The wave of data center upgrades is coming, and an excellent "trendsetter" needs to figure out these things!

[51CTO.com original article] In 2017, "digital transformation" was a word that many corporate executives often mentioned. From the perspective of national strategy, the government has given relatively clear development goals of digitalization, networking, and intelligence. Many experts point out that the digital transformation of enterprises will be the second wave of China's economic take-off. It is not difficult to see that the advantages that full digital transformation can bring to enterprises coincide with the urgent needs of enterprises. Coupled with the guidance of national strategy, now is indeed the best time for full digital transformation.

So, as a key place for digital transformation of enterprises, what new demands have emerged in the data center? How will enterprise IT managers use the new round of technologies to transform the traditional data center architecture? What performance drivers will the data center infrastructure provide? To know these answers, follow 51CTO editor to see the new strategy of data center "trendsetters"!

Where does the pressure on data centers come from?

● Services require increasingly lower latency;

● Cloud applications and mobile applications are increasingly bandwidth intensive;

● Applications and data are migrating to cloud-native environments;

● Seek to improve efficiency and reduce costs;

How to relieve these pressures? Listen to what CommScope says!

Strategy 1: Achieve low latency through edge data centers

In an application-driven environment, organizations move workloads and content to data centers located at the edge of the network in order to reduce latency and improve the consumer service experience. As the edge of the network is closer to the user, long-distance data transmission can also be reduced. Edge data centers can be built in existing central offices, colocation data centers, prefabricated or modular data centers, and other locations close to end users.

Strategy 2: HCI improves agility and performance

For many organizations that are moving computing workloads and content to edge data centers, scale-out HCI and hyperscale design models offer a way to increase performance and achieve fault tolerance, agility, and scale benefits in both core and edge data centers.

Strategy 3: Migrate to 100 GbE connections to meet high density and throughput requirements

In many cases, a 25 or 50 GbE I/O bus can more efficiently utilize hardware and provide a reasonable upgrade path to 100 GbE. Industry experts predict that by 2019, 25 GbE connections will begin to replace 10 GbE server connections. As virtualized high-density equipment drives bandwidth requirements, CommScope recommends using 25 Gbps connections on servers while providing an optional 50 Gbps upgrade path, and 100 GbE connections are ideal for upgrading fabric networks to help them meet the growing server demands.

Tip 4: Broadband multimode fiber provides high-speed and cost-effective connections

Multimode fiber (MMF) provides the most cost-effective way to transmit data at high speeds over long distances to accommodate the migration to 100 Gbps connections. As businesses leverage the Internet of Things to significantly improve efficiency and enhance competitive advantage, they need fiber technology that can more efficiently support future applications and provide compatibility with current applications.

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