Business Intelligence |
Certification |
Cloud Computing |
Community Manager |
CRM/ERP/ETL |
Data Center |
Database |
Enterprise 2.0 |
Enterprise Applications |
Featured stories |
Free Trials |
Green Technology |
Guest Bloggers |
Identity |
Information Technology |
IT Compliance |
IT Decision-making |
Networking |
On-Demand |
Patch Tuesday |
Podcasts |
Programming |
Security |
Social Computing |
Social Media |
Software |
Storage |
Telecommunication |
Videos |
Virtualization |
Windows |
Wireless
Both hot and cold air containment can significantly improve the predictability and efficiency of data center cooling systems. While both approaches eliminate the mixing of hot and cold air, there are practical differences in implementation that have significant consequences. This paper examines both...
Join the discussion
Avoidable mistakes that are routinely made when installing cooling systems and racks in data centers or network rooms compromise availability and increase costs. These unintentional flaws create hot-spots, decrease fault tolerance, decrease efficiency, and reduce cooling capacity. Although facilitie...
Join the discussion
The control of humidity in Information Technology environments is essential to achieving high availability. This paper explains how humidity affects equipment and why humidity control is required. Quantitative design guidelines for existing and new computing installations are discussed. Alternative ...
Join the discussion
Room cooling is an ineffective approach for next-generation data centers. Latest generation high density and variable density IT equipment create conditions that room cooling was never intended to address, resulting in cooling systems that are inefficient, unpredictable, and low in power density. Ro...
Join the discussion
