IEEE study group decision emphasizes rising data center demands

With technical demands rising and 40 Gbps not adequate from an aggregate perspective, data center managers need a standard that provides higher data throughput rates than 10 Gbps, but is easier to link to 100 Gbps. The work on the new 25 Gbps standard is aimed at solving this problem. According to the news source, Mark Nowell, chair of the IEEE 802.3 25 Gbps Ethernet Study Group, told attendees at an IEEE meeting that the much of the work for 25 Gbps was already done when developing 100 Gbps, so reusing that knowledge to create a dedicated 25 Gbps standard should prove fairly simple.

Fiber increasingly necessary as network standards rise
Copper is still an option for advanced networks with standards like 10GBase-T and 100GBase-Tas options. However, bundling large groups of copper cables together can create an incredible strain on facilities. This stress can include major routing challenges, airflow issues, high electricity use for signal transmission and, all told, a significant total cost of ownership. sometimes a single fiber link can replace 10 bundled copper cables, making fiber integration an extremely important option in the data center. Media converters make it easier to mix and match fiber and copper as necessary and keep up with rising network performance challenges.

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