New Year’s Resolutions for Data Center Solutions
Happy holidays, everyone! Each year, millions of people form New Year’s Resolutions in the hopes of making a change for the better. I encourage data center managers and other IT…
Puzzling Over Effective Server Room Design
Creating an effective server room design is a bit like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. Unless you’re a glutton for punishment (which, I admit, some of us probably are), you…
Data Center Construction Made Easier
Based on first-hand experience, I can tell you that there’s plenty of stress involved and detail required in even a minor data center construction project. Compound this with a 24x7…
Eco-Friendly Solutions: Build a Green Data Center
Recycled goods, alternative power sources and energy-saving technology are becoming commonplace in many homes and businesses. It’s a sign of the times as energy costs continue to climb and public…
The Pros and Cons of Data Center Colocation
Data center colocation plays a strategic role in modern IT operations. For many companies, it presents an attractive alternative to building and maintaining a sizeable data center.Housing servers and network…
Datacenter Solution: Server Virtualization
You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” Does this folksy wisdom hold true when it comes to server virtualization? Virtualization is an increasingly popular…
Tips for Handling Your Data Center Relocation
Nobody ever said data center relocation was easy. Although moving mission critical computer and communications equipment from one site to another is no simple task, it needn’t be an overwhelming…
DC-power Sparks Interest among Data Center Designers
Rising data center power and cooling costs have renewed industry interest in DC-power, but is DC really a cure-all or just more snake oil?Up until this point, DC-power hasn’t been…
Data Centers vs. Computer Rooms: What’s the Difference?
The differences between data center and computer room design don’t amount to a hill of beans for most people. The terms are often used interchangeably, but using them correctly makes…
Dark Data Centers: Dream or Reality?
I was just contacted by Processor.com for my thoughts on this topic and thought it might be useful to share some information about it with you all here. If data…