Liquid Cooling Definitions
The majority of the industry understands that liquids are used in some or most of the cooling process for most data centers. However there has been some misunderstandings about what is actually liquid cooled. ASHRAE (the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers) released the second edition of Liquid Cooling Guidelines for Datacom Equipment […]
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Digital Growth of the Health-Care Industry
Despite some of the recent scares with security, the health-care industry is having a data explosion that is continuing to grow. With the future expectation of access to health data on demand, the storage and retrieval will continue to push both data centers and online security providers. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical […]
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Environments to be Monitored
Monitoring a data center is an important part of managing how it operates and making decisions for the future. Knowing what is important to measure and monitor is crucial, as the deluge of information and misleading metrics can begin to lead you astray. About one in three facilities will have an outage of four hours […]
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Choosing a Contractor
There are many clients who are now taking on projects small and large and getting the right contractor can lead to a successful project outcome. Here are a few of the key items to consider. Expertise: choosing a good contractor isn’t enough if the contractor isn’t good with critical facilities and data centers. Their terms […]
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Better Modeling, Better Results
Modeling your data center using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) can help get a better picture of the data center performance, hot spots, air flows, pressures and more. There are natural concerns about the cost, complexity, and how a CFD can compliment your floor design and work with your Data Center Information Management (DCIM) tools. CFD […]
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Lights Out
Lighting in the data center has been a target in data centers for a while, as they can have upwards of 1.5 watts per square foot of white space. While this power density may seem small by comparison with the computing loads, any lighting with over 1.0 watts per square foot is likely higher than […]
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Adding Cooling
There are a number of ways to effectively and efficiently cool a data center. Below are some considerations when looking to add cooling to your critical space. Strategy: Understand the cooling methodology for your data center: air and/or water; raised floor; hot/cold aisle; containment; perimeter cooling; localized cooling; liquid cooling; etc. Establishing a new cooling […]
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3+ Billion Users, 30+ Billion Connected Devices
Sometime in the next year the world will have about 3 billion users of the internet. This expansion will continue to increase to about 3.5 billion or more by 2018 as access to new markets continues. India and southeast Asia will see double-digit growth, assisted by Google, Facebook and others as they create new ways […]
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Software Defined Data Center
Sometime in the next year the world will have about 3 billion users of the internet. This expansion will continue to increase to about 3.5 billion or more by 2018 as access to new markets continues. India and southeast Asia will see double-digit growth, assisted by Google, Facebook and others as they create new ways […]
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Tin Whiskers
Tin whiskers form when tin plating on component leads is under pressure. The tin squeezes out to form filaments as thin as a human hair. The whiskers grow long enough to potentially cause a short circuit. This concern has come about since the European Union adopted restricition of hazardous substances, which has led manufacturers to […]
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