Facilities
ASHRAE Guidelines Enable Year-Round Free Cooling
Cooling remains a major target for energy-efficiency improvement in data centers, and ASHRAE’s new operating temperature guidelines for IT equipment create an even greater opportunity to exploit free cooling. In particular, the one of the professional organization’s allowable temperature ranges ... Read More »
Data Center Migration: Think, Plan, Execute
Data center migration is often regarded as a purely technical, almost trivial side-project to be delivered by existing IT staff alongside their day jobs. With core business services reliant on IT, a data center migration can expose the business to ... Read More »
Basics of Data Center Cooling
Cooling is a critical part of a data center’s infrastructure, and fortunately (or unfortunately), a number of approaches are available to maintain the necessary temperatures to keep your facility’s electronic equipment running. Although a complete discussion of all the design ... Read More »
Electrical Checkups for Your Data Center
The electrical infrastructure of your data center moves energy—the lifeblood of your facility—to the equipment that needs it and ensures that you have a constant flow in the event of, for instance, a utility failure. You depend heavily on this ... Read More »
The Green Data Center Opportunity
Despite current economic difficulties, the companies that construct and operate the data centers that run the Internet and store vast amounts of corporate and government data are expecting growth this year of about 19%. (Source: Datacentre Dynamics survey 2011). This ... Read More »
Static Transfer Switches: The Best Fit for Your Data Center?
Maintaining a consistent flow of power to your IT equipment is crucial to keeping your data center running. Uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) are a critical part of your facility’s electrical infrastructure, as are backup generators. But what about the devices ... Read More »
AC Versus DC in the Data Center: Redux
What could better fit a month of discussing UPS systems in the data center than a controversial design topic like AC versus DC power? Over the past two weeks, the Data Center Journal has reviewed the basics of UPS systems ... Read More »
Which UPS Configuration Is Right for You?
UPS (uninterruptible power supply) units are critical to keeping your data center up and running, but how should you choose among the myriad configuration options? As with most design decisions, the first step is to determine your goals and requirements ... Read More »
Basics of a UPS System
UPS (uninterruptible power supply) systems are a critical component of your data center, whether you’re running just a couple computers or numerous servers. When selecting a UPS, you’ll have to choose among a number of options, but if you can ... Read More »
DoD Data Center Project: Beating Schedule and Budget Requirements
In support of a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 action, BAE Systems was contracted by SPAWAR Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic to procure, produce, install, and test the passive infrastructure of a 312-rack data center in a remarkably short timeframe ... Read More »
