Reichle & De-Massari to launch new data center solutions in Saudi

December 24, 2012 By

Reichle & De-Massari is a leading supplier of passive cabling solution will introduce latest data center solutions to the Saudi market. Reichle & De-Massari new solution features raised floor box, multiple-fire push on connector and multi-fiber termination push-on system. Reichle & De-Massari Corporate’s solutions are specially designed for robust and reliable data center. Reichle & De-Massari Corporate’s customized solutions are tailor made to fit companies to fit their specific data center needs regardless of the complexities of the current infrastructure and enables easy migration to bandwidth speeds up to 100 GBs. The local IT market is expected to invest $7.92 Billion by this year end and can increase up-to $12.3 billion by 2015. 85 % if Saudi companies are expected to adopt cloud technology during 2012-13.

Jean Pierre Labry Executive Vice President at R&M Middle East and Africa said, “Saudi IT decision-makers have become increasingly aware of the need for robust data center environments to guarantee reliable and secure data communication and storage as the Saudi market continues to adopt services such as cloud computing at a rapid pace. R&M simplifies the choice for IT decision-makers by offering a wide range of solutions to build high performing scalable data centers.”

Managing Director at R&M Arabia and Bahrain Manzoor Ali said, “Data centers must keep high standards to provide its offered services without any breakdown. In order to provide continued break free service to the IT and communication network, the components used to build up a data center should be of high quality either active or passive equipment.  Installing a high end zero defect cabling solution such as R&M’s, definitely results in better network performance and faultless reliability.  R&M in the market is known for providing modular and customized

solutions, which reduces the planning process for creating a robust data center enabling network planners to keep up

with growing traffic and demands on the network.”

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Reasons to Renovate Your Data Centers

December 5, 2012 By

 

          Most of the data centers have following features false floors, windowless rooms, lots of electrical outlets, limited walking space and sterile. Data Center renovations one of the best paths where managers can improve performance and improve the overall efficiency of the center. By renovating Data centers, managers can yield a lot of improvements in terms of space, performance, operating cost and many others. When do managers know it’s time to renovate data centers? These following points will give some idea.

         One of the main goals of data centers is to maintain cool temperature. Whenever you traverse
inside the data center, if you get any hot flashes or when temperature fluctuates greatly. Then it’s time
to check and renovate the cooling system. CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) is one of the gauges
which tell how to manage cooling systems in your data centers.

         Each and every day technology keeps on upgrading. Have a look at technologies running in the current market and implement those in order to gain more efficiency. Implement new rack designs which provide a new level of savings in cost and energy and also improves the level of control over data center.

         No room to add more servers? When you think of adding a new rack of sever to gain more power into your data center, you think of renovation. Carefully analyze servers and remove the servers which are not running, this might cause under utilization of resources and might directly affect your operations and maintenance

cost.

         A fan is one of the cheapest cooling agents in data centers. A fan is capable of redirecting hot air away from servers and allows cool air inside the servers; this can reduce hot air between servers the data centers.

         When your data center looks like a room of cables. This means data center needs renovation and management team has to improve cabling. This might money and time and this leads to overall improvement of the data center.

         Worrying about natural disasters? We are not sure when data center might be struck with a flood or earth quake and other emergencies. New data center designs concentrate more on disaster management and recovery, implementing any of these designs might help to overcome disasters.

         Managers need to have a close look at data center Infrastructure management tools and these approaches might be worth of looking into. DCIM tools favor small data centers which are scalable.

         Not getting expected efficiency from your data centers? If you think that you are not yielding expected efficiency from your data centers, then it’s time to renovate your data center. While renovating data centers look for alternative energy sources and alternative source for cooling your servers. Managers need to make a regular survey on servers and eliminate redundant hardware which might eat up a lot of energy.

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Implement Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Data Centers

November 28, 2012 By

                 Data centers need to implement R3(Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) methodology to minimize wastage. R3 is a Waste hierarchy framework which helps data centers to produce maximum benefits with minimum wastage. Most of the data center companies including technology giants Google, yahoo and others are trying as much as possible to implement R3 and minimize its wastage.  Now let us know how we can implement R3 in data centers.

Reduce:

                Try to buy heavy components like server racks from local vendors, this would reduce transportation charges and also reduces air pollution. If materials are expensive locally, you can import materials from other nearby locations where the material is cheaper.

