MRVC MRV Unveils Next-Generation Optical Transport Product Family
OptiDriver™ empowers high-growth cloud connectivity segment with the industry’s highest 10Gbps density and paves the way to 100Gbps by offering more capacity, intelligence and ease-of-use
MRV Communications™, Inc. (OTCQB: MRVC) (“MRV®”), a leading provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, today unveiled its OptiDriver™ platform, a series of products that brings more capacity, intelligence and multi-dimensional flexibility to cloud connectivity. The platform is the industry’s most compact, highest-density 10Gbps transport system, and features built-in testing and rapid turn up capabilities that significantly increase ease-of-use. By enabling more high-performance, intelligent networks, OptiDriver™ reduces operational costs and improves manageability of the most complex, bandwidth-rich networks.
“Data center and cloud operators, including Google, indicate that traffic between data centers is growing faster than connections to customers. This increase in interconnect traffic due to cloud storage and network virtualization heightens the need for greater bandwidth capacity, from the service provider network to the data center interconnect,” said Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for Infonetics Research. “A high-speed, intelligent network is faster, more cost-effective and easier to manage. Solutions that enable this will be a critical asset in the successful accommodation of more users and more advanced services.”
OptiDriver™ is purpose-built to help network operators accommodate next-generation bandwidth and service requirements while reducing operational and capital expenses. OptiDriver™ supports intelligent ROADM and 100Gbps transport and can evolve over time as these advanced technologies mature. For additional and extended flexibility, OptiDriver’s™ chassis supports modules from other MRV optical transport products, enabling a comprehensive set of applications to ease the transition to new features and more intelligent networks. The platform is fully integrated into MRV’s advanced Pro-Vision® service delivery and provisioning platform, and built-in processing support for current and emerging intelligent control plane technologies like GMPLS and Software Defined Networking (SDN) allows OptiDriver™ to quickly integrate into new and existing networks.
“Our team has developed OptiDriver™, our next-generation optical transport platform, with a solid understanding of the changing demands of our customers, while drawing on our rich history of solving complex optical and networking challenges. This is especially obvious in the integrated test and management capabilities built into MRV’s optical product line that significantly reduce the time and complexity traditionally associated with turning up and operating a network,” said Dave Stehlin, CEO for MRV Communications. “As these networks become more complex, this new OptiDriver™ platform will enable data centers, wholesale carriers, Internet exchanges and service providers to do more with less. It delivers additional capacity and ease-of-use to reduce management time and maintain a high-performance network.”
Key advantages of OptiDriver™ include:
Highest Bandwidth Density: The 10RU chassis can support up to 48 single height cards and 80 wavelengths. Based on the current size of 10Gbps optics, OptiDriver™ is the most compact 10Gbps platform available.
Broad 100G Application Support: Engineered to support the latest advances in optical technologies, including intelligent ROADM networks and 100Gbps transport.
Comprehensive Rate and Protocol Support: Multi-function hardware allows a minimum number of components to serve the maximum variety of applications, including Ethernet, OTN, TDM, Fibre Channel, ESCON/FICON, Infiniband and others.
Lowest Power Per Bit: Redundant power supplies, fans and management fabrics enable an overall typical power draw of less than 900Watts, making OptiDriver™ the most power efficient chassis in its class.
Flexible Hardware Design: A flexible shelf and component architecture dramatically lowers initial and ongoing hardware costs, simplifies operations and minimizes power and space requirements.
About MRV Communications
MRV Communications is a global leader in converged packet and optical solutions that empower the optical edge. For more than two decades, the most demanding service providers, Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide have trusted MRV® to provide best-in-class solutions and services for their mission-critical networks. We help our customers overcome the challenge of orchestrating the ever-increasing need for capacity while improving service delivery and lowering network costs for critical applications such as cloud connectivity, high-capacity business services, mobile backhaul and data center connectivity.
For more information please visit www.mrv.com.
