Tag Archives: CWDM

Maximum distances using fiber cable types OM1/OM2/OM3/OM4/OS1

Posted by on April 15, 2015 3 comments

What are the maximum distances using different fiber grades?

This post is meant as an easy reference for when you plan to switch to higher FC or Ethernet speeds or when you’re connecting distant locations and need to order new fiber cables for your rack to rack cabling.

 

fiber cable specs graph

The graphs show the direction where OM-specs are going compared to distances.

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EMC World 2013, the final countdown has started!

Posted by on April 11, 2013 No comments

The countdown has started

Just 3 weeks and a few days to go and it’s EMC World again! Time to meet my old and new friends and finally getting some rays. the one thing I’ve been missing the last few weeks it’s the sun and I guess most Europeans agree with me. Don’t know what it’s like in other parts of the world, but I certainly need more heat than what we’re having now.

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Discussing the challenges of Long Distance Links

Posted by on November 20, 2012 No comments

On ECN (EMC Community Network) together with Jon Klaus, a colleague of mine, I started a new “Ask the Expert” discussion about long distance links and the challenges you might be facing there. I would like to invite you to join the discussion there:

https://community.emc.com/message/690945

If you’d like to discuss anything here, you’re welcome to do so on ECN, but if you also like Twitter there’s a treat for you as we will be having a LIVE “TweetChat” on Monday November the 26th from 19:00-21:00 CET (1PM-3PM EST, 10AM-12AM PST). The URL you can use to filter out the discussion will be http://tweetchat.com/room/EMCATE.
An earlier anouncements about the TweetChat on Thursday the 22nd proved to be badly chosen because of Thanksgiving, a national holiday in the USA. We didn’t see this coming. Our appologies. I will be online on Thursday the 22nd anyway to welcome anyone who didn’t see the new anouncement.

Let’s join the discussion!