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I
nternal data centre traffic is
expected to grow 80% over
the next three years, which
places new strains on networks
that are now at risk of becoming
bandwidth bottlenecks. To pre-
pare for upcoming traffic, data
centre professionals must plan to
support increased bandwidth by
implementing optical fibre that
enables simplified network trans-
formation. “25G and 100G Eth-
ernet has already become main-
stream in data centres, and the
industry is now working on the
next-generation standard which
is 200G. As cabling is replaced
far less frequently than active
network components, we want to
enable our customers to secure
their data centre investments for
the long-term,” explained Alfred
Tharwat Head of Training & Data
Centre consultancy, R&M Middle
East, Turkey & Africa.
The new OM5 solution enables
40G and 100G on an LC-duplex
and offers customers the ability
to further increase capacity to
200G per fibre in the future. It is
available with R&M’s innovative
push-pull LC-QR patch cords that
boast the smallest cable diame-
ter cable and this minimizes the
cabling bulk. As per specifications
of the OM5 standard, the solu-
tion supports all legacy applica-
tions as well as OM4, and is fully
compatible and intermateable
with both OM3 and OM4 cabling.
The solution also integrates with
R&M’s Netscale, which is the
industry’s highest-density fibre
cable management solution.
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New OM5 Cabling Solution
“After having set the benchmark in fibre
network density, manageability and visibility,
we are out to simplify network cabling with our
lime green OM5 solution. It enables sending
four wavelengths over a single multimodal
fibre, and is of course available with R&M’s
innovative push-pull LC-QR patch cords,”
concluded Dr. Thomas Wellinger,
Market Manager Data Centre for
R&M.
R&M OM5 will be available in the
Middle East in April through the
vendor’s extensive list of quali-
fied reseller and implementation
partners.
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