Connect2 Communications
Ashley Baster, 919-435-9112
ashley@connect2comm.com
OptiDriver™ empowers high-growth cloud connectivity segment with the industry’s highest 10Gbps density and paves the way to 100Gbps by offering more capacity, intelligence and ease-of-use
MRV Communications™, Inc. (OTCQB: MRVC) (“MRV®”), a leading provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, today unveiled its OptiDriver™ platform, a series of products that brings more capacity, intelligence and multi-dimensional flexibility to cloud connectivity. The platform is the industry’s most compact, highest-density 10Gbps transport system, and features built-in testing and rapid turn up capabilities that significantly increase ease-of-use. By enabling more high-performance, intelligent networks, OptiDriver™ reduces operational costs and improves manageability of the most complex, bandwidth-rich networks.
“Data center and cloud operators, including Google, indicate that traffic between data centers is growing faster than connections to customers. This increase in interconnect traffic due to cloud storage and network virtualization heightens the need for greater bandwidth capacity, from the service provider network to the data center interconnect,” said Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for Infonetics Research. “A high-speed, intelligent network is faster, more cost-effective and easier to manage. Solutions that enable this will be a critical asset in the successful accommodation of more users and more advanced services.”
OptiDriver™ is purpose-built to help network operators accommodate next-generation bandwidth and service requirements while reducing operational and capital expenses. OptiDriver™ supports intelligent ROADM and 100Gbps transport and can evolve over time as these advanced technologies mature. For additional and extended flexibility, OptiDriver’s™ chassis supports modules from other MRV optical transport products, enabling a comprehensive set of applications to ease the transition to new features and more intelligent networks. The platform is fully integrated into MRV’s advanced Pro-Vision® service delivery and provisioning platform, and built-in processing support for current and emerging intelligent control plane technologies like GMPLS and Software Defined Networking (SDN) allows OptiDriver™ to quickly integrate into new and existing networks.
“Our team has developed OptiDriver™, our next-generation optical transport platform, with a solid understanding of the changing demands of our customers, while drawing on our rich history of solving complex optical and networking challenges. This is especially obvious in the integrated test and management capabilities built into MRV’s optical product line that significantly reduce the time and complexity traditionally associated with turning up and operating a network,” said Dave Stehlin, CEO for MRV Communications. “As these networks become more complex, this new OptiDriver™ platform will enable data centers, wholesale carriers, Internet exchanges and service providers to do more with less. It delivers additional capacity and ease-of-use to reduce management time and maintain a high-performance network.”
Key advantages of OptiDriver™ include:
Highest Bandwidth Density: The 10RU chassis can support up to 48 single height cards and 80 wavelengths. Based on the current size of 10Gbps optics, OptiDriver™ is the most compact 10Gbps platform available.
Broad 100G Application Support: Engineered to support the latest advances in optical technologies, including intelligent ROADM networks and 100Gbps transport.
Comprehensive Rate and Protocol Support: Multi-function hardware allows a minimum number of components to serve the maximum variety of applications, including Ethernet, OTN, TDM, Fibre Channel, ESCON/FICON, Infiniband and others.
Lowest Power Per Bit: Redundant power supplies, fans and management fabrics enable an overall typical power draw of less than 900Watts, making OptiDriver™ the most power efficient chassis in its class.
Flexible Hardware Design: A flexible shelf and component architecture dramatically lowers initial and ongoing hardware costs, simplifies operations and minimizes power and space requirements.
About MRV Communications
MRV Communications is a global leader in converged packet and optical solutions that empower the optical edge. For more than two decades, the most demanding service providers, Fortune 1000 companies and governments worldwide have trusted MRV® to provide best-in-class solutions and services for their mission-critical networks. We help our customers overcome the challenge of orchestrating the ever-increasing need for capacity while improving service delivery and lowering network costs for critical applications such as cloud connectivity, high-capacity business services, mobile backhaul and data center connectivity.
For more information please visit www.mrv.com.
Connect2 Communications
Ashley Baster, 919-435-9112
ashley@connect2comm.com
