)
- RE: Fiber only in DataCenters? Naslund, Steve (Dec 21)
- Re: Fiber only in DataCenters? Andrew Latham (Dec 17)