Caged Area

A Caged Area, also known as "white space," is a physically secured restricted-access zone within a data center used to manage access to sensitive infrastructure. The individual cages can be sized to meet customer needs. The Caged Area is designed to house critical equipment, including servers, network devices, and storage systems and is used for performance-critical applications that require low latency and high throughput. It functions like a dedicated "storage highway" connecting servers to the Storage Area Network (SAN), a high-speed network that connects servers to storage devices, centralizing block storage in a shared pool.

Customers moving into a multitenant data center (MTDC; also known as colocations) have many factors to consider. The most important factors when looking for an MTDC are cost, uptime, and security. Corning caged colocation solutions consider the total cost of ownership and provide the peace of mind needed from the physical colocation infrastructure. We provide a wide variety of products perfect for customers planning out a collocated caged deployment, enabling:

• Lower costs by maximizing valuable data center real estate
• Mitigated risk with easy-to-use preconnectorized EDGE™ and EDGE8® components
• Ease of scaling through our global footprint and capabilities
• Comprehensive support from upfront design and engineering through post-installation testing and support
• More than 25% cost savings with a simple migration to future data rates
• SLAs to be met through the in-stock inventory of our global network of distributors

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High-Density Solutions Optimized for simplicity, attenuation, and total cost From an infrastructure perspective, high-density solutions offer the simplest path toward higher bandwidth. This also enables end-user customers to utilize their density more efficiently by using the appropriate solution for their needs. High-density solutions allow companies to prepare for applications such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning which will require higher bandwidth. Corning® CleanAdvantage™ technology ensures a pristine end face upon first use for all EDGE and EDGE8 solutions. High-density solutions enable: ​

• Full fiber utilization from the MDA or cage using the high-fiber-count cables
• Quicker moves, adds, and changes (MACs)
• Double the density of the next best alternative
• Faster network deployment than traditional preterminated solutions by 35%
• Safer network moves with bend-enhanced cabling
• Energy savings when comparing optical fiber vs. copper​