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Creating Order from Chaos in Data Centers and Server Rooms

Overview Data center professionals can rid themselves of messy racks, sub-standard under floor air distribution, and cable sprawl with a minimum of heartache and expense. Whether the data center mess is created over years of mismanagement or whether the cable-choked data center is inherited, solutions for both quick fixes and longer term evolutionary changes exist. This paper outlines several innovative approaches for dealing with the symptoms of chaos and for eliminating the root causes of disorder.

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Publisher
American Power Conversion (APC)
File Format
PDF
Date Published
Apr 8, 2009
Format
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Topics
Data Center, File and Network Servers, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Database Management, Infrastructure Management

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