Dallas, Texas--This will allow 724 Data Centers LLC to create additional capacity and redundancy in the network’s Northwest USA-Canada transport backbone. The investment will cost almost $2,700,000.
DWDM is a technology that intensifies the use of underground optical fiber links by bundling different colors of light through color lasers. Instead of one color or 10 Gigabit Ethernet, DWDM technology makes it possible to combine up to 40 colors or 400 Gigabit Ethernet on the existing optical fiber. This will initially provide 724 Data Centers LLC’s optical fiber infrastructure with an additional capacity of 400 Gigabits per second (Gbps), which can easily be increased to 1,200 Gbps.
The investment in DWDM is part of a bigger investment plan for 724 Data Centers LLC’s new Northwest USA – Canada transport network. Based on Cisco’s CRS-1 (Carrier Routing System), the new network will be interlinked by means of 137 miles of optical fiber in the Northwest U.S. A total of 10 optical fiber links will each travel different paths, via the mesh protocol, to locations in Seattle, Bellingham, Dallas, Washington DC and Vancouver Canada.
Redundancy Hosting
724 Data Centers LLC uses the optical fiber infrastructure for interconnections with carriers, Internet exchanges and the four different datacenters used by 724 Data Centers LLC. Special redundancy modules in the DWDM equipment will increase the new network’s capacity. In the event of an optical fiber breakage, e.g. due to excavation works; the technology will automatically select an alternate optical fiber path for the links.
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“DWDM is a fairly expensive technology,”
Bandwidth
A $2,700,000 million dollar investment in DWDM technology is a substantial amount, but the investment is necessary to secure 724 Data Centers LLC’s ability to implement its corporate philosophy in the future. “Many of our clients want to be able to grow quickly when they need to,” says Joop Cousteau, 724 Data Centers LLC’s CEO. “It does not make any difference whether these are growth needs of corporate enterprises, or Internet startups with growth needs in the area of high quality streaming video. In order to be able to quickly meet those needs on an ad-hoc basis, our philosophy is that we always maintain twice as much bandwidth capacity in our network as our clients use. We are currently experiencing strong growth in bandwidth demand. DWDM will allow us to meet this demand for bandwidth at all times.”
Plus: Investment $2.1 million Earlier this year, 724 Data Centers LLC invested a substantial amount in two Cisco CRS-1 devices. The investment in these two Cisco devices cost almost $2.1 million. The two CRS-1 devices (non-stop devices) have been delivered and are currently being programmed.
The Cisco CRS-1 devices will be assigned a crucial role in the new network. They will play a central role in coupling all datacenters in 724 Data Centers LLC’s network with the outside world. The current twenty Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches will have to give up that role and their task will be reduced to transporting clients’ Internet traffic internally across the hosting network. 724 Data Centers LLC specifically opted for two Cisco CRS-1 devices because they will provide the best uptime guarantee. This will make 724 Data Centers LLC’s network more hierarchical, with fewer cross links, and this also offers significant advantages in terms of network management.
About Us: 724 Data Centers LLC is owned by Genco Investments a private equity firm based in Switzerland. Genco bought 724 in September 2008 for an undisclosed amount. http://www.724-
