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Understanding the Many Paths to a Greener Data Center

by Mike Rinaldi on 12/5/11 12:48 PM

While increasing energy efficiency has been a growing initiative in data centers across the country, largely due to demands to “do more with less” in a challenging economy, an amalgamation of myths related to data center “greening” and a general lack of understanding of how to approach and achieve it has had a significant negative impact on the universal adoption of true “green IT” practices.

Green Data Center

Most data center managers have no direct visibility to the data center’s total energy consumption with respect to the IT and facilities infrastructure, especially when the data center/computer room is located in a mixed-use building. Fortunately, the emergence of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions is driving a paradigm shift where the gap between IT and facility infrastructures is being bridged to offer a holistic use of resource utilization throughout the data center.

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DVL Data Center Design and Best Practice Guide

How To Effectively and Efficiently Design Cost Effective Rack Rows

How To Select Cost Effective KW/Rack Designs

Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, reduce cost, Data Center, Green IT, kW per rack, data center infrastructure management, robust data center, DVL, reduce downtime, Green Technology, pod, data center outages

Are you wasting 40% of the power in your data center?

by Mike Rinaldi on 11/10/11 12:21 PM

From Chapter 2 | DVL Data Center Best Practices Guide

In recent years there has been an accelerating trend towards distributing power to racks through the use of overhead or under floor busway. This trend has developed for the following reasons:

Clutter and obstruction to airflow is greatly reduced in raised floor environments
Wiring methods are simplified
Future moves, adds and changes are greatly simplified
Capital costs are reduced

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Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, Data Center, data center design, kW per rack, data center infrastructure management, robust data center, DVL, electrical distribution

Data Center Design: 5, 10, 15 kW | What is the optimum kW per rack?

by Mike Rinaldi on 11/3/11 8:14 AM

5, 10, 15 kW per rack - what is your opinion?

There are so many variables that play a part here:

space limitations
power density/availability
cooling capacity

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We will examine the types of rack PDU power connections and how to use that information to match your IT department's kW per rack criteria to implement a distribution system that conserves on capital dollars and runs efficiently.

Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, Data Center, data center design, kW per rack, data center infrastructure management, robust data center, DVL, electrical distribution

Data Center Design Starts With kW per Rack Selection

by Mike Rinaldi on 10/26/11 9:49 AM

Electrical distribution systems put a strain on power capacity and are often overly expensive due to poor kW/rack selection. In this segment, DVL CEO Mike Murphy examines the types of rack PDU power connections and how to use that information to match your IT department's kW/rack criteria to implement a distribution system that conserves on capital and runs efficiently.

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Why there are a limited number of cost effective kW/Rack designs
What is the importance of rack PDU's to kW per rack
How best to achieve a specific kW per rack design

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Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, Data Center, data center design, kW per rack, DVL, electrical distribution

DVL's Local Data Center Users' Forum Held At Microsoft

by Mike Rinaldi on 10/10/11 4:03 PM

Every 3 to 4 months, DVL hosts a small Data Center Users' Forum. The mission of the DCUF is to provide a commercial free forum where members collaborate on relevant mission-critical issues, new technologies, customer testimonials, and best practices affecting reliability, availability, and lowest cost of operation.

Data Center users' forum

This week, the DCUF, which includes IT and facilities professionals from multiple industry types, discussed various topics including: aisle containment systems, bridging the gap between IT and Facilities, outsourcing vs. keeping everything in-house, showing how valuable technology is to the bottom line, how to prove ROI, audits, root cause analysis, the impact of government regulations on data centers, what's the cost of your company's reputation?, free cooling, natural disasters, and redundancy.

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Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, reduce cost, Data Center, cloud computing, DVL, Microsoft Technology Center, CRV

Understanding the Many Paths to a Greener Data Center

DVL Data Center Design and Best Practice Guide

Are you wasting 40% of the power in your data center?

From Chapter 2 | DVL Data Center Best Practices Guide

Data Center Design: 5, 10, 15 kW | What is the optimum kW per rack?

Data Center Design Starts With kW per Rack Selection

DVL's Local Data Center Users' Forum Held At Microsoft

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