Techsplainers

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Ethernet 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.

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.

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

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

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.

Fiber connectors are used to terminate the end of an optical fiber and with absolute precision, align microscopic glass fibers perfectly to ensure light can be transmitted