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What is a Fiber Optic Patch Panel?

A fiber optic patch panel is commonly described as the interface panel that connects multiple optical fiber cables and optical equipment. Patch panels are rack-mountable onto 19”, 21”and 23” rack systems, and some are designed to be wall-mountable.

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May 13, 2020
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Future Proofing Data Center Cabling Infrastructures

Today’s business requirements are changing daily, and the infrastructure that supports those businesses needs to be equally dynamic. That means providing highly scalable connectivity infrastructure to enable the rapid integration and migration to next generation, higher speed, active equipment in your IT deployment.

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May 13, 2020
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CPR – Construction Product Regulation

This is a short and easy to read explanation of the CPR and how it applies to fiber optic cables and copper balanced cables. The Construction Product Regulation (CPR) (EU No.305/2011) provides regulatory rules by using a harmonized standard (EN 50575:2014/ A1:2016) for the “reaction to fire” of cables permanently incorporated into buildings and construction works.

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May 13, 2020
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What is an AOC?

In today’s datacenters, bandwidth demands are continually on the increase and to accommodate these bandwidth demands the speeds of the networks in the datacenter are also increasing.

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May 13, 2020
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What is Base-8?

Since the dawn of time, or at least since fiber optic cables were first produced in 1975, they have always been bundled in multiples of twelve fibers / tubes. Cable fiber counts were commonly 12, 24, 48, 96, 144, and recently all the way up to 6,912 (576 individual 12-fiber units).

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May 11, 2020
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Understanding Different Types of Data Center

All data centers are essentially buildings that provides space, power and cooling for network infrastructure. They centralize a business’s IT operations or equipment, as well as store, share and manage data. Businesses depend on the reliability of a data center to ensure that their daily IT operations are always functioning. As a result, security and reliability are often a data centers top priority.

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May 11, 2020
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Fiber Optic Wall Box Guide

No matter what your network requirements are, AFL Hyperscale have a complete portfolio of wall box solutions available to meet your fiber connectivity needs.

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May 11, 2020
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The Rise of Poor Cable Management and How You Can Make It Stop

When designing your network and physical data center infrastructure, basic concepts such as port densities, fiber volume, over vs under routing paths, and internal cabling specifications need to be carefully considered.

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May 11, 2020
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Optical Cabling for Data Center Storage

The world of digital technology has never looked so bright and interesting. With the continuous developments in artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality, Internet-of-things (IoT), machine learning, computer algorithms, smart devices, and automation, the world that we live in over the next 5, 10 and 20 years will be far different than the one we are living in today.

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May 11, 2020
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The History of Fiber Connectors

Fiber Connectors, there are many types – but what do they do, and what are they for? Originally fiber to fiber connections were permanent and connected together by fusion splicing.

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May 11, 2020
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What is a 10G Fiber Network?

thernet is a computing network technology that has been in existence nearly since the beginning of network computing. It first came out of Xerox in 1980 and had a transmission speed of 10 Megabits per second (10Mb/s). Subsequent evolutions of Ethernet were released, always in 10 fold increments and, by design, were always backwards compatible.

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May 11, 2020
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The Secret to Preventing the Number One Cause of Network Failures

The leading cause of network failure is dirty connections. Almost all the time, the dirt is completely invisible to the naked eye. Failure occurs when dirt gets on a connector ferrule end-face and blocks light. Preventing contamination is the reason all fiber connectors are protected with a dust cap or built-in shutter.

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May 11, 2020
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MPO Connector Cleaning and Connection Instructions

An instruction guide on how to clean and connect your MPO connectors.

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May 7, 2020
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Single Fiber Connector Cleaning and Connection Instructions

An instruction guide on how to clean and connect your single fiber connectors.

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May 7, 2020
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Cable Fiber Identification

With such a wide variety of optical fiber types available, being able to identify what your network requires is essential. With our quick reference guide, you'll be able to assess what fiber type can support your network in relation to different bandwidth requirements and transmission distance across single mode and multimode fibers.

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May 7, 2020
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