Given the economic climate of the past several years, many companies have put off data center expansions and upgrades, creating pent up demand. The situation can create a sense of… Read more »
Articles Tagged: Metrics and ROI
Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency Projects
November 21, 2012
4,669 views
Making your data center more energy efficient is no longer merely a nice goal to have in mind if you can get around to it – in practical and economic… Read more »
Understanding Data Center Reliability, Availability and the Cost of Downtime
October 12, 2012
2,172 views
Here’s a sobering statistic from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.: 93% of businesses that have lost availability in their data center for 10 days or more… Read more »
Quick-Impact Data Center Fixes with Modest Price Tags
May 21, 2012
1,120 views
In an earlier post, we discussed data center energy saving steps that were primarily about changing behavior, such as powering off unused equipment or tuning systems. These ideas and others… Read more »
Modular Data Center Market is Heating up – and Reliability is One Reason
May 18, 2012
2,104 views
The market for prefabricated, modular data centers is heating up, to say the least. In a session at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 event this week in Santa Clara, industry… Read more »
Analysis Shows Scalable, Containerized Data Centers Deliver Big Savings
May 11, 2012
1,130 views
It’s a familiar story when it comes to building data centers: you build large enough to deal with the capacity you expect to need some number of years in the… Read more »
Data Center Key Performance Indicators – A Look At PUE and Other Numbers to Evaluate Performance
March 2, 2012
6,202 views
Metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for data centers used to be inward looking. In the not so distant past, KPIs tended to be “about the box,” measuring factors like… Read more »
A surprisingly low cost approach to data center energy management
February 7, 2012
3,849 views
The 19th Century Irish mathematical physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin famously said: “If you cannot measure it, you can not improve it.” However, it is a basic principle of measurements… Read more »
CRAH VFD Upgrade Kits Provide Serious Reduction in Data Center
October 21, 2011
749 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 »
For Data Center Energy Efficiency, Hot-Aisle Beats Cold-Aisle Containment
September 15, 2011
2,290 views
There’s little argument that hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment systems provide big energy savings in a data center, while eliminating the hot spots found in uncontained data centers. But which strategy… Read more »
Data Center Key Performance Indicators – A Look At PUE and Other Numbers to Evaluate Performance
March 2, 2012
6,202 views
Metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) for data centers used to be inward looking. In the not so distant past, KPIs tended to be “about the box,” measuring factors like… Read more »
Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency Projects
November 21, 2012
4,669 views
Making your data center more energy efficient is no longer merely a nice goal to have in mind if you can get around to it – in practical and economic… Read more »
A surprisingly low cost approach to data center energy management
February 7, 2012
3,849 views
The 19th Century Irish mathematical physicist and engineer Lord Kelvin famously said: “If you cannot measure it, you can not improve it.” However, it is a basic principle of measurements… Read more »
For Data Center Energy Efficiency, Hot-Aisle Beats Cold-Aisle Containment
September 15, 2011
2,290 views
There’s little argument that hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment systems provide big energy savings in a data center, while eliminating the hot spots found in uncontained data centers. But which strategy… Read more »
2 Keys to Keeping Data Center Project Costs Under Control
December 4, 2012
2,181 views
Given the economic climate of the past several years, many companies have put off data center expansions and upgrades, creating pent up demand. The situation can create a sense of… Read more »
Understanding Data Center Reliability, Availability and the Cost of Downtime
October 12, 2012
2,172 views
Here’s a sobering statistic from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.: 93% of businesses that have lost availability in their data center for 10 days or more… Read more »
Modular Data Center Market is Heating up – and Reliability is One Reason
May 18, 2012
2,104 views
The market for prefabricated, modular data centers is heating up, to say the least. In a session at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 event this week in Santa Clara, industry… Read more »
Analysis Shows Scalable, Containerized Data Centers Deliver Big Savings
May 11, 2012
1,130 views
It’s a familiar story when it comes to building data centers: you build large enough to deal with the capacity you expect to need some number of years in the… Read more »
Quick-Impact Data Center Fixes with Modest Price Tags
May 21, 2012
1,120 views
In an earlier post, we discussed data center energy saving steps that were primarily about changing behavior, such as powering off unused equipment or tuning systems. These ideas and others… Read more »
Save On Data Center Cooling With Economizer Mode
September 15, 2011
1,073 views
Most data centers are located in areas that don’t experience warm weather all the time. (If yours is at the equator, you can stop reading this right now. There’s nothing… Read more »
Quick-Impact Data Center Fixes with Modest Price Tags
May 21, 2012
1,120 views
In an earlier post, we discussed data center energy saving steps that were primarily about changing behavior, such as powering off unused equipment or tuning systems. These ideas and others… Read more »
Analysis Shows Scalable, Containerized Data Centers Deliver Big Savings
May 11, 2012
1,130 views
It’s a familiar story when it comes to building data centers: you build large enough to deal with the capacity you expect to need some number of years in the… Read more »
Modular Data Center Market is Heating up – and Reliability is One Reason
May 18, 2012
2,104 views
The market for prefabricated, modular data centers is heating up, to say the least. In a session at the Uptime Institute Symposium 2012 event this week in Santa Clara, industry… Read more »
2 Keys to Keeping Data Center Project Costs Under Control
December 4, 2012
2,181 views
Given the economic climate of the past several years, many companies have put off data center expansions and upgrades, creating pent up demand. The situation can create a sense of… Read more »
Save Time and Money with Data Center Facility Modules
August 29, 2011
381 views
Adequate power and cooling equipment is critical to the everyday functioning and long-term reliability of a data center. But sometimes enterprises are faced with the need to add more power… Read more »
Understanding Data Center Reliability, Availability and the Cost of Downtime
October 12, 2012
2,172 views
Here’s a sobering statistic from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.: 93% of businesses that have lost availability in their data center for 10 days or more… Read more »
4 Potential Drawbacks of Data Center Facility Modules
August 29, 2011
656 views
In a related post (“Save Time and Money with Data Center Facility Modules”), we discussed the many advantages of containerized power and cooling modules – or “facility” modules – in… Read more »
Making the Business Case for Energy Efficiency Projects
November 21, 2012
4,669 views
Making your data center more energy efficient is no longer merely a nice goal to have in mind if you can get around to it – in practical and economic… Read more »
Save On Data Center Cooling With Economizer Mode
September 15, 2011
1,073 views
Most data centers are located in areas that don’t experience warm weather all the time. (If yours is at the equator, you can stop reading this right now. There’s nothing… Read more »
For Data Center Energy Efficiency, Hot-Aisle Beats Cold-Aisle Containment
September 15, 2011
2,290 views
There’s little argument that hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment systems provide big energy savings in a data center, while eliminating the hot spots found in uncontained data centers. But which strategy… Read more »