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What's The New
Buzz In The Data Center Industry?
Find
Out From The Expert Himself, in Pete Sacco's
Personal Blog,
Data Center Design
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Upcoming Events
Fall 2010 Data Center World Event
After the success of the spring event, PTS will be
presenting in 3 sessions at the fall Data Center World event October
3-6 in Las Vegas
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Recent Events
PTS participated in Uptime Institute's Symposium 2010
May 18-19 in NYC
Creating & Implementing a
Proactive Data Center Management Plan
on May 11 for 7x24 Exchange Delaware Valley Chapter,
Citizen's Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
PTS Presented SEO
- A B2B Marketers Best Friend on May 3, 2010 at the
MarketingProfs Convention, Boston, MA
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Learn About
Powerful CFD Technology In The Data Center
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A
nationally recognized data center design firm, PTS Data Center
Solutions specializes in Data Center
If you're having a
problem in your data center talk to one of our experts today --- before
your situation goes from bad to critical.
201-337-3833
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Or
visit us at:
www.PTSdcs.com
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I am pleased to offer
you the Q2, 2010 edition of the PTS Quarterly Newsletter, a
means for our clients, our partners, and our vendors to get the latest
information on what's new and current at PTS, as well as the data
center industry in general. Given our market position at the
crossroads of facility and IT infrastructure consulting, we look to
provide valuable information for our Facilities- and Information
Technology-focused clients as well as those of you interested in the
combined disciplines.
First, we focus our
attention on Virtualization Strategies related to server and storage
infrastructure within the data center. PTS recognizes the role virtualization
plays in reducing the burden on facility support systems. Using
leading edge virtualization tools PTS consultants can quickly and
effectively assess your complete enterprise IT infrastructure for
improvements including reduced space, power, and cooling
requirements, and ascertain the cost savings virtualization may
represent within your enterprise.
In addition to
virtualization's impact on IT and facilities infrastructure,
PTS can perform physical server infrastructure assessments looking for
opportunities to upgrade, replace, or migrate from discrete or rack
servers to more robust and maintainable blade server solutions. To
support our growing inventory of IT Solutions Group (ITSG) services
and solutions PTS has also launched a series of new products through
the latest PTS Data Center Solutions Showcase. Check out products
related to virtualization from the leader in the space, VMware, and various network
equipment products from Dell.
Finally,
our spring events calendar is full of recently completed events
and upcoming learning opportunities through the Data Center Education Series and
other industry-specific events in the financial services and data center design arenas.
As always, please think of us for your next data center project ---
whether it is infrastructure, facility or IT related.
Pete Sacco
President &
Founder
PTS Data Center Solutions, Inc
Experts For Your Always Available Data Center
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Data
Center Virtualization, Server Planning, and Feasibility Consulting
Services
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Server virtualization
now is a mainstream technology. Recent IDC surveys found that over
50% of all customers are employing server virtualization for
production applications, including mission-critical applications such
as supply chain management and enterprise resource planning. Within
the next 12 months, these same users expect nearly half of their
applications will be hosted on a virtualized server. Server
virtualization has enabled enterprises to harness the growing power
of inexpensive computers and put a higher percentage of purchased
capacity to use.
An added benefit of
virtualization is that organizations are also saving in terms of space,
power, and cooling costs within the data center thereby extending its
life. To support our clients, PTS has recently launched two new
consulting services aimed at supporting client migration strategies
and extending the useful life of client data center facilities.
