[158950] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber only in DataCenters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Latham)
Mon Dec 17 12:14:38 2012
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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:14:27 -0500
From: Andrew Latham <lathama@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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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?
> --
>
> Jim
In 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.
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