Optimisation
White papers, best practice and insights into data center optimisation strategies and solutions.
Both hot and cold air containment can significantly improve the predictability and efficiency of data centre cooling systems. While both approaches eliminate the mixing of hot and cold air, there are practical differences in implementation that have significant consequences. This paper examines both methodologies and highlights the reasons why hot aisle containment emerges as the preferred best practice.
Taking steps towards meeting the legal challenge of carbon reduction within data centres in a sensible, cost effective and sustainable manner.
Up over in the UK: In April 2010, many organisations will find that they fall under the UK's new Carbon Reduction Commitment legislation (now known as the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme).
Up over in the UK: In April 2010, many organisations will find that they fall under the UK's new Carbon Reduction Commitment legislation (now known as the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme).
In the far distant past, if you wanted an IT platform, it came as a pretty well integrated package: a mainframe or midi-computer, dedicated networking and client devices that were pretty well tied in to the platform you bought. The PC changed all of this, and there was an explosion of different hardware manufacturers providing distinct parts of the platform, from servers, through storage, networking and client devices.
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Data center managers have several opportunities to gain efficiencies from their facilities. Managers should look at three key areas to address these opportunities: the IT equipment inside the data center, other gear inside the facility but outside the data center, and the outside of the building. In this article, we'll review 13 ways that The Green Grid recommends to help maximize efficiency inside the facility.
The economic downturn that we have seen over the past year is a global problem that may very well get worse before it gets better. Unemployment is on the rise. The cost of oil spiked to an all time high. Tax rate increases are being made. Consumers are spending less. The overall situation just seems glum. So what does this mean to the data center?
Infrastructure monitoring in the data center is critical for data center managers. They must have constant access to current, accurate information to operate the facility to maintain maximum uptime.
The University of South Australia's data centre transformation delivered savings of 50% on existing costs. How did its IT managers achieve that while also working within the constraints of a five-year plan?
Backup and recovery have come a long way. For years, organizations were relegated to using tape-based solutions, which were cumbersome, inefficient and fell uncomfortably short of most recovery goals. Today, disk-based backup together with next-generation technologies for data protection help ease the challenges of meeting recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs).
Impact of the economic crisis
One of the major external factors impacting IT organisations over the last 12 months is the global financial crisis. Surprisingly, when we asked "What impact has the economic crisis had on your data centre activities and IT strategy?" all participants responded positively!
One of the major external factors impacting IT organisations over the last 12 months is the global financial crisis. Surprisingly, when we asked "What impact has the economic crisis had on your data centre activities and IT strategy?" all participants responded positively!
It is common for companies to have data scattered over different sites. Massive savings can be achieved by consolidating this data in a single location, especially as much of the data is likely to be duplicated across locations. This case study highlights the experience of the UK Royal Horticultural Society (owner of 200 000 botanical images and related databases) with data consolidation.
At the recent Data Center Dynamics event held in Sydney, Pacific R&A carried out some interesting research, looking at attendees' approach to and perceptions of their data centre operations. Overall, the findings show that the market is relatively buoyant and that Australian organisations are making efforts to ensure that their data centres remain towards the front edge of technology.
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