TIA recently created a new task group to address the cloud computing issue. TR-42.1.1 Data Fabrics Task Group will explore fabric networking layouts for data centres, which are primarily used for large-scale distributed computing clusters.
The group plans to study the efficacy of fabrics and potentially incorporate their findings as an addendum to a revised version of the TIA-942 data centre infrastructure standard, which will be published in the first quarter of 2012.
For more information on participating in this group, contact givanov@tiaonline.org.