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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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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

Bank of America Website Slow For A 5th Day (Data Center Outage?)

by Mike Rinaldi on 10/5/11 2:46 PM

Bank of America’s consumer online banking service was slow for a fifth day Tuesday, and the bank still wasn’t saying what the problem was.

It's one thing when a website like Target's goes down, as it did last month. But a Bank of America failure makes it harder for people to pay bills, access cash and track spending and can cost the company millions or billions of dollars.

bank of america downtime

The bank said many times starting Friday that it had resolved the problem, but visitors to its home page still saw an error message for much of Tuesday saying the site was “running slowly” and customers might experience delays or have difficulty accessing parts of it. The message encouraged customers to try again at “a non-peak time” or visit an ATM or one of nearly 6,000 branches to get into their accounts. Bank of America Corp., based in Charlotte, N.C., is the largest U.S. bank by deposits and has 29 million online customers.

What first looked like a technological hiccup has turned into ongoing website issues for the bank. Some customers can't access their accounts, the bank is on the defensive and the stock price hit a new 52-week low Monday, closing down 9.6% to $5.53. The stock price has fallen below $6 for the first time since the financial crisis.

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Topics: Emerson Network Power, data center infrastructure, reduce cost, Data Center, robust data center, reduce downtime, data center outages

Data Center Professionals Hear About Best Practices In AC

by Mike Rinaldi on 9/28/11 8:51 AM

Over 200 Data Center professionals converged on the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ on September 20-21 to hear about best practices, latest trends, newest innovations in the mission critical world for this year's local 7x24Exchange Fall Conference.

7x24 Exchange

eBay's Dean Nelson delivered this year's keynote address via 2-way web cameras. Dean spoke of eBay's expansion and how they are rethinking the way data centers are being designed, built, and used. Other presentations from industry experts included end-user panel discussions, CoLo markets, Cloud Computing, RFID technology, medium voltage UPS, and energy usage in the data center.

The day and a half long conference is an annual event held at the Borgata by the 7x24Exchange Delaware Valley Chapter and Metro New York Chapter.

For more information about the 7x24Exchange, click here.

DVL Group is a founding member of the 7x24 Exchange Delaware Valley Chapter.

Topics: Data Center, Green IT, data center design, cloud computing, data center energy, robust data center

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?

Bank of America Website Slow For A 5th Day (Data Center Outage?)

Data Center Professionals Hear About Best Practices In AC

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