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Essential Fiber Identification and Loss Test Equipment for Your Data Center

From VFIs to OTDRs, our test equipment range provides data center technicians with tools to assist with verification, fault-finding, and standards-based certification testing for in-depth analysis and report generation.

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May 14, 2020
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What is Hyperscale?

Hyperscale – it’s in our name but what does it mean?

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May 14, 2020
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10 Reasons Why AFL Hyperscale Should Be Helping You with Your Data Center Cabling and Connectivity

AFL Hyperscale is the first cabling and connectivity solution provider focused on the ever-evolving needs of data centers. Here is a list of 10 reasons why AFL Hyperscale can transform the way you think about your data center physical layer.

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May 13, 2020
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Data Centers and . . . Sports

This thriving industry presents a lucrative opportunity to integrate big data, a notion that is evident in the recent surge in data and performance analysis across all sports.

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May 13, 2020
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Data Centers and . . . Online Shopping

More so than ever before, shoppers are avoiding malls and high streets in favor of buying online; quick, convenient and you can get a great deal without even leaving the comfort of your home!

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May 13, 2020
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Data Centers and . . . Healthcare

Big data is helping every industry become more efficient and productive with respect to the way in which data is collected and analyzed – and health care is no exception.

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May 13, 2020
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Data Centers and . . . Video Streaming

Online videos play a substantial role in our lives. Watching and sharing videos on social media, binging your favorite shows on-demand and live video streaming are on the rise but, whatever its nature, video content is everywhere and putting ever-increasing pressure on data centers to store, process and distribute huge amounts of data.

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May 13, 2020
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Data Centers and . . . Gaming

The online gaming industry has trebled since 2005 with approximately 65% of households now owning some kind of gaming device. Whilst this is music to the ears of game developers, it is placing a huge amount of pressure on data center operators to provide reliable infrastructure, connectivity and storage that is able to deal with the ever-increasing data processing requirements of modern games.

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May 13, 2020
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6 Mind-Blowing Facts About Data Centers

While it’s a known fact that businesses around the world depend on data centers to store, share and manage their data and ensure the efficiency and reliability of their IT infrastructure, we’ve compiled some lesser known facts about data centers that might just surprise you…

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May 13, 2020
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Fiber Facts

Fiber optic technology has become the backbone of our communication networks, providing the fastest, smartest and most flexible way to transmit large amounts of data.

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May 13, 2020
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What is a Loopback?

A loopback is commonplace amongst the equipment used when testing data center networks but what is it and how does it work?

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May 13, 2020
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How To Reduce Data Center Operational Costs

Efficient fiber management has become a critical consideration with respect to data center architecture given the widespread adoption of fiber optic connectivity across hyperscale, co-location and telecommunication markets. Proper implementation of fiber management presents numerous benefits to data center operators with cost reduction being one of the more significant and sought-after.

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May 13, 2020
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What is a Meet-Me Room?

Put simply, a Meet-Me Room (MMR), otherwise known as ENI (External Network Interface) or MDA (Main Distribution Area), is a relatively small but very important space inside a data center where internet service providers, telecommunications carriers, cable companies, etc. converge to interconnect or cross-connect with one another and exchange data before distribution of services to other areas of the building.

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May 13, 2020
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Single-Mode and Multimode Fiber

Single Mode (SM) and Multimode (MM) are the names given to two competing designs of optical fiber based on how many paths of light are transmitted along the fiber core – single mode, meaning “one path”, or multimode, meaning “more than one path.” A mode can be described as a “path” or “ray” of light in the core of the optical fiber.

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May 13, 2020
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High Fiber Counts In Colocation Data Centers

Due to the global emergence of “cloud” providers, connectivity has become more of a pain point within data center architecture in recent years; not only for the cloud provider’s own infrastructure but also that of colocation data centers.

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May 13, 2020
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