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Data Center Cabling Deployment
Cabling Deployment
Cabling Deployment
It can be a challenge to manage data center installations. Project delays and deployment errors can result in downtime and lost revenue, not to mention unhappy customers. From checklists and ordering guides to advice and installation videos from the experts, we’ve got you covered.
It can be a challenge to manage data center installations. Project delays and deployment errors can result in downtime and lost revenue, not to mention unhappy customers. From checklists and ordering guides to advice and installation videos from the experts, we’ve got you covered.
Tips for Managing Data Center Deployment on a Global Scale
Managing Data Center Deployment on a Global Scale
Whether you’re a global firm or a more local enterprise, we believe many of these best practices for data center deployment can apply to your organization.
At Corning, we’re privileged to work with thousands of customers on their data centers, providing support ranging from design advice and installation support to full-project management. And we learn a lot from them about the best ways to handle for multilocation deployment.
Whether you’re a global firm with networks in dozens of countries, or a more local enterprise with sites in the same time zone, we believe many of these best practices apply to your organization, too.
Standardize on a Consistent Infrastructure
It can be tempting to let each site design a data center cabling infrastructure solely on its unique needs or physical location. But this approach often hinders scalability within the organization. For example, staff members moving from one location to another may not be able to get up to speed quickly on the new data center physical topography because of variations from their last location. It can be difficult to implement organization-wide network moves, adds, and changes (MACs) on a predictable, timely, and manageable scale when each location has its own infrastructure platform.
Of course, many of our customers also recognize that a degree of locational flexibility is critical. As many organizations aren’t in a position to construct every building identically from the foundation up, you’ll inevitably end up with physical differences between sites. One may require hardware that is shallow due to physical space limitations – in the other location it may make more sense to increase density per square ft to address the space issue. In some of our customers’ global locations, labor challenges make a factory-terminated solution the only option; yet in another country, field-termination is the smarter choice.
With this in mind, consider solutions that allow for location-specific needs while still leveraging components that work together. We believe our EDGE™ solutions data center platform offers big advantages through multiple “versions” that are still interoperable. Our platform also allows easy, organization-wide stocking of components. Your procurement teams will appreciate the purchasing efficiencies this creates.
Make Sure Global Really Means Global
When you’re evaluating your infrastructure options, look carefully at where products are manufactured. Sure, today’s products can be shipped anywhere, but not necessarily cheaply or quickly. Manufacturers who produce in your region – or at a minimum, keep the technology stocked with local distributors – are more likely to get products in your hands on time and on budget.
On a related note, check to see if the same product is manufactured in two different locations. If you’re getting multiple shipments, you might not be getting the same product. Sometimes the specifications, materials, and even dimensions of a product may differ from location to location. Truly global solutions will ensure that the technology you select to deploy across your organization is identical from site to site.
While this may seem to be only a concern for those organizations that really are global, close-to-home operations can take a lesson from this as well. Some of our customers, to their eventual regret, have treated base components – like cables or connectors – between manufacturers as interchangeable commodities. This can certainly result in performance differences. More often, it leads to installation and maintenance practices that differ by location, also creating scalability inefficiencies for your organization in the future.
Create a Global – or Organization-Wide – Implementation Team
Many of our customers have built “tiger teams” to deploy their data centers, at initial installation and/or with large MACs. They travel to each location, for weeks or months at a time, building the location to the global requirement, training the local team and then moving to the next location. While the travel and boarding expenses of these teams might seem unattractive compared to using on-site teams, our customers who choose this method say the cost is more than made up for by the speed of deployment gained. These extremely practiced teams have little to no learning curve as they reach each new location. They also cite the consistency of the deployment across the organization’s locations as another advantage, believing that expert installation lessens the risk of future downtime or performance issues.
Some technology manufacturers, like Corning, have project management or field installation services for customers who do not have the resources to assemble an organization-wide tiger team of their own.
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Tools for Your Data Center Deployment
What Your Installation Technician Should Know
What Your Installation Technician Should Know
Our checklist outlines the key issues and questions to review with your prospective installers to ensure you have the capabilities you need for hassle-free installation.
Our checklist outlines the key issues and questions to review with your prospective installers to ensure you have the capabilities you need for hassle-free installation.
Learn MoreEnterprise Bill-of-Materials Tool
Enterprise Bill-of-Materials Tool
Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your data center network with our configurable LANscape® Solutions Bill-of-Materials Tool.
Forget the guesswork. We can help you select the fiber optic products you need for your data center network with our configurable LANscape® Solutions Bill-of-Materials Tool.
Register NowData Center Product Catalog
Data Center Product Catalog
Want to see the full line of data center solutions? View our online catalog.
Want to see the full line of data center solutions? View our online catalog.
Read MoreRequest a Product Demonstration
Request a Product Demonstration
We can send your local Corning sales engineer to your location to provide a demonstration of our data center solutions and answer your questions. Let us know how we can help you.
We can send your local Corning sales engineer to your location to provide a demonstration of our data center solutions and answer your questions. Let us know how we can help you.
Contact UsProject Services
Project Services
Need help with your data center project? Our Project Services teams can provide complete support for every phase of your project, from design to implementation. Or select just the services you need.
Need help with your data center project? Our Project Services teams can provide complete support for every phase of your project, from design to implementation. Or select just the services you need.
Learn MoreWhere to Buy
Where to Buy
We work with the industry’s most exceptional fiber optic distributors to get our products to our customers.
We work with the industry’s most exceptional fiber optic distributors to get our products to our customers.
Learn MoreGet Data Center Jumpers Fast
Get Data Center Jumpers Fast
Our FastConnect program gets you our high-quality data center jumpers, made-to-order, within three business days.
Our FastConnect program gets you our high-quality data center jumpers, made-to-order, within three business days.
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Installation Videos
Browse our list of product installation videos and learn from the experts. You can download and create your own personal library or use for training purposes with a wider audience.
Browse our list of product installation videos and learn from the experts. You can download and create your own personal library or use for training purposes with a wider audience.
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Trade Shows and Events
Learn MoreWe present and exhibit at trade shows and exhibitions on fiber optic technology, issues, and trends. Come see where we’ll be and how to find us.
We present and exhibit at trade shows and exhibitions on fiber optic technology, issues, and trends. Come see where we’ll be and how to find us.
SEE the LIGHT® Training Seminars
Training Programs
Learn MoreWhether you are new to the industry, a veteran installer, a network manager, or a designer, See the Light® seminars offer something for everyone. Our curriculum includes hands-on training, intensive instructional courses, and webinars.
Whether you are new to the industry, a veteran installer, a network manager, or a designer, See the Light® seminars offer something for everyone. Our curriculum includes hands-on training, intensive instructional courses, and webinars.
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Request a Sales Demo
Contact UsWe can send one of our trained sales engineers to your location to give a demonstration of the solutions you’re interested in and answer any questions you might have about Corning and our technology.
We can send one of our trained sales engineers to your location to give a demonstration of the solutions you’re interested in and answer any questions you might have about Corning and our technology.
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Interactive Schematic
See our products in action with the interactive schematic
See our products in action with the interactive schematic
Read MoreInstallation Videos
Installation Videos
Browse our list of Product Installation Videos and learn from the experts.
Browse our list of Product Installation Videos and learn from the experts.
Learn MoreOptical Fiber 101
Optical Fiber 101
Corning is committed to providing education and technical support to ensure the basics of optical fiber, its composition, and its capabilities are understood.
Corning is committed to providing education and technical support to ensure the basics of optical fiber, its composition, and its capabilities are understood.
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View our various products offerings in our online catalog.
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