Recycle:

Companies should think about giving a second life to all data center components by recycling them and selling it in local markets. Sometimes components need to be sold by breaking them into raw materials such as plastics, aluminum, copper, steel, etc.

Reuse:

Before adding any new components to Data centers have a check with the older equipments which can be reused. If you already have machines which serves the purpose, then why to buy new equipments.

Data Center companies have to think more on using renewable resources to obtain maximum savings and minimize wastage. In terms of energy companies can use renewable energy resources like solar energy, wind, tidal and other sources. Initial cost for implementing these resources might be high, but later it helps to reduce overall investment. Microsoft has plans to run its data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming on Biogas, you can get complete detail on this by visiting the link given at the end of the article.

Data center management team has to think of making use of locally available resources to minimize wastage. One of Google’s data center in Douglas County uses city waste water to cool its servers, another center in Hamina, Finland uses sea water to chill

servers without using any chillers in the center. Microsoft’s data center in San Antonio uses recycled water provided by local water company.

Data center managers should regularly have a maintenance check on all the equipments and make necessary alterations. These maintenance processes can reduce a large amount of wastage. Company should design data centers which recycles and reuses the resources to optimum level. Some Data center companies in Australia are planning environment friendly means to dispose hardware. Companies expect e-waste to be doubled from next five years. One of the important ways to cut down hardware waste is by properly designing the hardware rooms. Include more number of bio-degradable hardware components.

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Data Center Management – Solutions to mitigate most Common Risks

November 1, 2012 By

 

Organizations today heavily depend on IT to support all their activities. This is why data centers have become a go-to facility for maintaining network and system functions. Customers too expect nothing but the best. This is why it is crucial to maintain a high performance service. Managing this infrastructure effectively is the key to enhanced operation rates. That is why data center managers should be able to track and assess the performance of individual sections of the data center effectively. Providing them with industry specific products should help them measure performance efficiently and mitigate potential risks. Let us look at these performance measurement products/tools and find out what they can do for the data center.

Availability of IT Equipment:

Downtime is data center manager’s worst nightmare. Generally customers expect system availability almost 100% of the time. Hence, IT personals need to access the reliability of the equipments of the data center so that that can reduce downtime considerably. The data obtained from assessing the equipments should also help them identify and alleviate issues.

Solution:

Technology has provided monitoring solutions which are based on the changing environmental factors and offers real time feedback about systems responding to factors like temperature, amperage draw, humidity, dew point, and physical security. These readings help the experts set thresholds for different atmospheric conditions. Additionally, this system also provides past information which can alert the personnel about the changing trends so that they are equipped with practices for that event.

Assessing Critical Services

Critical services means determining, classifying and rating the highest priority sites and facilities.  Systems like the four tiered classification system which is based on factors like useable capacity, fault tolerance, maintainability and sustainability helps in the evaluation .After undergoing the process, the administrators should be able to employ suitable managements and control systems for these critical sites which will help them mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Solution:

Management solutions like KVM or service processor aggregation appliances offer the IT administrators access to servers, devices and even to equipments which are available locally and remotely. These provide BIOS – level access and offer assistance to reduce downtime by allowing instant access to all failed resources and data center management. These solutions also provide analysis and audit logging which helps the personnel gain valuable insight to the daily occurrence of the various operations in the data center.

Measuring the Data Center’s Energy Consumption

The rising rate of energy consumption is a cause of concern for most organizations. This has been a prime concern since companies are employing high density server racks which consume significant amount of energy. Experts are always looking for methods and practices to reduce the energy usage and making the data centers much more efficient. Proposition of implementing PUE and the DCE metrics should enable the data center managers estimate the efficiency of that data center. As Per Gris Grid which is consortium of IT companies, Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) = Total Facility Power/ IT Equipment Power; Datacenter Efficiency (DCE) = IT Equipment Power/ Total Facility Power.  The PUE results are compared to different data centers to find out if the data center needs improvements to increase its efficiency.

Solution:

By using the results of PUE and DCE, administrators can evaluate the efficiency of their data center. Other than these, one can also use application specific data for evaluation. Performance rating tools like EPA energy star and Portfolio manager offers rating to the data center after comparing the results with other data centers. Switching to higher voltage power is also a practice which allows the IT equipment to operate much more efficiently. Regular audits of the facility including the racks and equipment will provide valuable insights like if the under the floor plan should be improved  or if some servers should be discarded. Using blanking panels and cable management accessories in the rack can also assist in reducing the energy usage of the data center making them energy efficient.

