Technical Article: Advancing Open Architectures for the Edge with ADLINK OpenSled
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The evolution towards open architectures is market driven, as the components that make up network infrastructure become more open and commoditized. Carriers are seeking solutions with lower cost and higher value by using common components across multiple platforms such as Open Compute Project (OCP) solutions with interoperable, multi-vendor supplier support.
The OCP Telco Project laid the foundation for networking equipment that brings the central office closer to the consumer with a flexible, open architecture that meets the varying demands found outside the data center. This is one of the motivating market factors that led ADLINK and Radisys to collaborate and create the OCP carrier grade CG-OpenRack-19 and OpenSled Server specifications within the newly formed OCP Telecom Group.
ADLINK’s OCP-Accepted™ OpenSled specification enhances the CG-OpenRack-19 specification submitted by Radisys in December 2016. OpenSled enables a much greater density of compute, storage and switching in each frame compared to traditional server architectures.
Download this article to find out how the OCP Telco Project initiative is pushing OCP architecture outside the data center to include telecom, mobile, and customer premises equipment (CPE), effectively opening up this open-architecture environment beyond data center walls.
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