A few months ago, I took a trip to Las Vegas with my wife. After checking in to the hotel, we went to our room and as soon as we… Read more »
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Six Air Containment Solutions Will Help You to Save Energy in Your Existing Data Centers
For an existing traditional data center, hot air and cold air mixing can lead to more than 25% waste of the cooling capacity. As a result, the cooling system is… Read more »
posted: May 6, 2013
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Schneider Takes Home Alliance Awards – and Our Customers Win, Too
It’s no secret that Schneider Electric is a big fan of strategic alliances. Perhaps you’ve read previous blog posts on the topic by my colleague Tony Despirito, such as this… Read more »
posted: April 2, 2013
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Cruise Ship Lines Could Learn Lessons from Data Center Operators
A few days ago a colleague emailed me a photo taken on the ill-fated Carnival Triumph cruise ship, the one that was stranded in the Gulf of Mexico for about… Read more »
posted: February 26, 2013
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How Energy Efficiency Efforts Can Spell Trouble When the Power Goes Out
A number of important trends are helping companies save lots of money on electric bills by making their data centers more efficient. While this is certainly a worthy and justified… Read more »
posted: February 12, 2013
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Build Better Data Centers Faster: Use a Reference Design
IT is becoming more critical all the time and trends such as the explosion of big data are only adding to the requirements that IT groups must meet. To keep… Read more »
posted: January 29, 2013
Partnering Up to Deliver Smart Building Technology and Lower Your Energy Bills
October 31, 2011
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DCIM at the speed of thought
October 28, 2011
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I was in Vilnius this week, speaking at an Oracle Day 2011 conference. To me it’s always interesting to hear what my fellow speakers have to say, as well as… Read more »
Considering the Power and Cooling Implications of Virtual Server Projects
October 27, 2011
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As anyone who has been there can tell you, virtualization reduces the number of physical servers you have in your data center, often dramatically. While you may think that will… Read more »
Data Center Management by Continuous Partial Attention
October 26, 2011
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Stop. Before reading any further, think about the number of computing and communication devices you have within arm’s reach of you right now. Finished? … I have (in no particular… Read more »
Sporks Part II: How many tools do you need to manage a data center?
October 25, 2011
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In one of my recent blogs, I compared sporks (I HATE SPORKS!) and woodworking tools as an analogy to data center management software. You can find a link to that… Read more »
What value does data center infrastructure management software add to data centers?
October 21, 2011
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I think we’ve all met him – the data center operator who can ‘feel’ how his data center is performing – he simply walks into the room, can hear if… Read more »
CRAH VFD Upgrade Kits Provide Serious Reduction in Data Center
October 21, 2011
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By Eric Gallant It seems that every manufacturer and consultant in the data center industry has a green spin for their marketing campaign. Every new product launch is advertised as… Read more »
Data Centers and Sailboats- “ Separating Wants vs. Needs”
October 21, 2011
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By Mike Hagan I have been sailing for over 20 years, mostly on other people’s boats. Early on in our marriage, my very cool wife supported my goal of buying… Read more »
Top 10 Mistakes in Data Center Operations
October 21, 2011
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By Lee Kirby For years, the data center industry has accepted that human operational error, not poor data center design or engineering, is the number one cause of data center… Read more »
Lessons Learned from the 1977 NYC Blackout
October 21, 2011
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By: Eric Gallant 34 years ago the Big Apple suffered a blackout of historic proportions. The blackout, combined with the stresses of a protracted economic depression and a brutal heat… Read more »
Best of Schneider Electric T.V.
