CORNING, N.Y., July 1, 2015 - Corning Incorporated (GLW) today announced its latest optical cabling innovation for data centers and storage area networks (SAN), EDGE8(TM) solutions.
EDGE8 is the industry`s first modular, tip-to-tip optical cabling system to feature an eight-fiber (Base-8) cabling design that maximizes per-rack-unit density for better network scalability and improved link performance.
Driven by increasing adoption of cloud computing and a growing demand for streaming video, data centers and SANs are migrating to faster transmission speeds to find and send data back to consumers as quickly as possible. Corning`s EDGE8 is the most future-ready data center connectivity solution available for simple, efficient and cost-effective migration to transmission speeds up to 400 gigabits per second.
"Corning`s EDGE8 solutions help data center operators deliver an optimal end-user experience, while mitigating the uncertainty associated with ever-increasing transmission speeds and continually evolving standards," said Stuart Hoiness, senior vice president of Enterprise Networks, Corning Optical Communications. "Installing a Base-8 cabling system like EDGE8 today provides the simplest, most flexible path to 40, 100, and 400 gigabits per second in the future."
EDGE8 solutions, with eight-fiber MTP® connectors, make it easy to match the fiber count in the backbone of data center networks and SANs with today`s Base-8 Quad Small Form Factor Plugable transceivers. This capability results in 100 percent fiber utilization, streamlined 1:1 port mapping, and up to 50 percent reduction in link attenuation by eliminating the need for conversion modules. EDGE8 furthers the benefits of Base-8 design with pinned MTP trunks that enable simple patch cable deployment and optimized harness mapping, resulting in no unused fiber/connectors. EDGE8 modules also offer a 30 percent improvement in insertion loss, resulting in longer duplex link distances.
EDGE8 is built on the foundation of Corning`s family of EDGE(TM) solutions, currently deployed in over 50,000 data centers across 30 countries around the world. EDGE solutions help operators maximize every inch of valuable data-center real estate with optical cables so light and compact that just one cable can replace as many as 72 copper cables. Plus, all EDGE solutions are fiber-based, so they consume about one-fourth the power per port of copper, saving money, reducing heat, and decreasing overall carbon emissions for a smaller impact on the environment.
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