Comments on: A Tale of Two Data Center Industries? http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/08/a-tale-of-two-data-center-industries/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rex http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/08/a-tale-of-two-data-center-industries/comment-page-1/#comment-8967 Rex Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:58:24 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=19355#comment-8967 Good observation. I fall into the Rightists category. I'm designing a new, 60 KW data center, but I'm under intense pressure to reduce both capital and operational costs. For various reasons, I've had two years to work on this design. As I've researched alternatives, I've found a lot of self-serving misinformation spread mostly by vendors who want to sell you their overpriced "solutions". Instead, I've been looking at the design patterns of very large data center operators like Amazon, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun, and trying to scale those down. Providing better guidance to small data center operators and designers could dramatically improve efficiency without risking downtime, usually at lower cost than following traditional designs or listening to sales people. Unfortunately, nobody has the incentive or authority to make those recommendations. Good observation. I fall into the Rightists category. I’m designing a new, 60 KW data center, but I’m under intense pressure to reduce both capital and operational costs. For various reasons, I’ve had two years to work on this design.

As I’ve researched alternatives, I’ve found a lot of self-serving misinformation spread mostly by vendors who want to sell you their overpriced “solutions”.

Instead, I’ve been looking at the design patterns of very large data center operators like Amazon, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun, and trying to scale those down.

Providing better guidance to small data center operators and designers could dramatically improve efficiency without risking downtime, usually at lower cost than following traditional designs or listening to sales people.

Unfortunately, nobody has the incentive or authority to make those recommendations.

]]> By: Wednesday data center tidbits. « The Server Room http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/08/a-tale-of-two-data-center-industries/comment-page-1/#comment-8953 Wednesday data center tidbits. « The Server Room Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:59:02 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=19355#comment-8953 [...] } First up this morning, we have an article quoting a Microsoft person pondering about why many data center operators havn’t adopted any of the current data center “efficiency&#82.... It’s simple, the Green Grid’s PUE (power usage efficiency) and the EPA’s EUE [...] [...] } First up this morning, we have an article quoting a Microsoft person pondering about why many data center operators havn’t adopted any of the current data center “efficiency&#82…. It’s simple, the Green Grid’s PUE (power usage efficiency) and the EPA’s EUE [...]

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