cooling
The greening of IT: Cooling costs
Comment Last year, the BroadGroup's Power & Cooling Survey found that the average UK data centre spent more than £5m per year on energy. Critics say about half the energy used in an average data centre - enough to power a small... [21 Sep 2007]
Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets and Small Rooms
White Paper Cooling for IT wiring closets is rarely planned and typically only implemented after failures or overheating occur. An appropriate specification for cooling IT wiring closets should assure compatibility... [01 Oct 2009]
Cooling Solutions for Rack Equipment With Side-to-Side Airflow
White Paper Equipment with side-to-side airflow presents special cooling challenges in today's data center. Common rack enclosures and rack layouts are fundamentally incompatible with side-to-side cooling, resulting... [16 Mar 2009]
Making Green IT a Reality: Customer Perspectives on the Impact of Storage Vendor Decisions on Power, Cooling, & Space in Enterprise Data Centers
White Paper "Green IT" is a popular concept today, as data centers worldwide face rising costs for power, cooling, and space and companies strive to meet public demand for improved environmental stewardship. Many IT organizations,... [28 Mar 2008]
Power, Cooling, Space Efficient Storage
White Paper Approximately a year ago the Director of IT for a company that has approximately 80,000 employees told ESG that his biggest issue was power, cooling and floor space. ESG has found that power, cooling and... [02 Sep 2009]
Cooling Strategies for Ultra-High Density Racks and Blade Servers
White Paper This creates difficult cooling challenges in a data center environment where the industry average rack power consumption is under 2kW. Rack power of 10kW per rack or more can result from the deployment of high-density... [01 Oct 2009]
Essential Cooling System Requirements for Next Generation Data Centers
White Paper This paper presents a categorized and prioritized collection of cooling system challenges and requirements as obtained through systematic user interviews. Effective mission critical installations must address the known... [06 Apr 2005]
Virtualization: Optimized Power Cooling to Maximize Benefits
White Paper In particular, row-based cooling, correctly sized power and cooling, and real-time capacity management are essential elements in realizing virtualization's full potential in cost reduction, efficiency,... [01 Oct 2009]
Explanation of Cooling and Air Conditioning Terminology for IT Professionals
White Paper Unfortunately, air conditioning terminology routinely used in the cooling industry is unnecessarily complicated. This complexity makes it difficult and frustrating for IT professionals to specify cooling... [06 Jul 2007]
Energy Efficient Cooling for Data Centers: A Close-Coupled Row Solution
White Paper As power density increased, it became evident that the degree of difficulty in cooling these higher power demand loads was also increasing. This article discusses the efficiency benefits of row-based... [01 Oct 2009]
Worldwide Server Power and Cooling Expense: 2006-2010 Forecast
White Paper The issue of power and cooling in the datacenter has become a top priority for IT executives. The resulting rise in power consumption has become a significant cost factor for the business' operating expense, while... [18 Mar 2009]
Calculating Total Cooling Requirements for Data Centers
White Paper Sizing a cooling system requires an understanding of the amount of heat produced by the equipment contained in the enclosed space, along with the heat produced by the other heat sources typically encountered. [01 Oct 2009]
Power and Cooling for VoIP and IP Telephony Applications
White Paper Voice Over IP (VoIP) deployments can cause unexpected or unplanned power and cooling requirements in wiring closets and wiring rooms. Most wiring closets do not have uninterruptible power available, and they do not... [18 Apr 2008]
Power and Cooling for VoIP and IP Telephony Applications
White Paper Voice Over IP (VoIP) deployments can cause unexpected or unplanned power and cooling requirements in wiring closets and wiring rooms. Most wiring closets do not have uninterruptible power available, and they do not... [01 Dec 2008]
HP Dynamic Smart Cooling: Intelligent Sensing and Strong Control
White Paper Reduce the costs of running data center, gain control over energy bill, and be confident that a more sustainable enterprise is running with HP Dynamic Smart Cooling. [14 Dec 2007]