digital.forest Technical Support
Core Network Upgrades

Tonight we installed two new 16-port fiber optic cards in our network core. One of the two is pictured above - it is the one with the empty ports slotted between the 8-port fiber card above and the 48-port copper card in the middle. We've seen a sharp increase in clients requesting a fiber connection to our network, as well as more sophisticated connectivity such as a BGP routing with our AS combined with fail over protocols such as HSRP. Additionally we are part of the way through a project to seriously upgrade and expand our network; better external connectivity, and more connectivity options for our clients. These cards are a small, but important part of that project. We'll have more news and some exciting announcements in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

posted by Chuck G. at 11:23 PM on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Categories: Datacenter Expansion, Network