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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]
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 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... [30 Sep 2009]
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]
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]
Increasing Data Center Energy Efficiency by Monitoring and Targeting to Heating and Cooling Metrics
White Paper They will see that trying to use fixed cooling assets to try to address a dynamic heat load creates inherent inefficiencies. Data center heat density has been increasing since the advent of the server. [22 Oct 2008]
A Layman's Explanation of the Role of IT Racks in Cooling Your Data Center
White Paper Unless it is an actively cooled rack (i.e.one with a cooling coil, which looks like a radiator), the rack is a passive player in the thermal system. The amount of IT systems the rack can "Cool" depends on the room's... [31 Jul 2009]
Increasing Data Center Cooling Efficiency and Capacity
White Paper Vendors are now designing servers which will demand up to 20kW of cooling if installed in a single rack. With most data centers designed to cool an average of no more than 2kW per rack, some innovative... [14 Jul 2004]
How to Lap Your CPU/Processor for a Cheap Cooling Performance Upgrade
White Paper This results in an uneven contact with the heat sink which degrades cooling by a moderate margin. Not only is it the cheapest cooling upgrade one can perform, it is also the most beneficial when looking... [01 May 2009]
Virtualization: Optimized Power and 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]
Ten Cooling Solutions to Support High-Density Server Deployment
White Paper However, depending on the deployment, they can present a significant cooling challenge. Vendors are now designing servers that can demand over 40 kW of cooling per rack. With most data centers designed... [01 Dec 2008]
Power and Cooling Capacity Management for Data Centers
White Paper The ability to measure and predict power and cooling capability at the rack enclosure level is required to ensure predictable performance and optimize use of the physical infrastructure resource. This paper describes the... [01 Oct 2009]
Avoidable Mistakes that Compromise Cooling Performance in Data Centers and Network Rooms
White Paper Avoidable mistakes that are routinely made when installing cooling systems and racks in data centers or network rooms compromise availability and increase costs. These unintentional flaws create hot-spots, decrease fault... [01 Oct 2009]
