BOOK - In chapter 5 of this e-book, a step-by-step guide to greening the data center is presented. These strategies for going green in the data center are designed to help IT managers create a holistic data center efficiency project.
Posted: March 1, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | EPA | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | Rack Enclosures | Rack Servers | UPS

WHITE PAPER - This white paper describes an improved method for measuring TCO for data center and network room physical infrastructure, and provides examples on how to relate these costs to the overall IT infrastructure and evaluate cost control strategies.
Posted: June 4, 2007 | Published: February 1, 2005


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Capacitors | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Physical Security | Security Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - High-density servers offer a significant performance per watt benefit. But, depending on the deployment, they can present a cooling challenge. This paper provides ten approaches for increasing cooling efficiency, cooling capacity and power density.
Posted: June 4, 2007 | Published: February 1, 2006


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Server Hardware

WHITE PAPER - Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of running a data centers. This paper explains how achieve electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
Posted: June 4, 2007 | Published: December 1, 2006


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Capacity Planning | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Power Supplies

WHITE PAPER - This paper illustrates which power and cooling factors to consider when safeguarding a Power over Ethernet (PoE) investment by comparing three different deployment methods.
Posted: July 9, 2007 | Published: July 1, 2007


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Downtime | High Availability | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Performance | Power Generation Equipment | Power over Ethernet

WHITE PAPER - New breakthroughs in power and cooling technology allow for a simple and rapid deployment of self-contained high-density zones with an existing or new low-density center. This white paper details how...
Posted: July 10, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Downtime | Power Connectors | Power Supplies | Rack Servers

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains how data center efficiency can be measured, evaluated, and modeled, including a comparison of the benefits of periodic assessment vs. continuous monitoring.
Posted: February 4, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Benchmarks | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Electricity | Equipment Maintenance Management Software | IT Asset Management | IT Consulting Services | IT Systems

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides an example of an improved architecture that incorporates high-efficiency power and cooling equipment, combined with configuration and operation strategies that optimize efficiency.
Posted: May 30, 2008 | Published: May 1, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Rack Enclosures | Security | UPS

WHITE PAPER - Installing blade servers in an existing data center creates a bewildering set of challenges and options. This paper explains how to evaluate the options and select the best power and cooling approach for a successful and predictable blade deployment.
Posted: June 4, 2007 | Published: January 1, 2005


Topics:  Blade Servers | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Power Supplies | Server Appliances | Server Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains some of the metrics that have been used to describe the efficiency of data center physical infrastructure and suggests which metric is the most effective.
Posted: February 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2007


Topics:  Benchmark Testing | Cooling Equipment | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Environmental Compliance | EPA | Infrastructure Management | UPS