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Data Center Management – Solutions to Mitigate most Common Risks

June 28, 2012 By

Organizations today heavily depend on IT to support all their activities. This is why data centers have become a go-to facility for maintaining network and system functions. Customers too expect nothing but the best. This is why it is crucial to maintain a high performance service. Managing this infrastructure effectively is the key to enhanced operation rates. That is why data center managers should be able to track and assess the performance of individual sections of the data center effectively. Providing them with industry specific products should help them measure performance efficiently and mitigate potential risks. Let us look at these performance measurement products/tools and find out what they can do for the data center.

Availability of IT Equipment:

Downtime is data center manager’s worst nightmare. Generally customers expect system availability almost 100% of the time. Hence, IT personals need to access the reliability of the equipments of the data center so that that can reduce downtime considerably. The data obtained from assessing the equipments should also help them identify and alleviate issues.

Solution:

Technology has provided monitoring solutions which are based on the changing environmental factors and offers real time feedback about systems responding to factors like temperature, amperage draw, humidity, dew point, and physical security. These readings help the experts set thresholds for different atmospheric conditions. Additionally, this system also provides past information which can alert the personnel about the changing trends so that they are equipped with practices for that event.

Assessing Critical Services

Critical services means determining, classifying and rating the highest priority sites and facilities.  Systems like the four tiered classification system which is based on factors like useable capacity, fault tolerance, maintainability and sustainability helps in the evaluation .After undergoing the process, the administrators should be able to employ suitable managements and control systems for these critical sites which will help them mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

Solution:

Management solutions like KVM or service processor aggregation appliances offer the IT administrators access to servers, devices and even to equipments which are available locally and remotely. These provide BIOS – level access and offer assistance to reduce downtime by allowing instant access to all failed resources and data center management. These solutions also provide analysis and audit logging which helps the personnel gain valuable insight to the daily occurrence of the various operations in the data center.

Measuring the Data Center’s Energy Consumption

The rising rate of energy consumption is a cause of concern for most organizations. This has been a prime concern since companies are employing high density server racks which consume significant amount of energy. Experts are always looking for methods and practices to reduce the energy usage and making the data centers much more efficient. Proposition of implementing PUE and the DCE metrics should enable the data center managers estimate the efficiency of that data center. As Per Gris Grid which is consortium of IT companies, Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) = Total Facility Power/ IT Equipment Power; Datacenter Efficiency (DCE) = IT Equipment Power/ Total Facility Power.  The PUE results are compared to different data centers to find out if the data center needs improvements to increase its efficiency.

Solution:

By using the results of PUE and DCE, administrators can evaluate the efficiency of their data center. Other than these, one can also use application specific data for evaluation. Performance rating tools like EPA energy star and Portfolio manager offers rating to the data center after comparing the results with other data centers. Switching to higher voltage power is also a practice which allows the IT equipment to operate much more efficiently. Regular audits of the facility including the racks and equipment will provide valuable insights like if the under the floor plan should be improved  or if some servers should be discarded. Using blanking panels and cable management accessories in the rack can also assist in reducing the energy usage of the data center making them energy efficient.

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Stream Data Centers Builds Its New Data Center in Woodlands

June 28, 2012 By

Latest industry reports suggest that data center developer Stream data centers recently started construction of a private data centre in Woodlands, Texas.  This data center will be spread across 73,320 sq.ft and also be able to withstand 146-mph winds and uplift. The data center will also incorporate sustainable design practice to achieve the LEED Gold Certification.

Stream Private Data Center is expected to provide 3.375 MW of critical load with plenty of room to expand to 6.75 MW across 30,000 square feet of raised floor with all necessary conduit and pads. The facility will implement the 2N electrical /N+1 mechanical configuration which will provide dual feed power from two separate sub stations.

‘Stream data centers’ has chosen Woodlands as the location for the data center is because this location offers strict zoning and a controlled environment. The region also has zero proximity to industrial uses, rails lines and flight paths.

