Power and Cooling
White papers, Best practice and insights into data center power and data center cooling technologies and solutions.
While vital power systems such as UPSs and generators stand at the ready to mitigate power glitches, they act in a reactive mode and only provide power after there has been a power event. What if there was a way to know before impending power faults of key systems? What if there was a crystal ball inside the walls of the facility that show exactly what is going on with the power infrastructure?
In September 2009, The Strategic Path ran an executive peer-group roundtable on power and cooling efficiency in the data centre. The round table was comprised of nine leading data centre managers, 3 data centre experts, and facilitated by well known IT infrastructure analyst Dr Kevin McIsaac of Intelligent Business Research Services (IBRS).
In the Westin's Boardroom in September, Strategic Path hosted a group of infrastructure directors from some of Australia's leading companies for a Peer session on data centre power and cooling efficiency. Key discussion points were: asset management, power monitoring and consumption efficiency, air management, hot aisle containment, DCiE, lifecycle management and modular system builds.
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Supporting 3 campuses, 2,000 staff and 25,000 students, requires secure, reliable and scalable IT infrastructure. Who does the University of Southern Queensland turn to for its central data centre?
This paper describes the main factors that reduce the operating efficiency and power density capability of a data center and presents ways to avoid these problems.
New breakthroughs in power and cooling technology allow for a simple and rapid deployment of self-contained high-density zones within an existing or new low-density data center. The independence of these high-density zones allows for predictable and reliable operation of high-density equipment without a negative impact on the performance of existing low-density power and cooling infrastructure. A side benefit is that these high-density zones operate at much higher electrical efficiency than conventional designs. Guidance on planning design, implementation, and predictable operation of high-density zones is provided.
Nowadays, there is a lot of talk about how business processes need to be optimised. This optimisation not only applies to all corporate processes but also – regardless of its size – to each company in general. In addition to effciency in manufacturing and distribution, a particular focus of optimisation is the improvement and effectuation of IT structures. Today, information technology is a tool which is indispensable for one's global competitive standing.
Maxnet Ltd (Auckland, New Zealand) have designed and built a Tier III Plus, high density ready, Blade friendly and Green Data Centre. Utilising the APC by Schneider Electric Hot Aisle Containment System (HACS), combined with additional free cooling technologies, Maxnet have been able to maximise their energy efficiency and run the Data Centre at a PUE of 1.2, realising annual energy cost savings of up to 1 Million Dollars (NZ).
Gain an overview of Eaton's supervisory PNMS.- Intelligent power management and back-up- Maintaining event logs with customizable views- Ensure protection and efficient running of virtual machines, - Network monitoring for VMWare and Microsoft
Green Technology for High Density IT computingCanberra Data Centres (CDC) have been able to shift the Data Centre paradigm to the next generation today. The Data Centre can address power and cooling densities of up to 30kW per rack by using the APC by Schneider Electric Closed Coupled Cooling and Hot Aisle Containment methodology. The Data Centre can provide energy efficiency savings of 65% when compared with a traditional facility.
The Journey to Power Efficiency - Part 4: A Modular Approach Managing Lifecycle Mis-MatchesData Centres have been traditionally designed with a 10-20 year lifecycle to 'grow into', now this can be done on a modular basis so your data centre is flexible and enables scalability to grow as you do. So there's no need to initially oversize and introduce inefficiencies. Modular UPS technology matches critical load, IT load and protective load to ensure efficient systems. (2 min 47 secs)
The Journey to Power Efficiency - Part 3: Government Carbon Reduction Policy Energy consumption and efficiency and the need for monitoring in face of expected new regulations and disproportionate power usage. (1 min 38 secs)
The Journey to Power Efficiency - Part 2: Power MonitoringIBRS analyst Kevin McIsaac speaks with Rittal's Mark Roberts about how power monitoring allows for a better understanding of where power is being used and how to improve efficiency. (4 min 59 secs)
The Journey to Power Efficiency - Part 1: Data Centre Asset ManagementAn overview of Asset management – what are the appropriate systems, software and processes you need for accurate reading and planning? IBRS analyst Kevin McIsaac speaks with Mark Roberts from Rittal about challenges in data centre efficiency and the remote Management of equipment through RFID tagging or rails and a wireless communication system. (3 min 18 secs)
This video shows you the set up and the solution comparison between Hot and Cold Aisle containment systems.
Data centers form the backbone of all network operations in a most challenging business environment such as having access on continuous basis to the right service delivery, flexibility, security, reliability as well as reducing costs to support exchange of critical information.
3 campuses, 2,000 staff, 25,000 students, of which, 75% study via distance or online, require 200kw of IT protected power. Who does the University of Southern Queensland turn to for a modular and scalable Data Centre solution?
Executive summary As heat densities continue to escalate, data center managers are seeking solutions for handling these extreme heat loads to protect their equipment and their facilities. This paper provides a brief history of data center cooling and explains the planning and steps necessary to implement liquid cooling with enclosure-based cabinet heat exchanger systems.
Strategic Path talks to Mark Roberts, Business Development Manager at Rittal, about data center cooling SP: Companies are under pressure to reduce their carbon footprints in order to enhance their reputations, but what underlying benefits could this have in terms of energy cost savings?
Executive Summary Climate control of IT systems is crucial to their availability and safety, and thus for the business operation – it is relevant to the whole company! Continuously increasing integration and packing density of processors and computer/server systems cause waste heat quantities which were inconceivable for such restricted space a few years ago. A server rack with 30 most up-to-date Intel processors delivers such waste heat that would be sufficient for operating a sauna!
With this thought provoking article Sam Higgins (Research Director for Longhaus) invites us to think outside the box when it comes to data center design and placement. He builds a strong case for the fact that data centers should ideally be placed in areas where land is relatively cheap, where electricity is inexpensive, where there is plenty of water and where sufficient bandwidth is available. Following the lead of these factors will perhaps lead away from major urban centers but it could at the same time also lead to significantly reduced operating costs and a smaller environmental footprint.
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