May 14, 2012
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Below I have put together a video loop of some of my favorites from Schneider Electric T.V., or as we like to call it around here, SETV. Among the other… Read more »
Virtually sure isn’t sure enough for today’s data centers…
November 10, 2011
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4 million or so people took delivery of a new iPhone 4S within 24 hours of release. In other news, sales of the company’s iPad tablets have increased by 166%… Read more »
In Advance of Hurricane Season, It’s Time to Conduct a UPS Checkup
April 29, 2013
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According to the National Weather Service, hurricane season begins on May 15 for the Pacific and on June 1 for the Atlantic – mere weeks away. Given the various weather… Read more »
Relying on Tribal Knowledge Instead of Sound Data Center Management Tools Can Lead To Costly Downtime
September 8, 2011
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Too many data center operators believe they don’t need physical infrastructure management tools to manage their data centers. Instead, they rely on “tribal knowledge” to get them through any rough… Read more »
Modeling for Efficiency: How Mathematical Models Can Help Reduce Electrical Usage in Your Data Center
September 13, 2011
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Measuring and predicting data center electrical efficiency can be tricky business. As explained in a previous post, a number of variables come into play that make it difficult to paint… Read more »
CRAH VFD Upgrade Kits Provide Serious Reduction in Data Center
October 21, 2011
745 views
By Eric Gallant It seems that every manufacturer and consultant in the data center industry has a green spin for their marketing campaign. Every new product launch is advertised as… Read more »
Tuesday at CiscoLive and Cisco CEO John Chambers Keynote Presentation
June 13, 2012
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Attendees began to line up an hour before Tuesday’s Keynote given by CEO John Chambers and the line stretched down and around the main hallway outside the hall. The presentation started… Read more »
Reflecting on 10 Years of the InfraStruxure Architecture
February 14, 2013
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As we began the year 2013, it occurred to me that our InfraStruxure data center architecture turns 10, making it a good time to reflect on how IT and InfraStruxure… Read more »
How to Save Up to 50% on Your Pump or Fan Installation
January 18, 2013
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Picture yourself driving your family sedan down a windy country road. Now picture that you have no control over the gas pedal—it is always fully to the floor—and the only… Read more »
What an Optimized Power Distribution System Looks Like
September 7, 2011
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We’ve seen dramatic improvements in data center physical infrastructure equipment and practices in recent decades, driven in large part by a need for more power density, the sheer number of… Read more »
Making the Case for Modular Data Centers
October 22, 2012
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I was recently asked to participate on a panel for a podcast discussing modular data centers and, in preparation, put together a few notes on the topic. As I reviewed… Read more »
Securing the Data Center
December 18, 2012
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IT or FM managers responsible for securing the data center should regularly assess security risks and mitigate them when points of vulnerability come to light. Sean Ahrens and Jordan Ferrantelli,… Read more »
How Energy Efficiency Efforts Can Spell Trouble When the Power Goes Out
February 12, 2013
1,617 views
A number of important trends are helping companies save lots of money on electric bills by making their data centers more efficient. While this is certainly a worthy and justified… Read more »
What’s new for Co-location Service Providers in StruxureWare for Data Centers?
April 17, 2013
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Schneider Electric recently used DatacenterDynamics Converged 2012 in London as the launch platform for StruxureWare Data Center Operation for Co-location – a new flavor of the company’s DCIM software which addresses… Read more »
Success in Data Center Projects Requires Defining These 3 IT Parameters
August 29, 2011
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Perhaps your business is growing and you need to expand your capacity to store data. Or, you’ve decided that your business has tempted fate too long without a backup data… Read more »
9 Steps for a Complete Data Center Cooling System Health Check
September 22, 2011
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Just as an automobile benefits from regular servicing, your data center will benefit from periodic health checks to its cooling system, to identify any potential flaws that may result in… Read more »
Virtually sure isn’t sure enough for today’s data centers…
November 10, 2011
779 views
4 million or so people took delivery of a new iPhone 4S within 24 hours of release. In other news, sales of the company’s iPad tablets have increased by 166%… Read more »
Green data centers and Greenland: Some thoughts about economic development
February 21, 2012
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A flurry of stories in the press about new data center stock in Iceland tells me that a PR counter-offensive is well under way and working! It won’t be too… Read more »
Build a Cooling System that Relies on Economizer Mode – and Cut Energy Consumption in Half
May 15, 2012
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We’ve written previously about how operating in economizer mode can help you save on data center cooling costs, and had a podcast that noted the technology works even in hot… Read more »
Is Redundancy in the Cloud the new standard?
July 9, 2012
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There are no shortages in the promises made by cloud providers – • lower costs • more modularity and portability • instant scalability and capacity • greater application flexibility •… Read more »
