INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
Growth, agility and
dynamism require absolute
control of cabling
R
&M, the globally active developer
and provider of cabling systems
for high-quality network
infrastructures, is achieving sustainable
success on the international data centre
market with solutions for automated
infrastructure management.
“Due to the boom in cloud applications
and the dynamic demand for further
services, data centres are having to
be more and more flexible in their
reactions. At the same time, we are
observing the rapid new creation and
extension of large systems as well as
the need for incredible density and
an increase in performance of IT
infrastructures on company premises all
over the world. Data centre operators
are increasingly opting for state of
the art fibre-optic systems to avoid
bandwidth bottlenecks,” says R&M CEO,
Michel Riva, in a recent industry report.
One consequence of the most recent
developments is that data centres
must manage their infrastructures in
a more differentiated way. Dr Thomas
Wellinger, Market Manager Data Centre,
R&M says: “Hyperscale data centres
accommodate hundreds of thousands
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of fibre-optic connections in highly
sensitive operating environments. With
ultra high-density platforms, such as
Netscale from R&M, they can increase
the number of fibre-optic connections
per rack in comparison with solutions
used to date by up to two thirds. These
quantities can no longer be managed
in a traditional way. They have to be
monitored fully automatically in real
time to be able to guarantee availability
and operational reliability. Total
operational reliability is more important
than ever before for data centres in
view of the dynamic demand for digital
services.” This is reflected in the current
discussion on an extended availability
category ‘Tier 5’.
transmitting signals as well as the server
with all the necessary administration,
monitoring and planning functions.
R&MinteliPhy can also be used
for infrastructure analyses, asset
management, the 3D visualisation of
networks and the development of risk
scenarios. If operations ever have to
be carried out directly on the cabling,
R&MinteliPhy guides the technician
through the patching job.
Cabling specialist R&M offers the
infrastructure management system
R&MinteliPhy as a solution. Riva says:
“Double-digit growth rates show that
we are perfectly meeting the needs
of particularly security-conscious data
centres with this solution.”
R&MinteliPhy consists of three
components: RFID sensor strips for
monitoring all connections in the rack,
the appliance for concentrating and
Michel Riva, R&M CEO
www.intelligentcio.com