What does DCIM mean to you? It is a mystical vague term , Data Center Infrastructure Management. it means many things to many different people. It starts with what keeps you up at night. It usually means capex,,$$$$$ , it hopefully means all in, and it should be simple, and secure. simple? Sometimes, but most …
So here we are in 2014 and what do we foresee? Flexibility, and Economy, many organizations will need to review their presumed need for direct data center ownership and operation, as the cost of building, operating and upgrading their own facilities becomes more expensive, and less of a strategic advantage. So like NASA, they will …
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Considerations in security system design, Security system design can be a complicated equation with many variables. While specific strategies for security system design are beyond the scope of this paper, any design will likely consider these issues: • Cost of equipment — Budget constraints ordinarily limit the extensive use of high-confidence identification equipment. The usual …
There is one data center concern that overwhelms all others: the need for energy efficiency. At one time, energy costs were viewed as a given, compared to the expenses in hardware purchases and labor for operations. But as hardware became more efficient and automated procedures more prevalent, the cost of energy has steadily risen to …
The 10 Commandments of Off-Site Modular Data Center Construction Is your bible on data center construction up to date? Unlike ancient texts, the guiding principles for new data center construction aren’t timeless. In fact, they are evolving rapidly as data center owners discover new alternatives to gain the capacity their users and customers need, and …
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Modern data center power monitoring systems look nothing like the basic electricity meters from which they evolved. Today’s systems comprise sophisticated metering devices, communication networks and software. By their nature, mission critical facilities such as Internet data centers are prime candidates for power monitoring systems. By employing monitoring systems to analyze system-wide historical and real-time …
Optimizing Resource Management for Converged Infrastructure May 2012 Adapted from Worldwide Enterprise Server 2012 Top 10 Predictions by Matthew Eastwood, Jean S. Bozman, Jed Scaramella, Lloyd Cohen, Michelle Bailey, Kuba Stolarski, Reuben Miller, IDC #232823 Sponsored by Egenera In today’s datacenters, the massive growth in the numbers of devices, users, applications, and virtual machines (VMs) …
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs will begin using modular data centers to deploy its IT infrastructure, and is working to deploy modules across three continents, the companies said today. The shift by Goldman Sachs represents a major vote of confidence in modular data center capacity, a trend which began with servers housed in 40-foot-long …
Committed to clean energy Across Google, we’re committed to using renewable energy, like wind and solar, as much as possible. So why don’t we build clean energy sources right on our data centers? The places with the best renewable power potential are generally not the same places where a data center can most efficiently and …
