The Data Center of the Future: Limitless, Connected and Efficient
You’ve heard these statements a million times — Prepare for the bandwidth explosion. Generation mobile will have a big impact on how data is consumed. The Internet of Things (IoT) will grow exponentially in the next couple of years.
But for many, questions still remain. What are my options? And if I look at the current trends and make the needed technology changes to my data center today, will I still be prepared forfuture trends?
These trends and questions are being addressed in a variety of ways, including several key attributes which can keep a data center current and poised for the future.
- Speed: Keeping up with the latest standards from groups such as the Ethernet Alliance gives insight into roadmaps for new technologies like Flexible Ethernet and 4-Pair PoE.
- Agility: With more than 4,310 people visiting Amazon each minute and Vine users playing more than 1 million videos, rapid and scalable deployments are essential to meet demand.
- Intelligence: Managing the physical layer is critical in today’s data center with a real-time view into all the connected servers, switches and storage devices.
- Global Scale: IP traffic running through data centers is being generated all over the world and is estimated to reach 6,854 exabytes per year by 2018 which means global support is needed.
We all know IoT, generation mobile and increased bandwidth consumption will impact data centers. Want to know what attributes are needed to keep your data center current and ready for the future? Kam Patel highlights a few of the attributes and give you information on an upcoming event where you can openly discuss with experts and peers.
Source: The Data Center of the Future: Limitless, Connected and Efficient (Part 1)