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Changing Perspectives on Data Center Interconnect
Tuesday, 23 January 20180830–0945
By Eric Wilcox, Vice President Engineering of Global Solutions at Vertiv
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VERTIV by the Numbers
45%
28%
18%
5%4%
Geography
US & Canada
Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East / Africa
61%21%
18%
End Market
Data Centers
Communications
Commerical &
Industrial
39%
28%
17%
16%
Offering
Power Mgmt
Services
Infrastructure Mgmt
& Solutions
Thermal Mgmt
Global, well-established footprint and
supply-chain networkBroad range of power, thermal, and
infrastructure management portfolio
Serve vital applications in data centers, communication
networks, and commercial/industrial environments
SALES$4.4B$4.4B$4.4B$4.4B
EMPLOYEES~20,000
CUSTOMERS INCLUDEAmerica Movil, AT&T,
China Mobile, Ericsson, Facebook, Microsoft, Reliance, Verizon
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HOW IT ALL
COMES TOGETHER
Thermal Management
Power Management
IT Management
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Global SolutionsWe believe that mass-customized, standard solutions offer you the ideal
combination of best value and rapid delivery. Our factory-integrated (engineered,
configured, tested, and commissioned) solutions offer you a low risk, high value global solution that can be rapidly delivered and integrated on site.
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Evolving Concept of Data Center Connectivity
OLD - Data Center Assets as Islands with “Big Pipe” Connectivity to the Outside World
• Inbound & Outbound (only) traffic via public-facing Internet• Service delivery quality dependent on factors outside of asset owner’s control
• Asset reliability impacts uptime• Hardware disruption/outage causes complete service failure, disaster recovery as data backup only
Data CenterPublic Internet
Disaster Recovery
Public
Connectivity Dedicated
Connectivity
Edge Asset
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Evolving Concept of Data Center Connectivity
NEW – Mesh of Data Center Assets with Dedicated Connectivity among Regions
• Traffic between assets dwarfs traffic to/from public-facing Internet
• Continual optimization, replication, caching, and routing of services provides seamless service
delivery to users
• Asset resiliency affects service delivery
• Individual asset failure cause service quality degradation, impacting business performance –
long term outages cause customer flight.
Data CenterPublic Internet
Disaster Recovery
Public
Connectivity Dedicated
Connectivity
Edge Asset
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Data Center Interconnect Critical to Cloud
When connectivity is key, businesses need:
• Dedicated, cost-effective capacity
• Reliable and resilient connectivity
• Global consistency
Resiliency through diversified routes and asset locations can be achieved, but facilities enabling connectivity still must be individually reliable yet simple to deploy.
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When Connectivity is Critical to When Connectivity is Critical to When Connectivity is Critical to When Connectivity is Critical to the Strategythe Strategythe Strategythe Strategy
• Global consistency
• Reliable partners
• Reliable infrastructure
New Regions & Availability Zones
• Modular designs
• Prefabricated / pre-integrated / pre-tested
• Delivery scale
Rapid & Flexible Expansion
• Offsite fabrication
• Partner selection
• Service network
Challenging Locations
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Key Takeaways
When deploying critical connectivity links: Think about how you manage for repeatable, reliable infrastructure – globally
Examine standardizing where appropriate, customizing where necessary
Consider long term service and maintenance for the life of the asset – while ensuring scalability and flexibility
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