Each consulting program leverages the first four steps of the PTS
proven consultative process:
Data Center
Server Planning & Feasibility Consulting provides four strategic
services for clients looking at server refreshes and
potential virtualization of critical applications.Services
include:
- Needs Analyses for deployment of new server
techniques and technology
- Site Surveys of current server infrastructure
equipment within the enterprise (if needed)
- Assessments of servers, server virtualization,
discrete, rack, and blade server architectures including
consideration of various manufacturer architectures and key
decision criteria
- Planning to provide technology roadmaps, budget,
and timelines for future design and deployment of server
infrastructure
Data
Center Virtualization Strategies Consulting drives business
agility by simplifying business infrastructure to create a more
dynamic and flexible data center. The service includes four key
components:
- Needs Analyses for use of virtualization within the
enterprise
- Site Surveys of current virtualization within the
enterprise (if needed)
- Assessments of server and storage area network
virtualization to analyze requirements against numerous designs,
manufacturer solutions, and key decision criteria
- Planning to provide technology roadmaps, budget,
and timelines for future design and implementation of
virtualization strategies
These
two Consulting programs provide significant recommendations for IT
management decision making. Specific outcomes include:
- Targeted
Server Consolidation & Optimization
- Infrastructure
Cost Reduction
- Enhanced
Server Design Based Upon Requirements
- Server
Migration Strategies
- Support
Infrastructure Requirements for Proper Server Deployment
- Improved
Operational Flexibility & Responsiveness
- Improved
Desktop Manageability & Security
- Improved
Business Continuity
PTS
consultants utilize leading edge analysis software and algorithms to
provide specific, actionable recommendations which, when implemented,
help drive down the IT load requirements on client data centers and
positively impact overall data center operational costs, upgrade
requirements, and replacement.
Click here to
learn more about Server Planning & Feasibility Consulting.
Click here to
learn more about Virtualization Strategies Consulting.
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The
PTS Data Center Solutions Showcase -
Servers & Virtualization
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Building upon our new
Server and Virtualization Consulting Service offerings and our recently
announced IT Solutions Group, PTS is pleased to showcase new products
from Dell and VMware in this months Solutions Showcase.
PTS has added new web
sub-sites filled with numerous product, solution, and educational
materials from Dell and VMware. Visit the PTS Dell and
PTS VMware sites
here.
VMware's
vCenter management platform provides a proven approach to managing
the virtualized datacenter, allowing you to streamline IT management
and reduce operating costs. It offers the most comprehensive platform
for optimizing critical IT processes and workflows in datacenter.
The
platform also grows with you, with options that provide the right
level of management capabilities to support any management challenge,
for companies of any size, structure or level of maturity.
Current
VMware vCenter solutions include:
· VMware vCenter Server
· VMware vCenter AppSpeed
· VMware vCenter Chargeback
· VMware vCenter Lab Manager
· VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager
· VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager
All
solutions integrate with VMware vCenter Server, the heart of VMware's
management platform. VMware continues to extend its management
solutions in to new areas, including configuration, capacity and
application performance management in the cloud infrastructure. Click here to learn more.
An
essential part of Dells IT portfolio, Dell PowerEdge servers have set
the industry standard for simplifying operations, driving
leading-edge price performance and delivering business relevant IT
solutions. Dell's award-winning servers easily integrate with one
another - and with other leading enterprise software products - to
help reduce complexity and maximize IT resources.
Whether
you need systems designed exclusively for your small businesses or
enterprise-class data center, Dell has the right servers to fit your
business and budget enabling you to get all your systems from a
single vendor. Click here to learn more.
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PTS
Education & White Papers
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 Looking
to continue its tradition of providing content-rich educational
materials for data center manager through its website, PTS has
significantly upgraded its white paper section. As we continue to add
our own industry-specific content through white paper development,
presentations at numerous industry events, discussion threads on the
PTS blog and through the LinkedIn Computer Room Design group, we
strive to stay up-to-date on the latest facility- and IT-related
trends.
To
that end we have revamped the white paper section of our website. Now
you can find relevant educational papers by facility, IT or specific
topics including: Consolidation, Cooling, Financial, General,
Management, Network, Power, Safety, Security, Servers, Storage, and
Virtualization. Interesting white papers for consideration to
add to your reading list include:
Proper
Sizing of IT Power & Cooling (by
Green Grid). Between 2000 and 2006, energy requirements for data
centers doubled, and they are on track to double again by 2011. In
the same time period, typical per-rack heat densities went from 1 kW
to 7 kW, and they are estimated to exceed 20 kW per rack by 2010.
