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Data center with free-space optical communications

  • US 8,774,637 B2
  • Filed: 10/26/2012
  • Issued: 07/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A data center bottle, comprising:

  • a plurality of data processing units (DPUs) coupled to an intra-bottle communications network, wherein each data processing unit is configured to run a part or all of a data processing application, andan optical interface unit (OIU) configured to communicatively couple the intra-bottle communications network to an internal network of one or more free space optical communication links configured to provide redundant interconnectivity between a plurality of nodal points distributed across a data center, wherein the redundant connectivity is provided through redundant meshes operating at a number of discrete wavelengths, andwherein the OIU is configured to connect or disconnect the data center bottle to or from one or more of the redundant meshes of the internal network of one or more free space optical communication links.

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