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Some time ago, container based data centers got good attention because of its time to market, availability of high power density and focused cooling. As recent as last December, Tier-1 indicated that there is little traction by this technology. Lately, a lot of buzz on this subject are in the media ...
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In this free white paper, learn how a lower server count can keep the data center agile enough to cope with today’s dynamically changing priorities and pressures. Discover how consolidation can help deliver services faster while cutting costs, conserving energy, and reacting faster to new dema...
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This free white paper from the experts at IDC posits solutions to the key problems posed by data center crowding. Learn how blade servers can help by drastically cutting energy costs, so you can reduce overhead and stay green; cutting down on deployment time, repairs, monitoring, and management; min...
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As I write my daily blog, some readers contact me via several media, such as LinkedIn and email. My blog covers the United States and Japan, but not Europe, for the simple reason that I live in the U.S. and originally came from Japan. When you cover a market of a specific country or region, you need...
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After I bumped into the same person three times in a row in October at data center–related conferences and other events, I decided that something or someone must be telling me I need to spend more time with him. Tom Canning is a data center consultant at Arch Rock, which manufactures sensors f...
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Because I cover Japan as well as the U.S., I often talk with Japanese data center operators about their interests. In these Internet times, some U.S. news is delivered to Japan instantly, but they want to talk to real data center operators and experts to find out how things are in their day-to-day o...
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In recent data center conferences, one thing that attracted my attention was cloud computing. For most people on the facilities side of the data center, cloud computing is pretty new. One keynote speaker emphasized the importance of cloud computing, and data center operators should take notice of it...
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Data center electrical efficiency is rarely planned or managed. The unfortunate result is that most data centers waste substantial amounts of electricity. Today it is both possible and prudent to plan, measure, and improve data center efficiency. In addition to reducing electrical consumption, effic...
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There is much confusion in the marketplace about the different types of UPS systems and their characteristics. Each of these UPS types is defined, practical applications of each are discussed, and advantages and disadvantages are listed. With this information, an educated decision can be made as to ...
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Voice Over IP (VoIP) deployments can cause unexpected or unplanned power and cooling requirements in wiring closets and wiring rooms. Most wiring closets do not have uninterruptible power available, and they do not provide the ventilation or cooling required to prevent equipment overheating. Underst...
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In data center design/build projects, flaws in project management and coordination are a common – but unnecessary – cause of delays, expense, and frustration. The ideal is for project management activities to be structured and standardized like interlocking building blocks, so all parties can co...
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Data center commissioning can deliver an unbiased evaluation of whether a newly constructed data center will be an operational success or a failure. Proper execution of the commissioning process is a critical step in determining how the data center operates as an integrated system. The documentation...
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Grow a Greener Data Center by Douglas Alger
What It Is
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This book discusses energy efficiency and how to measure what “green” means in the context of a data center. Furthermore, it discusses current methods to make data centers greener from both the facilities and IT perspe...
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In Week 3, we began virtualization of 35 servers that were coming out of our co-location facility, with the goal of migrating them in-house. We also had a mission to take up less space and consume less energy –all in 35 days.
The topic of energy and power manifested itself in other ways in week th...
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The Green Software Unconference is scheduled for August 19 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Since this is an unconference, there is no set agenda or program. But its theme is clear: What is green software and what can we do with it?
As everyone knows, IT includes many elements, s...
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