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| How many pairs of wires are in a Cat 5e Cable |
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| What bit rate is Cat 5e cable guaranteed to Support? |
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| What is the maximum length of a Cat 5 patch cable? |
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| A Colocation (colo) is a data center facility in which a business can rent space for servers and other computing hardware. Typically, a colo provides the building, cooling, power, bandwidth and physical security while the customer provides servers and storage. |
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| A close structure that house servers metal rails grounding studies interior shelving |
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| Subdivide a colo space within a data center using mesh walls and a door security panel |
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| Directs and monitors electricity coming into the data center from the power grid. If the MSB detects a loss in voltage pressure, it will automatically kick the load over to battery back up. |
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(Uninterrupted Power Supply) |
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- Provides backup for the entire data center in case of power outages.
- Fill in until a secondary power source, such as a generator comes on line
- UPS does not refer to MIB (mMen in Brown) who provide specialized transport and logistic services.
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(Automatic Static Transfer Switches) |
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Transfer power between multiple sources
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(Power Distribution Units) |
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| is a device fitted with multiple outputs designed to distribute electric power, especially to racks or computers and networking equipment located within a data center. |
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| any connection between facilities provided as separate untis by the datacenter. In other words, if you rent a cage you can run cables between your various racks and they are not really considered " Cross Connects" But typically a user cacility is a rack. |
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| Intra Campus Cross Connect |
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| Uses fiber optic cables to interconnect clusters of nearby data centers, enabling high-speed data transfer between sites and allowing customers to leverage the combined power of the campus. |
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| provides highly reliable network connectivity across multiple IBX data centers in a metroplitan area. |
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| a physical site where telecom companies and ISP's exchange internet traffic between their networks. |
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| Makes it possible to connect two dissimilar media types help to extend the range before the signal of copper lines become to weak. |
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| made of tubular steel and comes in sizes from 6" to 36" wide. The installation of a ladder rack is simple and requires little trade experience. Ladder rack comes with many accessories allow the routing of cable without damage. |
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| Ladder rack with sides and may be steel, aluminum or fiberglass. These sides allow for a greater amount of cable to be supported. The maximum loading depth recognized by the NEC is 6" cable tray is desidgnt to support both electrical and data cables and is typically more robust than a ladder rack. |
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| cable tray designed for light duty applications. |
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