Inadequate/ limited space, power, and cooling capacity have led many data centers or organizations to be acquainted with capital and operating costs for their set ups. Data centers have become an increasing part of their financial plan over time. The lack of flexibility caused by obsolete, incompetent data centers has also begun to affect businessContinue Reading …
The Hot and Cold Passage
May 11, 2012 By
Server racks and relay racks are the storage cabinet. They are integral pieces of hardware equipments in a data center. A server rack is considered to house, protect and organize a variety of computer equipment. Keeping racks and relays cool is an essential undertaking, which require hot/cold aisles. A lot of energy is wasted whenContinue Reading …
What Surge Suppression Does Your Data Center Have?
May 10, 2012 By
A surge suppressor is also widely known as a surge protector. It is a device introduced to the alternating current (AC) utility line or telephone line to avoid break down of electronic equipment from voltage fluctuation. The spikes popularly called transients is what puts off the electricity. A suitable and more appropriate term for thisContinue Reading …
Power Distribution Architecture of a Data Center
May 10, 2012 By
A traditional power distribution architecture which was developed in the late 70’s is still being used by some of the existing data centers. In this basic system, the main power of the data center is distributed through ‘power distribution units (PDU, with 50kW- 500kW ratings)’. These units have large power transformers which provide voltage conditioningContinue Reading …
Data Center Power Monitoring
April 27, 2012 By
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 …
Microsoft Turns to Biogas for Power Generation
April 25, 2012 By
As per latest reports, Microsoft is drawing up plans for a data center that will be powered by biogas. Biogas is produced from landfills and other sources. Last week, the company showcased its data plant experiment to make its data centers more reliable and environment friendly. “Fuel cells would supply power to the data centerContinue Reading …
Parallel UPS Configuration 101
April 12, 2012 By
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 …
Overhead Cabling- The New word For Energy Savings in Data Centers
March 13, 2012 By
Relying on technology and information has become a norm, rather, a way of living in recent times. For any information about anything, entering it in the search bar gets you more or less 2000 hits in less than a second. Highly commendable, but what makes it possible are the data centers which work round theContinue Reading …
UPS Servicing Plans
March 7, 2012 By
All data centers understand the disaster that follows a downtime. And as a preventive measure, they are investing in high quality UPS which is equipped with many new features. But it is not just sufficient to have a quality UPS in place. Unlike some equipment in a data center, these devices need constant maintenance andContinue Reading …
Data Center Energy Monitoring Made Easy
February 22, 2012 By
All data center lay a lot of stress on keep track of energy usage in the data centers. By monitoring the energy, it is easy to narrow down on the devices that will need replacement and the devices that have reached the end of their functioning life. With so much importance given to green practicesContinue Reading …
