Transmitters from market leader Finisar will support the high performance of R&M's Optical Cabling Solutions. The company's decision was made to help organizations save on capital expenditures in data centers and thus implement cutting-edge technology in network link architectures.
The rapid growth of data centers worldwide is pushing IT infrastructure managers to adopt costly single-mode connectivity solutions for links exceeding the limits of the IEEE 40G standard for multimode fiber cabling. Approved for R&M's High-Performance Network Connectivity Solutions, the company's new Optical Solution provides a cost-effective path to transforming existing 10G data center networks into 40G-enabled infrastructures.
The combination of R&M's multimode fiber optic cabling systems and Finisar QSFP+ fiber optic modules allows R&M to certify an extended-reach solution. R&M specifies 330 meters over OM3 cabling and 600 meters over OM4 cabling, each with four intermediate MTP®* connections. This innovation means the data center industry can achieve distances beyond the 100m over OM3 and 150m over OM4 currently specified in the IEEE 802.3ba 40GBASE-SR4 standard, and also reach distances greater than the 300m over OM3 and 400m over OM4 specified for 10 Gb/s by the 10GBASE-SR standard, IEEE 802.3ae.
A reach of 600m means that virtually all fiber optic links within data centers can be deployed using OM4 fiber optic cabling systems. The radius of uplink architectures for connecting the core and aggregation layers is 600m. Network architectures now offer the flexibility to deploy less expensive multimode fiber optic infrastructures instead of more expensive single-mode optical infrastructures. This translates to cost savings of up to 60% on 600m links compared to the single-mode alternative.
For lengths shorter than 600m, cost savings of up to €9,000 per link can be achieved without compromising reliability, quality, or future-proofing the investment.
* MTP is a registered trademark of US Conec. Finisar is a registered trademark of Finisar Corporation.
