MTTR

For the last decade, speed has been the default justification for any network refresh. Need new switches? Chase higher throughput. Upgrade the backbone? Go for 100G, maybe even 400G. But in today’s data center environment — where energy costs, staffing limitations, and hardware lifecycle all impact your bottom line — network operators are rethinking what actually matters.

More and more teams are approaching their next refresh with a new guiding principle: efficiency over raw speed.