Patrick Donovan

Patrick Donovan

Patrick Donovan is a Senior Research Analyst with Schneider Electric’s Data Center Science Center. He has over 16 years of experience developing and supporting critical power and cooling systems for Schneider Electric’s IT Business unit including several award-winning power protection, efficiency and availability solutions.

Don’t Leave Your Data Center Stranded Out in the Cold

For most companies, data center capacity comes at a premium, so it’s important to be able to wring every bit of it out of the space and infrastructure you have… Read more »

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4 Processes that Require Care and Feeding for an Effective DCIM System

DCIM solutions can give data center operators a clear view of what is inherently a complex mix of disparate facility and IT systems and infrastructure, helping them make better, smarter… Read more »

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Why Virtualization Worsens Your PUE

Virtualization is often touted as a “green” technology and with good reason. Consolidating lots of under-utilized servers into a handful of more fully loaded servers can save lots of electricity…. Read more »

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Standardized, Modular, Scalable…Blah Blah Blaaah…

These terms have been discussed and promoted ad nauseam for years.  Perhaps so much so, that my mere use of them in this title risks significantly reducing the number of… Read more »

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Benefits and Essential Elements of a Data Center Reference Design

It’s only natural if you’re building or renovating a data center to want to finish the job quickly. On the other hand, you don’t want a rush job that leaves… Read more »

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Stay Connected to Content with the Schneider Electric White Paper App

Schneider Electric’s fact-based white papers have proved to be a popular feature of the company’s online content, with millions of downloads to date. Now white paper access has gone mobile… Read more »

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How Virtualization Can Lead to Hot Spots – and What To Do About It

As companies continue to embrace virtualization technology and consolidate their server farms, they may find the technology brings an unexpected, and unwelcome, guest to their data centers:  hot spots. This… Read more »

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4 Attributes of a DCIM System that Will Go the Distance

The number of vendors selling data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions is constantly growing and the solutions are varied to say the least. Some focus on specific measurement functions or… Read more »

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