More apps, more connectivity. Billions of people talking to each other via technology, joined by trillions of things. All that interaction needs computation. Add to that artificial intelligence algorithms that need gigantic, and growing, computational power. These trends have clear consequences for data center infrastructure. They require more cables. More servers. More ports. Higher density racks. And larger server rooms in bigger data centers.
– Brady Corporation
The advantage of barcodes is that, when scanned, they instantly generate a digital data trail. But let’s face the truth: barcodes have been around since the 1960’s. In data centers, they take too much space, require labels that are too large, and as a result they can hardly be used to identify each server port separately. Due to their size, they also need considerable cable flag labels to maintain code legibility. All those large flags can create a big mess, certainly in high density racking.
Enter the QR-code or industrial data matrix code. Smaller, able to include more information, these codes can be printed in millimeters while maintaining scanner readability. They can fit tiny cable flags and every port in high density servers, routers and switches.