Stream Data Centers co-managing partner Rob Kennedy said, “The Stream Private Data Center in The Woodlands offers corporate users a wholesale data center option located within a master-planned setting.”

The new data center is designed in such a way that it can be controlled by either a single tenant or 3 fully independent private data center suites. Each data center suite delivers a significant critical load which is not only expandable but also supported by independent power and cooling infrastructure.

The new facility will be fully-commissioned and ready for occupancy 1 April, 2013.

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“Think Green” for Your Data Center

June 18, 2012 By

In the recent times, every one everywhere is going green. The term itself has become a trend. People are concerned about the climate change and are paying a keen attention to its “shiver sent down the spine“type of repercussions. Recycling, reducing pollution and supporting renewable energy are now being given order importance. Businesses too, are advertising their green practices and products. Organizations are seeking efficient, energy solutions for their data centers to reduce downtime, and increase output. Take a look at the few practices listed below  which will help you extend the life of datacenters while deferring new build-out costs.

See those equipments? Look closely:

As we all know, the equipments of the data center gulp down the majority of the power that is supplied to the data center. You would want to start your green trend here. Change any hardware which looks like it’s on the last term of its life cycle. Now, if you cannot replace them due to lack of resources, ensure that they are properly maintained. Doing so makes a noticeable impact on the overall energy use.

Point to be considered is that, these IT equipments come with thermostatic fan control, ensuring that these fans have a clear path to the machine, will keep the temperature in control and enhance the operation efficiency.

Keeping  the intake grills clean and making sure that accessories like cable management arms, in-rack PDUs are not blocking any exhaust ports will ensure optimum operation of the data center.

What’s in the AC Vents?

Data centers need heavy duty cooling equipments to maintain optimum temperature levels. Usually the air flow path is through the air conditioning equipments to the equipments and back to the AC equipment.

Sometimes, airflow might not follow that path. The air from the outlet might return to input which would in turn reduce the cooling efficiency and considerably decrease the AC’s capacity. Recirculation (hot air from the IT equipments might find its way to the AC inlet) is another possibility.

Managing airflow by keeping the hot and the cold air away from each other can aid the cost savings on cooling requirements effectively. Start by blocking any unused space around the racks so that there is not hot air leakage from the back of the rack to the front of it .Organizing the racks in the hot aisle/cold aisle will do the trick.

The unobstructed return of the hot air to the air conditioning equipment is every bit as important as the delivery of cold air. IT equipment rows should be located such that perimeter air conditioning equipment is centered at the end of hot aisles. If there are more hot aisles than air conditioners, placing empty, blanked racks at the end of the row nearest the air conditioner is an effective way to keep the hot air directed properly without affecting operating equipment. In many cases, the air can be further isolated with simple plastic curtains, ensuring that only cold air is supplied to the equipment and equally important, the hot air has a clear path back to the air conditioning equipment.

It’s a data center, not cold storage:

Now we know that the temperature in the data center has to be relatively cold, but it really shouldn’t feel like your blood is freezing over once you step into one. Overcooling is one of the many reasons why the data centers do not perform as efficiently as it should be. Maintain the temperature as per your equipment’s need. All major equipment manufacturers support the temperature range recommended by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) which has an upper limit of 77° F. This temperature range provides a good operation margin and considerable energy savings.

Chart the Data Center’s growth:

 Estimating various parameters like when and how you are planning to upgrade the data center will help you gain valuable insights on computing needs. Implementing a CFD model will help you estimate and predict various cooling related issues. Also examining the load on each server can result in accurate estimation of cost and energy savings.

Use Your PUE/DCIE

Power usage effectiveness helps one express the energy efficiency of their data center. Knowing your PUE will enable you to set goals and track efficiency of your data center. Once the value is known, you can modify and upgrade the system for power saving and cost effective solutions.

Bottom line is a well designed, organized data center will ensure that your business runs like a well-oiled machine. It will help you reduce the capital expenditure and delay the need of a complete replacement of the equipments. An effective data center is also environmentally feasible way to manage your operations.

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Raleigh to Be the New Location for an Expansion Project of Citrix Systems

June 8, 2012 By

According to latest reports, Raleigh, North Carolina is making way for their
newest addition, a major corporate headquarter to their landscape. Citrix systems who are a major provider of cloud computing has locked down Raleigh for the expansion project of its Sharefile Data Sharing Group.  Sharefile hopes to announce the exact location of its new corporate headquarters by August.

