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SLAC Wiring Proposal
Why Do Anything?
Today's 10 year old technology cannot meet demands:
- Increased # of stations on network (increase of 50%/yr for last few years, now need to accomodate VM migration)
- Increased bandwitdth - need factor 2 increase per 18 months (factor of 10 in 5 yrs), driven by workstations and applications
- Increased dependence on network and availability requirements
Why current cabling technology cannot meet demands:
- Multiple devices sharing one strand of cable, makes isolation of problem impossible and pin-pointing source costly
- Poor connectors or cable plant*1
- Older media can only be used for a single purpose
- Older media can't support new application/workstations*2 which need > 10 Mbits/s
- Extending net size with old technology is not maintainable with current staff, resulting in increased unreliability
SLAC Wiring Proposal - 02 DEC 94
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