WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses new piping approaches, which can dramatically reduce the risk of leakage and facilitate high-density deployment.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Managers | TCO

WHITE PAPER - To mitigate against the problems described in this document, designers and managers of data centers and network rooms must adapt to the new realities of dynamic power consumption.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  BIOS | Data Centers | Security | UPS | VoIP | Wi-Fi

WHITE PAPER - This paper shows a simple and effective way to develop a capacity plan for a data center or network room.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Data Management | Storage Systems | TCO | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - An understanding of the 9 types of cooling systems and their attributes can be used to develop guidelines for when each type should be used, and such guidelines are provided in this paper for both raised floor and hard floor applications.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | IT Managers | LAN | Storage Systems | Vendors

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains and quantifies the effects of airflow management blanking panels on cooling system performance.
Posted: November 21, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Data Centers | Fans | Motherboards | Product Development

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains the nature of humidity, its effects and its management in computer rooms and data centers.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Downtime | High Availability

WHITE PAPER - This paper examines both methodologies and highlights the reasons why hot aisle containment emerges as the preferred best practice.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Best Practices | Computer Room Air Conditioning Units | Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | Downtime | Storage Capacity

WHITE PAPER - This paper provides a five-step roadmap for standardizing and optimizing organization within both low and high density enclosure, with special emphasis on how to plan for higher densities.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Centers | Disk Drives | Networking | Routing | Server Virtualization

WHITE PAPER - This paper outlines several innovation approaches for dealing with the symptoms of chaos and for eliminating the root causes of disorder.
Posted: November 20, 2008 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Change Management | Data Centers | IT Infrastructure | Routing | UPS

BOOK - In chapter 5 of this e-book, a step-by-step guide to greening the data center is presented. These strategies for going green in the data center are designed to help IT managers create a holistic data center efficiency project.
Posted: March 1, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2008


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Centers | EPA | IT Asset Management | IT Infrastructure | Rack Enclosures | Rack Servers | UPS

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of each topology and addresses some common misconceptions about real-world application requirements.
Posted: February 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2004


Topics:  Power Supplies

WHITE PAPER - This paper explains the technical terms of Power Factor, Crest Factor, and Surge Factor.
Posted: February 6, 2008 | Published: January 1, 2006


Topics:  Data Centers | Hard Disk Drives | Hubs | Routers | Storage Systems | UPS

WHITE PAPER - This paper covers projects involving new construction or upgrades to the data center’s physical infrastructure - the power, cooling, and other physical systems that house and protect the data center’s IT equipment.
Posted: June 21, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2007


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Management | Hardware Configuration Management | Hardware Management Services | Infrastructure Management | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management

WHITE PAPER - This paper describes the class of threats, suggests approaches to deploying monitoring devices, and provides best practices in leveraging the collected data to reduce downtime.
Posted: June 4, 2007 | Published: June 1, 2006


Topics:  Blade Servers | Data Center Management | Data Centers | Data Security | IT Best Practices | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance | Storage Security

WHITE PAPER - Many of the reasons for the raised floor in the data center no longer exist, and the problems associated with raised floors suggest that their widespread use is no longer justified or desirable for many applications.
Posted: June 4, 2007 | Published: December 1, 2003


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Consolidation | Data Centers | Power Supplies | Security | Telecommunications Infrastructure