 The project is expected to be completed in the next 5 years and Citrix Systems is reported to be investing a capital between $11 million and $26 million in Downtown Raleigh to house its workforce.

“At Sharefile, relaxation and play is considered as important as work in this corporate culture. We have a big tech company with a lot of young employees,” said Sharefile founder Jesse Lipson. “They want to be where the action is”.

“People are trying to come downtown more and more and more,” said Joey Brown. “People move from all sorts of other places to get down here.”

Adds Tara Zechini, I love to work downtown. The energy down here is great.”

“There’s always fun, there’s always parties and great things to eat and do; it’s a great place to be,” said Zechini.

Adding Sharefile’s employees to the downtown is bound to have an effect on the area’s economy.

 “When you move 500 professionals in a tech company to an area, they’re going to want to live near where they work and eat and experience entertainment in that area,” said Lipson.

He also believes that this move will affect the business end of Raleigh in a dramatic way.

“I think it’ll have a ripple effect on Raleigh and on other tech companies will want to move their headquarters down to where the action is.”

To return the favor to Citrix Systems for the expansion in Raleigh, the city has decided to award a Job Development Investme

nt Grant. The grant pays the company 2.25 percent of the new tax value of taxable investment recorded on the tax records for a period of 12 years at the current tax rate of $0.3735 per $100 property valuation.


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Advisory Report for the Telecommunication Industry Examines the Data Center Market

June 7, 2012 By

 

Current Analysis, a leading tactical competitive intelligence for the telecommunication industry recently announced that they are releasing their advisory report on data center and cloud services market for the second quarter of 2012.

 

This report will evaluate the current data center trends and also the cloud service sector and how these services are becoming flexible towards offering services to its clients. The report will also talk about the challenges that this sector faces in terms of changing market dynamics.

 

Advances in virtualization technology have helped optimize the data center operations radically. Optimization efforts through projects such as server consolidation that reduce data center footprints and support increased energy efficiency. Virtualization also offers a basic platform for cloud computing and has made it available to various SMEs and enterprises

 

“Streamlining data center operations is not a new concept, but with the advent of cloud computing, virtualization and the myriad of security issues, timely, new intelligence is invaluable to organizations,” commented Tim Dowd, CEO of Current Analysis. “Current Analysis will continuously analyze the changing marketplace and provide guidance on where and how companies should focus their efforts.”

 

In this Advisory Report, Amy DeCarlo, Principal Analyst for Security and Data Center Services, features solutions from a number of providers, including Amazon Web Services, AT&T, BT Global Services, CSC, HP, IBM, Rackspace, Savvis, T-Systems, and Terremark.

 

Ms. DeCarlo stated, “IBM Global Services earns its leadership status by demonstrating consistent strength across a range of functional areas in the data center, including both physical and virtual server hosting, on-demand computing, and managed application services. The provider reinforces the stability of its solutions with a resilient data center infrastructure and the security protections to reassure some of the world’s most exacting customers.”

 

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Telect’s New C degree Flow Manages Data Center Rack Temperature Effectively

June 4, 2012 By

The industry is raving about an efficient energy management tool aptly called the Telect’s new C degree Flow. This tool is an innovative capital saving solution for managing data center rack temperatures, thereby increasing efficiency.

“The C degree Flow™ strip is a simple solution to the complex problem of data center cooling,” says Paul Knight, Vice President of Product Development. ”We invented the plastic with data center best practices in mind. Not only can inlet temperatures of racks be seen, but temperatures across a rack can be increased by knowing where the cold air is going. Ultimately, increasing hot aisle temperatures results in increased cooling efficiencies and greater equipment capacities.”

This tool enables the technical personnel to easily evaluate the data center temperatures and quickly provide solution in case of inconsistencies.

Stephen Baker, Telect’s Communications and Brand Manager, adds, “The C degree Flow™ strip is indicative of Telect’s mission to simplify networks. The strip is simple to install and simple to use.”

Telect headquarters is located in Liberty Lake, Washington. It connects clients and businesses and provides them with unique copper, enclosures, fiber, power, racks, and services Telect believes in delivering focused and strategic plans to simplify networks and network components giving the clients the best service experience in the industry.

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