Articles by Tony LeFebvre

Media conversion is a critical network function for growing data centers, but too many purchase decisions are based solely on data sheet information or worse yet, from price lists.

There’s certainly value in getting a low cost media conversion system.

There’s certainly value in getting a low cost media conversion system.

Today, I want to explore the best practice of creating a separate network for physical security of a data center.

In my previous blog posts, I’ve talked about media conversion at the physical layer and how to use optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)-equipped small form-factor pluggables (SFP) to detect fiber breaks. Today I want to talk about keeping management data safe.

In my first post, I talked about media conversion at the physical layer. Today I want to talk to you about how to use optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR)-equipped small form-factor pluggables (SFP) to detect fiber breaks.

Media conversion is a critical network function for growing data centers, but too many purchase decisions are based solely on data sheet information or worse yet, from price lists.