Author Archive Fiber-mart

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Which Cabling Solution is Better for Your Data Center

by www.fiber-mart.com Although cabling only represents less than 10 percent of the overall data center network investment, it outlives most network elements and treated as the most difficult and potentially costly component. With the datacenter cabling ranging from 1G to 10G, 10G to 40G and even to 100G, more complex [ Continue reading…]

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Four Basic Elements in a WDM System

by www.fiber-mart.com We know that fiber can carry more data over long distances than any other physical medium. That makes fiber a very precious material. And how to make the most use of your fiber plant becomes a question. So there comes Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM).   Why Should We [ Continue reading…]

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Linux Foundation starts OPEN-O Project for open source orchestrators

by www.fiber-mart.com The Linux Foundation has used the Mobile World Congress this week in Barcelona to announce its intent to form the OPEN-Orchestrator Project (OPEN-O). The project will seek to develop the first open source software framework and orchestrator to enable software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) operations. [ Continue reading…]

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Should You Be Worried About Bending A Fiber Cable?

by www.fiber-mart.com Fiber wires lose light no matter what. They have a db/km loss rate, this is subject matter we have covered in my other blog on Split Ratio & Budget Light Loss.   But, did you know your bend radius could affect the db loss of a fiber cable? [ Continue reading…]

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How improper fiber crossing degrades network performance

by www.fiber-mart.com Network technicians often commit major errors crossing fiber cables during installation. If they don’t understand polarity or rush to get their network equipment powered up, they run the risk of using the wrong patch cord. That can be bad news.   This is the 15th in a Telect [ Continue reading…]

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What Are SFP Ports Used For?

If you know Cisco SFP Modules, you must know the SFP Ports. If you didn’t know what are SFP modules or SFP ports, you can read this article, which can tell you what are SFP ports on a Gigabit Switch used for?   Cisco SFP Modules, the industry-standard Cisco Small Form-Factor [ Continue reading…]

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An Eye on the Copper Patch Panels

Are you tired of messy network? As the world embraces the increasingly faster data-rate network, IT managers felt great stress over the inability to organize and create a neat rack mounted environment. Patch panels allows the easy management of patch cables and link the cabling distribution areas, which paves the [ Continue reading…]

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How to Understand PoE and PoE+ Switches

Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) is the technology that allows network switches to transmit power and data through an Ethernet cable at the same time. PoE switch streamlines both of the processes of powering and providing data to the device, which makes it a straightforward and reliable device for home network and small enterprise application. [ Continue reading…]

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Introduction to Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

Optical amplifier, with the introduction in 1990s, conquered the regenerator technology and opened doors to the WDM technology. It is mainly used to amplify an optical signal directly, without the need to first convert it to an electrical signal. There are many types of optical amplifiers, namely Raman amplifiers, erbium [ Continue reading…]

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Hohe-Dichte-MTP/MPO-Kabelbaugruppen

Gegenwärtig ist die Migration zu einem 40G/100G-Netzwerk die populäre und unwiderstehliche Tendenz für ein Datenzentrum-Verkabelungssystem geworden, was die Suche nach einer größeren Bandbreite und einer höheren Dichte von faseroptischer Konnektivität in Rechenzentren und optischen Netzwerken mit sich bringt. Dann ist es eine große Herausforderung, ein Gleichgewicht zwischen hoher Kapazität und [ Continue reading…]

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