space and cooling
RSS space and coolingStorage Management Considerations in Virtual Environments
White Paper Virtualization solves the server sprawl problem allowing organizations to consolidate their physical environments to save money on power, cooling and space. However, server virtualization presents a new set of storage management complexities and... [09 Jul 2008]
Dell Case Study: Ryerson University
White Paper Ryerson University wanted to speed server provisioning; reduce space, power, and cooling needs; and implement rapid disaster recovery. The ever-increasing demand for IT services at the university put significant stress on IT staff and data center... [08 Jul 2008]
By Consolidating 90 Percent of Its Physical Servers, the Ryerson University IT Group Is Poised to React More Quickly to University Needs
White Paper Ryerson wanted to speed server provisioning and reduce space, power, and cooling needs and also implement rapid disaster recovery. The ever-increasing demand for IT services at the university put significant stress on IT staff and data center... [05 Jul 2008]
Cisco Integrated Services Router: Reduce Power Consumption Through Integrated Services Delivery
White Paper Businesses can consolidate six disparate devices (router, switch, voice IP Private Branch eXchange (PBX), security appliance, application acceleration device, and wireless access point) into a single platform, reducing the physical space... [03 Jul 2008]
From Monolithic to Grid
White Paper The major feature of computing was the mainframe computer that took up a few hundred square feet of space, plus working space for its human masters and for the specialty air-cooling systems, the heavy printers, and the oh-so-crucial spare-parts... [03 Jul 2008]
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Delivers Savings for Siemens Medical Solutions
White Paper Siemens also observed reductions in rack space and power and cooling costs in its ROI study. Using VMware, Siemens Medical Solutions achieved 12:1 server consolidation and increased server utilization. [30 Jun 2008]
The Java Virtual Appliance--No OS Required
White Paper Learn why most servers run at only 10 per cent of capacity; how virtualization saves an average of 23 per cent on server space, power, and cooling; and how virtual middleware enhances speed, flexibility, and ROI. [26 Jun 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo The inside of one of the data halls, with cooling and power distribution units around the edges of the hall and a large space where the racks of computers will eventually go. Electronically controlled fans only provide the chilled air to the parts... [11 Jun 2008]
Server Consolidation and Virtualization: Issues and Actions
White Paper Underutilization is a major contributor to high data center costs, which include money spent on power, cooling, floor space, administration, and software license fees. This over-provisioning of servers not only drives up costs, but because servers... [31 May 2008]
Mastering Storage Complexity
White Paper Consequently, space, power, and cooling issues are growing in severity. And data is needlessly duplicated - CMP Media Research estimates by as much as 50 to 500 times. A new generation of backup, recovery, and storage management solutions allow... [30 May 2008]
Sun Achieves >80% reduction in space, power and cooling costs by Consolidating European Datacenters
White Paper The consolidation needed to be completed quickly and achieve reductions in space and electric power consumption without the migration of large numbers of applications to new operating system versions. [14 May 2008]
Creating an Energy-Efficient Datacenter : Consolidate with Sun technology
White Paper This in-depth report shows how by moving to high-performance, energy-efficient Sun servers and storage systems, IT organisation can take advantage of the latest advancements while saving on power and cooling. [14 May 2008]
Proven Virtualisation Scalability With The Sun Fire X4600 Server
White Paper This white paper looks at how organisation can consolidate a number of applications from a number of under-utilised servers and ease the space, power, and cooling crunch. Consolidation requires virtualisation, and specifically high-performance... [14 May 2008]
THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY
White Paper IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can run at higher utilisation levels and reduce... [14 May 2008]
Power Struggle: How IT Managers Cope With Data Center Power Demands and the Raptor Solution
White Paper A major concern faced by data center operators is the power consumption and cooling of the equipment in the data center. These operators must continuously plan and implement plans to update, increase the number of, and relocate switching units and... [26 Apr 2008]
