Brocade announced that it expands customer control with
the introduction of the Brocade ServerIron ADX 1000F compact application
delivery switches, which includes the benefits of combined copper and fiber
connectivity.
This extension to Brocade ADX 1000 Series is designed to
deliver increased customer choice and flexibility for cloud-focused service
providers, financial institutions and governmental agencies while also setting
the industry benchmark for application delivery switching performance,
scalability and investment protection.
The result is up to 50 percent power savings and improved
data transmission reliability and security while also dramatically
consolidating data center rack footprint.
Modern data center requirements have become increasingly
stringent and demanding. The need to significantly reduce power consumption
while also delivering greater performance, carrier-grade reliability and secure
data transmission has caused network managers to scrutinize their application
delivery solutions.
Compounded with increasingly complex application
requirements, massive client access growth and the requirement for maximum
performance, the importance of anticipating the future capacity requirements
has become a critical factor.
While many industries can benefit from the inherent
capabilities fiber optics deliver, there are three distinct vertical industries
with clear deployment needs: large cloud service providers, global financial
institutions and governmental agencies:
In large cloud provider implementations flexible capacity
and massive scalability is necessary for providers to react quickly and
seamlessly to changing end-user bandwidth and application requirements.
In enterprise networks, the ability to operate within a
smaller real estate footprint and a reduction in overall cost are top concerns.
With security and data integrity primary concerns for
government agencies, added layers of security are often necessary to meet
strict regulations.
To solve these critical challenges for customers
worldwide, the Brocade ServerIron ADX 1000F leverages the inherent connectivity
benefits of fiber to maximize bandwidth, dramatically reduce power consumption
by roughly 40 to 50 percent and meet security requirements by government
agencies,” said Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president and distinguished
research fellow for Yankee Group.
Fiber also offers space-constrained customers with
higher-density hardware and cable capabilities, resulting in the need for fewer
racks. By consolidating rack space, data centers can operate within a smaller
real estate footprint, which ultimately reduces energy overhead and increases
rack efficiency 80 percent versus copper,” Kerravala added.
From a connectivity medium perspective, fiber minimizes
the possibility of performance degradation compared to copper. Because fiber is
less susceptible to electrical interference, it is ideal in environments where
magnetic fields can overpower cable shielding and cause performance degradation
or complete connectivity loss.
This vulnerability to interference is also a potential
security liability. Data transmission signals over standard copper Ethernet can
actually be tapped into from the electrical field around the cabling. Fiber is
far less vulnerable to this, by design, making it a highly secure solution.
Fiber also provides extended range compared to copper
connections. With copper, there is a distance limitation due to signal
degradation as the cabling distance increases. Fiber has the capacity to carry
high-speed signals over greater distances without the need for data signal
amplifiers. This is an important factor for distributed data communications
environments.
We are providing more proof points for our Brocade One
strategy, which helps our customers, reduce network complexity and scale with
new and distributed applications. With the launch of the Brocade ADX 1000F, we
are able to demonstrate how our innovations provide new levels of performance,
scalability and security through added customer choice and control,” said
Rajesh Kaul, regional sales director of Brocade.
Recently, at VMworld, Brocade announced it is delivering
more choice, flexibility and automation to customers deploying virtualization
and cloud IT infrastructures. Specifically, the company announced enhancements to
the Brocade Ethernet fabric portfolio that utilizes Brocade VCS technology.
These enhancements are designed to increase scalability,
improve virtual machine (VM) awareness, further simplifying management and
significantly reducing operational overhead.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
