Doesn't the MetaMako device do exactly the same thing as the Glimmerglass photonic switch?
Ammar > On 15 Dec 2014, at 2:50 pm, Peter teStrake <peter.testr...@tradingscreen.com> > wrote: > > Hi Arnold, > > I have recently been talking to these guys ( > https://www.metamako.com/use-cases/ ) about intelligent cross connect > management within our data centers. > > Maybe this would work for you, and probably less complicated than a robot. > > Cheers > Pete > > > > >> On 11/12/2014 09:21, "joel jaeggli" <joe...@bogus.com> wrote: >> >>> On 12/10/14 4:33 PM, Phil Bedard wrote: >>> Curious what the use case is where a photonic or L1 switch wouldn't get >>> the job done? >>> >>> With the robotic system you still need to wire everything up so it's >>> available to be xconnected. >> >> We've done electromechanical cross connect termination before on a very >> large scale. >> >> http://www.siemens.com/history/pool/newsarchiv/newsmeldungen/20110403_bild >> _3_fernsprechamt_muenchen-schwabing_458px.jpg >> >> those systems typically don't have the capacity to connect 100% of the >> edges at once. >> >>> FiberZone was another vendor who made robotic patch panels, but I'm not >>> sure they are around anymore. >> their website is still there, I've never seen an AFM live. >>> Interesting also Verizon has a patent on automated patch panels, but >>> using >>> very specific mechanics. >>> >>> https://www.google.com/patents/US8175425 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Phil >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 12/9/14, 11:51 PM, "Arnold Nipper" <arn...@nipper.de> wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 2014-12-10 00:36, schrieb Andrew Jones: >>>> >>>>> http://www.laser2000.de/out/media/glimmerglass_system_100%281%29.pdf >>>> Thank you, Andrew ... while Glimmerglass is really an exciting and >>>> excdellent system, these devices are exactly those photonic cross >>>> connects I'm _not_ looking for :9 >>>> >>>>>> On 10.12.2014 10:21, Arnold Nipper wrote: >>>>>> I'm looking for a modular, cost-effective automatic / intelligent >>>>>> fibre >>>>>> optic patch panel. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not looking at these photonic x-connects, but really for >>>>>> something >>>>>> which does the patching instead of a technician. >>>> >>>> Arnold >>>> -- >>>> Arnold Nipper / nIPper consulting, Sandhausen, Germany >>>> email: arn...@nipper.de phone: +49 6224 5593407 2 >>>> mobile: +49 172 2650958 fax: +49 6224 5593407 9 >
