DocumentCode
562046
Title
Optical networking in smarter data centers: 2015 and beyond
Author
DeCusatis, Casimer
Author_Institution
IBM Corporation, 2455 South Road MS P343, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Advantages of optical networking for highly virtualized data centers are discussed, including lower power, improved scalability and port density, and tighter I/O integration with processors. Use cases include enterprise infrastructure underlying software-defined networking, supercomputing, and multi-site backup applications.
Keywords
Adaptive optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Servers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6192029
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