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 »
Articles Tagged: Capacity Management
What value does data center infrastructure management software add to data centers?
October 21, 2011
1,519 views
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 »
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 »
3 Ways a Strong Data Center Operations Program is More Important Than Your Data Center Design
October 21, 2011
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With your data center design in place, shouldn’t your data center run smoothly? As some of you may already have discovered, anything can happen to your data center, nomatter how… Read more »
Examining Your Cooling Options: Room, Row and Rack
September 23, 2011
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In many data centers, traditional room-based cooling systems are reaching the limit of their capabilities. With IT equipment now pushing peak power density to 20 kW per rack or more,… Read more »
Calculating the Hidden UPS Costs Associated with Upgrades of Data Center Power Capacity
September 23, 2011
1,270 views
The traditional way to scale up a UPS system is to buy another system to handle whatever power capacity you need, tie it into the existing system and test it… Read more »
5 Cooling Strategies for High-Density Racks and Blade Servers
September 22, 2011
1,333 views
More and more companies are installing blade servers, in part to support their server virtualization efforts but also simply because blades are more efficient than traditional servers. But the trend… Read more »
Why Row-based Cooling May Be All the Cooling Your Data Center Needs
September 22, 2011
1,911 views
Many data centers use a hybrid cooling strategy, with row cooling for all the rack-mounted IT equipment and supplemental cooling for ancillary equipment such as tape systems and storage units… Read more »
Dealing With Changes in IT Loads from a Power and Cooling Perspective
September 21, 2011
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In any given data center, it’s to be expected that the IT load will change over time. Growing companies typically need more computing power and storage capacity, which of course… Read more »
Planning for Future Data Center Power Requirements: A Modular Approach
September 21, 2011
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Data centers are essentially living, breathing entities that change over time. The problem is, it’s difficult to predict in advance how they’re going to change – and therefore to anticipate… Read more »
Examining Your Cooling Options: Room, Row and Rack
September 23, 2011
1,004 views
In many data centers, traditional room-based cooling systems are reaching the limit of their capabilities. With IT equipment now pushing peak power density to 20 kW per rack or more,… Read more »
Measuring Electrical Efficiency in Data Centers Requires Accounting for Many Variables
September 13, 2011
928 views
Every company has a vested interest in ensuring its data center is energy efficient, given the cost of wasted energy. Consider that a 1 MW high-availability data center can ring… Read more »
How IBM Helps Companies Build More Cost-effective, Intelligent Data Centers
March 22, 2012
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Schneider Electric has been partnering with IBM to deliver data center infrastructure for quite some time now, so it was great to catch up with some of the IBM principles… Read more »
Lessons Learned from the 1977 NYC Blackout
October 21, 2011
858 views
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 »
DCIM at the speed of thought
October 28, 2011
830 views
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 »
Bridging the gap – what can Hollywood teach us?
December 5, 2011
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If you like tales of redemption and reconciliation, Kevin Costner’s baseball saga, “Field of Dreams” is schmaltzy, but kind of cool. If you haven’t seen the movie, it concerns a… 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 »
Modeling for Efficiency: How Mathematical Models Can Help Reduce Electrical Usage in Your Data Center
September 13, 2011
735 views
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 »
Optimize Your Power Loads with Data Center Capacity Management
September 6, 2011
647 views
Installing equipment in a data center without considering its loading and current power as well as its cooling capacity can put stress on an IT system and result in downtime… Read more »
Good Data Center Planning Requires Proper Software Tools
September 9, 2011
606 views
Too often, data center operators make changes to their infrastructure without adequately thinking through all the potential consequences of the change. The result is often overloaded circuits, unintended down time… Read more »
The Green Grid’s Data Center Maturity Model Can Delivery Big Energy Savings
April 30, 2013
376 views
Something rather remarkable has happened over the course of the last year at The Green Grid (TGG) that anyone who owns and operates a data center ought to know about…. Read more »
Can CAD drawings and Excel spreadsheets make perfect substitutes for DCIM?
March 7, 2012
2,793 views
By the end of March, it will be two years since the publication of David Cappuccio’s seminal Gartner white paper “DCIM: Going beyond IT” (amended March 28th 2010). Urging data… Read more »
Measuring Electrical Efficiency in Data Centers Requires Accounting for Many Variables
September 13, 2011
928 views
Every company has a vested interest in ensuring its data center is energy efficient, given the cost of wasted energy. Consider that a 1 MW high-availability data center can ring… Read more »
Benefits and Essential Elements of a Data Center Reference Design
October 9, 2012
1,683 views
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 »
What value does data center infrastructure management software add to data centers?
October 21, 2011
1,519 views
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 »
4 Ways DCIM Can Help Conserve Energy
January 15, 2013
1,862 views
Everyone wants to run an energy efficient data center but too often companies take a few steps to trim their energy use, pat themselves on the back and leave it… Read more »
Modeling for Efficiency: How Mathematical Models Can Help Reduce Electrical Usage in Your Data Center
September 13, 2011
735 views
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 »
The Data Center Services Lifecycle: Go Beyond Design/Build
July 3, 2012
2,566 views
When you consider the point in the lifecycle of a data center when people most typically think of the need for consulting services, it’s during the upfront phases—right at the… Read more »
DCIM at the speed of thought
October 28, 2011
830 views
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 »
When is a Data Center Not a Data Center?
May 29, 2012
1,826 views
I’d always thought that the term data center carried with it a sense of grand scale. This could, of-course, be the fault of our very good marketing people who are… Read more »