Workshop: Optimizing Datacenter Infrastructure

Optimizing Datacenter Infrastructure and Interconnect

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In today’s datacenter, fiber optic links have become more vital than ever for handling the explosion of data traffic to and from a large number of sources – within the data center and inter-datacenter traffic. As bandwidth requirements continue to evolve, datacenter managers, enterprises and cloud services firms need intelligent data on the infrastructure needs and upgrade path to optimally handle traffic at 10G, 40G and 100G speeds.

This specialty conference focuses on the proactive investments and decision-making requirements for long-haul and metro area network carriers supporting the growing volume of data traffic between regions.

Attendee Take-Aways

  • Understand the specifications and requirements from datacenter operators and enterprises
  • Gain information on the business case for infrastructure upgrade – within the datacenter and between datacenters and regions
  • Discuss solutions to connectivity challenges, including latency, security and performance
  • Understand alternatives in fiber and optical networking infrastructure
  • Hear from key datacenter solutions providers

Who Will Attend:

  • Long-haul and transport network operators
  • Metro area carriers and network operators
  • Datacenter managers and Cloud services firms

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: JUNE 5, 2012

Agenda
12:30 pm
Addressing the Challenges: Data Center Traffic Trends
Steven Cheng, Manager, Data Center Cabling and Infrastructure, FaceBook
Understand datacenter trends in data traffic, bandwidth, quality and type of business services that datacenter managers and network operators need to understand in order to make the business case for infrastructure upgrades.

1:00 pm
High Bandwidth Intra-Datacenter Connection with Advanced Optical Fiber

Patrick Van Vickle

Patrick Van Vickle, Manager of Product Design, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
As high-speed service provider connectivity becomes more available and cost-effective, and the drive to extend layer 2 framework beyond the single data center, strategies for cost effective datacenter interconnect  become more important. This session offers a guideline on extending high-bandwith interconnection, including improving the fabric throughput, achieving better utilization of fiber assets and driving down costs.

1:30 pm
Panel: Best Practices in Meeting Data Center Data Demands


Rodney Casteel

John Shuman
 

Moderator: Mike Roberts, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecoms and Media
Rodney Casteel, CommScope, Chairman FOLS
John Shuman, Senior Optical Plant Engineer, Google
Steven Cheng, Manager, Data Center Cabling and Infrastructure, Facebook
The need to support efficient operations of high-speed data centers poses unique challenges to network managers. This roundtable discussion will provide information that can help attendees better evaluate their choices and understand the tradeoffs inherent in their decisions. The speakers will:

  • Provide an overview of current data center technology,
  • Highlight different standards compliant architectures and the pros and cons of each approach,
  • Discuss what fiber types will best support the best migration strategy from data rates of 10 Gbps, to 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm
Framing the Cloud: Efficient Optical Datacenter Interconnection
Martin Charbonneau, Director – Optics Product Management, Alcatel-Lucent
The session will outline the key demands placed on underlying datacenter interconnect infrastructure by the increasing volume and range of enterprise, residential and mobile applications and the increasingly virtualized nature of content delivery.  We will detail the key attributes and capabilities of DWDM technology to meet current and future datacenter interconnection requirements in striving to enhance capacity and maximize the benefits of network virtualization while reducing latency and total cost  of operation. Technical topics include 100GE and coherent 100G optics, achieving extended reach, avenues for convergence of IP and DWDM, the use of a G-MPLS control plane for discovery and automation, OA&M and operational considerations, and wavelength switching capabilities.

3:15 pm
Inside the Datacenter: Transitioning to Optical LANs


Kevin Ressler

Kenneth Jackson
 

Kevin Ressler, Global Director, Data Center Business Line Management, Enterprise Networks, TE Connectivity
Kenneth P. Jackson, PhD, Product Marketing Director, Sumitomo
The transition in cabling infrastructure, electronics and more is the subject of this session, focused on within the four walls of the datacenter. As the network linking datacenters to regional networks and global networks continues to improve, the quality and performance of infrastructure within the datacenter must keep pace.

  • Drive to parallel optics
  • Roadmap to 40 and 100g
  • Optical transport
  • Transition plan to migrate from cable to fiber within the datacenter

3:45 pm
Converged Network Architecture in the Datacenter
David Kozischek, Market Manager, Data Centers, Corning Cable Systems
Convergence means using a common cabling and switching infrastructure to prelace what are now disparate server and storage networks. Datacenter convergence is in its infrancy, but convergence has been well demonstrated in IP voice networks, where telephony and Ethernet data traffic share the same infrastructure for reduced costs and simpler management. This session discusses the road to datacenter convergence, enabling IT to share, manage and protect data assets more strategically and efficiently.

4:30 pm
Workshop Concludes