Is the physical infrastructure in your data center as efficient as it could be? If your IT shop is like most, oversizing is driving up costs. This paper explores strategies to optimize performance by assessing the equipment needed to provide power, cooling and physical protection of IT technology.

Learn how to determine the drivers of cost and investment and important components of physical infrastructure in your data center. Topics covered include:

• TCO calculation tools that evaluate cost control strategies, and estimate TCO for specific installations
• Factors to consider when evaluating TCO: power rating, power density, life cycles, average rack power and redundancy
• Deployment strategies that can prevent oversizing
• Strategies for efficiency improvement, improved planning, rightsizing the system, negotiating costs and self service