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by Marissa Donatone on 9/11/13 8:59 AM
This study identifies the leading causes of data center downtime, and what you can do to prevent them. Read More Here
Topics: downtime, Data Center, data center design, reduce downtime, 7x24 exchange
by Marissa Donatone on 8/20/13 8:44 AM
Topics: data center infrastructure, Data Center, data center design, data center infrastructure management, efficient data center, 7x24 exchange, critical air conditioning
by Mike Rinaldi on 5/31/13 8:55 AM
Bristol, PA May 29, 2013 DVL Group, a provider of data center infrastructure management solutions, partnered with 12 data centers to help them save at least 1,000,000 watts of electrical energy.
DVL has officially announced a fourth organization that saved the most watts, which earns them the prestigious Less Watts Award.
The winner of the large category, encompassing data centers greater than 5,000 sq. ft., is Conde Nast / CBRE. CONGRATULATIONS!!
In addition to honoring the winner with the Less Watts Award, DVL is also making a donation of $1,000 in Conde Nast / CBRE's name to the Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC).
The Less Watts competition has been a blast, says DVL Chief Executive Officer Mike Beck. Everyone who participated was incredibly cooperative, enthusiastic and just really great to work with. We couldnt be happier to present the award to this outstanding organization and look forward to helping others save energy with our Less Watts program.
To learn more about how DVL helps its customers use Less Watts with quality solutions from industry leader Liebert to build dynamic, energy efficient data centers, visit www.dvlnet.com.
Topics: data center infrastructure, Data Center, Green IT, data center design, data center energy, data center infrastructure management, PUE, efficient data center, DVL, Green Technology, energy, Energy Star, 7x24 exchange
by Mike Rinaldi on 10/5/12 3:23 PM
Don Beaty has built some of the worlds most efficient data centers. Between 2004 and 2011, Beaty has been resonsible for crafting recommendations on data center cooling for the leading industry group for heating and cooling professionals. Those dual roles have provided Beaty with a unique vantage point on the evolution of new strategies to cool servers implementing cutting-edge techniques for the industrys leading innovator as his day job, while working to develop standards and recommendations that can work for a broad spectrum of data center operators.
Allowable vs. Recommended ASHRAE Guidelines - Design Your Data Center
The majority of data centers have multiple generations of technology, some type of spinning disc, some type of tape storage and maybe even some mainframe systems. These data centers can still be extremely energy efficient, but are not going to see the extremes of the ASHRAE design guidelines. They are the data centers that should probably stay with the ASHRAE recommended guidelines. Below is an example of the recommended versus allowable ASHRAE Guidelines. Please note that the recommended temperature guidelines didnt change in 2011, only the allowable.
Temperature
2004 20C to 25C - Recommended
2008 18C to 27C - Recommended
2011 5C to 40C - Allowable
Humidity
2004 40 to 55% - Recommended
2008 35 to 60% - Recommended
2011 20 to 80% - Recommended
One thing we are seeing more and more of today is confusion over what temperature and humidity parameters data centers should be designed for. Most of the discussion seems to assume that there is a monolithic block of data centers that can all be designed the same way. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Topics: Data Center, kW per rack, data center energy, PUE, electrical distribution, reduce downtime, data center outages, 7x24 exchange
by Mike Rinaldi on 5/31/12 11:56 AM
Topics: data center infrastructure, data center energy, data center infrastructure management, electrical distribution, data center outages, 7x24 exchange
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