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Our Panel’s Conclusion on DCIM Tools
Those who do not follow my blog may be confused without some background. Teladata is a consulting firm focusing on data center technologies. They saw a huge gap between IT and facilities that is making...
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Data Center update for the week of 4/16/12
Over the last 40 years, business’ growth and technological advancement have goaded each other towards further advancement. With every new business requirement, technology has stepped up to provide an...
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Which Language Do You Speak, Facilities Talk or IT Dialect?
In all the conferences related to data centers that I’ve attended so far, there is a session or two that discusses the integration of facilities and IT to manage a data center more effectively. So far,...
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Where Is IT Going and What Impact Will That Have On Data Centers?
At the recent DatacenterDynamics conference in San Francisco, the last session was a panel discussion on where IT is headed and the effects of that on data centers. Because my chair duty was over by...
View ArticleData Centers: How Much Containment is Enough?
Achieving an optimum degree of airflow containment cannot be reached through a one-size-fits-all solution. The true measurement of any containment solution is dependent upon using a Hot Aisle, Cold...
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Join Zen Kishimoto August 16 in a Webinar about Data and DCIM
Come and join me August 16 for a panel discussion of “Do More Data Make DCIM More Effective in Designing and Managing Data Centers?” Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) has been given a lot of...
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What Do Data Center Operators Do When They Face a Power Shortage?
Yes, in the US we experience a power availability and supply problem when we try to build a data center or expand capacity. Some operators try their best to maximize available power for expanding their...
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Conference Watch: How Do Japanese Operators Run Their Data Centers?
When I proposed a session on the subject of how Japanese operators run their data centers for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Data Center Energy Efficiency Summit, I did not know how many people...
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What’s Next with Data Center Energy Efficiency—Facilities or IT?
What is the next trend in data center energy efficiency? I may be biased because I am more of an ICT guy than a facility guy, when I talk about data centers. Based on my unscientific data, 70%–80% of...
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Japan Data Center Council Visits Silicon Valley Power for New Ideas to Remedy...
The Japan Data Center Council (JDCC) is a consortium of data center operators, vendors, and users in Japan consisting of 170 member companies. Even before the disaster in March 2011, the JDCC was...
View ArticleBackup Basics: Distributed Vs Centralized Backup
When designing a power protection scheme for their data center, IT and facilities managers must ask themselves whether a distributed or centralized backup strategy makes more sense. Unfortunately,...
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Game Changer? Beyond Realizing Hybrid Clouds—Part 3
This is a continuation of the previous blog on hybrid clouds. In part 1 and part 2, I discussed CloudVelocity and its technologies for implementing a hybrid cloud. Now that we know a hybrid cloud can...
View ArticleThe 8 Most Common Power Management Challenges & How to Overcome Them
Using outdated, standalone software from multiple vendors to monitor and manage uninterruptible power systems (UPSs), power distribution units (PDUs) and other crucial power quality devices can create...
View ArticleIncrease The Efficiency Of Power Distribution In Your Data Center
As power density in modern data centers has increased, IT pros are increasingly focused on ensuring efficiency in their power distribution infrastructure. This paper explores a variety of practical and...
View Article10 Ways to Increase Power System Availability in Data Centers
Data center availability has become an essential precondition to competitiveness and profitability. Yet despite their best efforts to achieve five nines availability, businesses remain vulnerable to a...
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Measuring and Monitoring: One Aspect of Data Center Infrastructure Management
A data center is a complex building. It houses IT and facilities equipment along with office and amenity accommodations. Because of this, its operations touch many categories of areas, and different...
View ArticleIs Your Data Center Ready For Virtualization?
Virtualization brings the potential to deliver dramatic savings in terms of server count, footprint, power consumption and cooling requirements for data centers. For all its advantages though,...
View ArticleEssential Power Management Guide for 2013
From plug and receptacle charts and facts about power problems to an overview of various UPS topologies and factors affecting battery life, you’ll find a wealth of pertinent resources designed to help...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Data Center Safer: A Guide to Arc Flash Safety
Arc flash events in the data center could have potentially lethal consequences for employees. Read this guide and learn six key ways to prevent arc flash-related fatalities in your 400V data center....
View ArticleArc Flash Explosions: Myth or Dangerous Reality for Data Centers?
Arc flashes—the fiery explosions that can result from short circuits in high-power electrical devices—kill hundreds of workers in the U.S. every year and permanently injure thousands more. They can...
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