This places tremendous importance on a data center facility planner's
ability to properly budget for future power and cooling
infrastructure requirements. Today's energy costs and efficiency
demands necessitate a more accurate method of determining those
requirements. This white paper has been developed to introduce the
reader to the many new and highly accurate software tools
available for estimating power and cooling capacity
requirements. Click here for the full white paper.
Server
Consolidation and Containment With Virtual Infrastructure
(by VMware). To meet the constant demand to deploy, maintain
and grow a broad array of services and applications, , IT
organizations must continually add new servers. However, as a
consequence of purchasing more and more servers, organizations face a
growing server sprawl presenting challenges that include: rising
costs, poor return on investment, decreasing manageability, and
reduced efficiency. Click here for the full white paper.
Increasing
Data Center Efficiency with Server Power Measurements (by
Intel). Intel IT defined methods for analyzing computing energy
efficiency within our design computing environment, using
measurements of actual server power consumption and utilization. We
used these methods to identify trends and opportunities for improving
data center efficiency, and to implement a pilot project that
increased data center computing capacity. Click here for the full white paper.
Optimizing
Power Distribution for High-Density Computing (by
Eaton). Fueled by the rapid rise of technologies such as
virtualization and blade servers, computing densities in today's data
centers are climbing dramatically. As a result, server enclosures are
requiring more power than ever before. The result of this is a new
and demanding set of power distribution challenges. To meet the power
requirements of their increasingly dense server racks, organizations
are looking for power circuits and power distribution units (PDUs)
that have adequate power capacity and make optimal use of
panelboards, but don't drive such high densities that they are
prohibitively expensive to cool. Click here for the full white paper.
Is
Your IT Infrastructure Ready for Tomorrow? Preparing for a 10GbE
Future (by David Reine, The Clipper Group).
An IT infrastructure will be the key to the success of the enterprise
data center in the years to come. Because of the poor utilization of
existing single-core microprocessor servers, the IT staff of the
typical data center has embarked on a journey of consolidation and
virtualization to reduce server sprawl, simplify data center
complexity, and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the IT
infrastructure. Click here
for the full white paper.
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 In the News:
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How To Save On
Cooling In The Summer Months
As The Temperature
Climbs, So Does The Cooling Bill
March 26, 2010
· Vol.32 Issue 7
As any homeowner knows,
air conditioning is more expensive when the temperature spikes
outside because the room unit or centralized equipment has to work
harder to keep a steady temperature. The same is true with a data
center, albeit on a much larger scale and with the added complication
of heat rejection, notes Peter Sacco, president of PTS Data Center
Solutions.
To
Read the Full Article, Please Click Here
Data
Center Design Snags
Top Mistakes
To Avoid When Building New Or Adding On To Your Data Center
Processor.com
March
12, 2010 · Vol.32 Issue 6
"While
it's possible to acquire sufficient knowledge (to properly build a
data center), why take the chance?" says Peter Sacco, president
of PTS Data Center Solutions. "Also, not all data center
facility design consultants are the same. Construction contractors or
[strategy] consultants often don't have the data center-specific
knowledge required for a successful project given the pace of demand
IT systems have put on facilities."
To Read the Full Article, Please Click Here
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About PTS
Data Center Solutions
Founded in 1998, PTS Data Center Solutions is a premier
data center design firm and turnkey solutions provider, offering a broad
range of project experience, specializing in designing data centers,
computer rooms and technical spaces that integrate
"best-of-breed", critical infrastructure technologies and
result in continuously available, scalable, redundant, fault-tolerant,
manageable, and maintainable mission critical environments.
Contact:
Larry
Davis
Director of Marketing
ldavis@ptsdcs.com
201-337-3833
x123
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