INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
Cabling solution for
Edge data centres
R
&M, the global Swiss
developer and provider of
cabling systems for high-
quality network infrastructures, has
reported on the successful beta
test of the FO platform Netscale.
The test partner was Cloud&Heat
Technologies GmbH, an operator
of cloud data centres in Dresden,
Germany. Cloud&Heat specialises in
the setup and operation of efficient
edge data centres that provide
computer capacity decentrally and
at the same time heat buildings.
Cloud&Heat is aiming to realise the
most efficient distributed data centre
in the world in terms of energy and
costs as well as the first real-time-
optimized edge cloud in Germany.
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Because the edge locations in
the basements of residential
and non-residential buildings are
usually limited in terms of space,
Cloud&Heat is looking for innovative
infrastructure concepts. The company
is experimenting with compressed,
centralised and automated
architectures. This is why the cabling
system Netscale was examined in
practice in the spring of 2016. The FO
platform offers the highest port density
of all patch panels available on the
market with up to 120 ports per height
unit in a 19’’ rack. The Ultra High
Density (UHD) system is setting a new
benchmark for data centres. More than
5000 ports can now be accommodated
in one cabinet.
Netscale fulfilled three important
criteria for Cloud&Heat: The platform
is compact, and both easy to scale
and install. “As an innovative company
with challenging data centre projects,
we are dependent on scalable fiber
solutions that can be deployed in
confined spaces,” says Dr. Marius
Feldmann, COO at Cloud&Heat
Technologies. Netscale fit into the
Cloud&Heat architecture concept.
Top of Rack (ToR) switches can be
consolidated in the network cabinet
and servers patched directly into the
network cabinet. The switches can
each be reconfigured at a central
point. This is a sensible way of
planning Software Defined Network
(SDN) architectures. The result is
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