LANscape® Solutions — 10G Tray Fill Rate Calculator

The Tray Fill Rate Calculator calculates the amount of remaining space available for use in the cable tray once the number of copper or fiber cables required to serve the user-entered number of circuits has been deployed. For example, a wire tray showing 12% available space for additional CAT6A cables means that 88% of the cable tray's total usable capacity has been taken up by the CAT6A cables already deployed for the 10G circuits. (Per industry practice, 50% of the total space of the cable tray has been eliminated prior to calculation, as industry standards recommend no more than 50% fill for any cable tray.)

Number of 10G Circuits:

Optical Cable OD (in):			Number of Cables:

CAT6A OD (in)*:			Number of Cables:
*Enter per cable OD value between 0.30 and 0.35 [CAT6A cable OD ranges from .30 ("reduced" OD) to .35 in]

Calculations assume a 50% fill factor

Wire Basket		Optical	Copper
Width (in)	Height (in)	Approximate Percent Available Fill Area	Approximate Percent Available Fill Area
12	2
18	2
21	2
24	2
8	4
12	4
18	4
21	4
24	4
12	6
18	6
20	6
24	6
Underfloor typical sizes
Overhead typical sizes