Multicloud Network Fuels Data-Driven Research
Finding a cure for breast cancer, keeping helicopters in the air, and predicting hurricanes is all in a day’s work at University of South Carolina. A flexible, multicloud network connects researchers, students, and administrators across the state—and country.
Overview
| Company | University of South Carolina |
| Industry | Education |
| Products used | MX10004, MX10008, and MX10016 , EX4600 , EX4300 Multigigabit |
| Region | Americas |
Business Challenge
A network designed for hybrid, on-premises and public cloud powers creates new agility for University of South Carolina. Data center workloads move faster. Research data moves out to the cloud in a fraction of the time. Students and faculty have an exceptional experience.
The Products
The SDN-enabled MX480 Universal Routing Platform offers unprecedented scale for service provider and cloud applications, enabling the delivery of advanced business and residential multi-service edge services. The MX480 Universal Routing Platform delivers 7.5 Tbps of system capacity that supports inline MACsec without performance penalties for 10/40/100 GbE interfaces. It is also a carrier-grade platform with extensive automation capabilities.
The MX10004, MX10008, and MX10016 Universal Routing Platforms deliver unprecedented scale for service provider and cloud operators, enabling advanced business and residential multi-service edge services with a cloud-optimized form factor, and superior cost-per-bit economics. The MX10004, MX10008, and MX10016 are SDN-enabled, delivering up to 76.8 Tbps of system capacity in 4, 8, or 16 slot chassis supporting dense 100 GbE, 400 GbE, and, in the future, 800 GbE interfaces. These carrier-grade platforms have extensive automation capabilities.
The EX Series Ethernet Switches are cloud-ready, high-performance access and aggregation/core layer switches designed for enterprise branch, campus, and data center networks. Wired access networks don’t have to be complex—you can reduce risk and cost without compromising performance, quality, and innovation.
