Navigating Cabling Options for Enterprise and Cloud Data Centers Data centers are rapidly evolving to address rising volumes of network traffic. Faced with increasing bandwidth demand and the need to adapt and scale quickly, many organizations with small or medium data centers have moved to cloud service providers or have outsourced to colocation facilities. In addition, many large enterprise data centers with traditional three-tier architectures are changing to “flatter” leaf-spine architectures, creating lower latency and more scalable designs. As these data centers adapt, one trend has become clear: while both cloud data centers and large enterprise data centers invest heavily in next-generation network infrastructure, they deploy different types of optics and cabling systems. In this whitepaper, you will learn about the pros and cons of different strand counts, which systems are best for 10/40/100/400 Gb/s migration, and more.
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