SingleHop Goes ‘West’

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Leading dedicated server and cloud hosting provider SingleHop Inc announced the launch of its new data center in Phoenix, Arizona. Operated by IO, leading provider of next generation modular data center technology and services, the facility is the first western US expansion by SingleHop. Customers will now have the option to choose which data centerContinue Reading …

Data Center Budget Review

Budget, in simple words, is a trade-off between two or more goods. It is an organizational plan stated in fiscal terms. Like in IT companies, data centers also have its unique priority of reviewing the crucial areas for the year ahead. According to experts who manoeuvre in and around the data center market, suggest tracking aContinue Reading …

Know Your Racks and Relays

A server rack is a tool used to arrange all the servers. It is unimaginable to go without them. Server racks and relay racks can be understood as the storage cabinet. They are an an integral piece of hardware equipments in a data center. A server rack is considered to house, protect and organize aContinue Reading …

Data Center Power Monitoring

Smart and efficient energy management has been one of the major challenges not just in the IT industry but also in data centers. Energy use is a persistent issue for data centers. Power drawn by data centers vary from a few kW for a rack of servers in a closet to several tens of MWContinue Reading …

Bond with Biometric Screening

When we go online, we usually gain access to our private folders through user IDs and passwords. Not only are these tools hard to manage, their security is also a cause of unease. IDs and passwords can be forgotten, hacked by experts, devices can be stolen or tampered with. Many of us find ourselves jugglingContinue Reading …

Access Control Systems-101

Access control systems have gained much popularity in the last few years. Data and building security is a factor that companies all around the world are worried about. A leak in data security would mean access to all confidential files of your company by anyone who knows how to use a computer. A flaw inContinue Reading …

Parallel UPS Configuration 101

In today’s world where almost everything is dependent on machines, data’s, servers, an unexpected power loss or power fluctuation even for a minute can be very damaging.  Hence, to avoid such risk in the system, a multiple UPS system is set up to ensure backup when the first power backup supply fails. What is it?Continue Reading …

What’s in my cabinet?

In the last few articles, I presented what is needed to be able to rely on an up-to-date inventory for better control of your data center. Whether you want to migrate or introduce one or multiple servers, many important parameters must be known before even considering a suitable position for them. It is a complexContinue Reading …

Relocating Your Data Center Without Losing Your Hair

If you thought relocating your entire life to a new place was stress-inducing and a pain, think about the effort that will go into relocating a data center. Relocating a data center means moving the data center from its prime point of control to a new place and it should be done without any downtime.Continue Reading …

Data Safety in a Data Center

When you are looking forward to your business’s long life and continuity you will consider every aspect of it, safety being one of the most crucial ones. This is because, if you slack here, your business will be the one to pay, and you will be stuck with the bills. You already know that yourContinue Reading …

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