Importance Of DCI (Data Centre Interconnect) in digital revolution supported by data centres in India

Data centres in Bengaluru are growing at a fast rate. Currently, there are 26 colocation data centres in Bengaluru and more than 7,500 across the globe. However, these facilities do not function as standalone entities. They are linked to one another by DCI (Date Centre Interconnect) technology.

DCI links two or more data hubs over long, medium, or short distances with packet- optical high-speed connectivity. This technology is vital for operators and enterprises striving to meet the fast-growing demand for cloud data and services.

With the evolution of content-driven and cloud-based networks, DCI solutions and technology have been morphing too. New DCI products offer power efficiency, density, and simplicity. This article answers the question, "Why DCI?"

Reasons to Opt for DCI

Customers are leveraging DCI for the following main reasons:

Connect content quickly: Whether for the long-haul or across the city, you can make sure your network can swiftly connect high-bandwidth applications, demands, and clients. DCI offers a direct, high-speed link between your servers/data, cloud providers, and customers.

Swift scalability: Rapidly scale to meet the expanding bandwidth requirements of demanding OTT and cloud data services and applications. Bid goodbye to capacity exhaust and connect your facilities in a flexible manner. Or, link your data hubs to a range of cloud providers and multi-tenant data facilities.

Automated manual tasks: Standard management interfaces and industry-grade APIs are included in DCI products to automate laborious work and free employees from error- prone, repetitive manual tasks, while minimizing maintenance windows.

Quicker delivery of services: Launch your new projects swiftly and generate revenue faster. The rapid delivery with intuitive management and fast turn-up allows you to offer new services to your customers or develop content delivery solutions in quick time. Other benefits are an improved customer experience, enhanced business performance, and streamlined operations.

Easy to handle: New DCI products are easy to use. They can simplify and accelerate planning, ordering, and delivery to improve execution velocity and reduce operational costs. Streamline business operations and performance and enhance your customers' experience.

Operational Advantages

Operators and enterprises have to manage an explosion in data consumption. Video, cloud applications, and other requirements are extending their limits. DCI offers the following operational benefits to operators and organizations:

Customizable solutions: You can use platform-embedded APIs and application development websites to build customizable and unique software programs for automation and management, tailored to particular needs.

Capacity to meet traffic growth: You can easily meet the growth in traffic in the future without investing massively in CAPEX, as DCI provides seamless and high capacity scalability to several terabits a second.

Improved flexibility: DCI systems give a lot of flexibility to operators and enterprises. You can select from different interfaces and connections, deployment scenarios, modulation schemes, and protocol rates. In addition, you can determine whether to operate existing or new photonic lines in unprotected or protected configurations.

Reduced operating expenses: Improved designs with compact footprints and lower power consumption minimize real estate, cooling, and electricity costs. Basic product architecture assists to decrease training, licensing, sparing, and management costs.

Why DCI is Important?

Information and data are the lifelines of most businesses and they need to be stored, safeguarded, and made easily accessible. It is critical to interconnect data centres in Bengaluru and other cities to offer effortless access to cloud services and applications and enhance customer and user experiences.

DCI programs aid you to accomplish all this, while reducing costs and improving efficiencies. A good DCI solution provider can help you link your data centres in Bengaluru and other cities at any distance.

Functionality of STT GDC India Bengaluru Data Centres

STT GDC India operates three state-of-the-art data centres in Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India. We offer best-in-class infrastructure to meet the stringent demands of cloud service providers and enterprise clients. Our data centres in Bengaluru have the following advanced functionality:

Large Floor Plates

User-friendly huge floor plates with minimum columns

Floor to Ceiling Height

Tall racks can be accommodated due to the expansive height

Tier 3 Compliant

The data centres are Tier 3 compliant

Dedicated Substation

66KV dedicated substation connected to two different substations

Network Connectivity

Network dense and carrier-neutral facilities

Data Centre Security

Stringent global standards of access control and security

Data centres in Bengaluru and other cities need to deploy sophisticated technologies like DCI solutions to provide efficient and scalable IT infrastructure to client firms.

Besides the three data centres in Bengaluru, we operate 15 other state-of-the-art colocation facilities in eight other Indian cities.