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Design Lifecycle: Leading Edge vs Current Practice
May 16th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferOne of the design issues facing data center operators is the projected life cycle of the facility, writes Julius Neudorfer. The data center is evolving at a much faster pace over the last several years especially when compared to the past 35 years. Read More
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Design for Efficient Operational and Energy Management
May 14th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferWhile most data centers have some basic form of Build Management System (BMS), any new design needs to include a highly granular network of sensors in virtually all of the systems and sub-systems of the facility power and cooling infrastructure. This is the fourth article in a series that is titled, the DCK Executive Guide to Data Center Design. Read More
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Design for a Dynamic Environment
May 9th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferHistorically, data center IT loads have been relatively stable and predictable, if viewed over a 24-hour or weekly period. This is beginning to change and this article outlines a number of causes for this. Read More
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Designing for High Availability and System Failure
May 8th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferIn the world of mission critical computing the term “data center” and its implied and projected level of “availability” has always referred to the physical facility and its power and cooling infrastructure. The advent of the “cloud” and what constitutes availability may be up for re-examination. Read More
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Data Center Designs for Evolving Hardware
April 30th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferCurrent designs for traditional enterprise type data centers aren’t necessarily flexible enough for the myriad of newer devices coming their way. IT hardware is beginning to morph into different form factors, which may involve non-standard physical configurations, as well as unconventional cooling and power schemes. This does not necessarily mean that a traditional design will not work in the near future, however the long term IT systems planning must be evaluated to understand the potential impact on the physical issues in the data center facility. Read More
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DCK Executive Guide to Data Center Design
April 29th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferThis article series examines some of the classic design adaptations and new data center design trends being adopted as businesses strive to meet the challenges driven by evolving IT architecture. Read More
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Business Justifications for a Custom Data Center
April 1st, 2013 : Julius NeudorferThe business case for custom data centers are sometimes driven by special technical requirements, rath¬er than a better ROI. In those cases, the IT architects should be asked to make a solid business justification for its long term viability of the specialized IT hardware, as well as the competitive advantages of the leading edge technology. Read More
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Timelines and Potential Pitfalls of a Custom Data Center
March 27th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferThe advantages of a custom design can look and be attractive, since they may be able to accommodate non-standard IT hardware or provide very high energy efficiency or high cooling density. However there are potential pitfalls for those who have not had a great deal of experience with custom designs. Read More
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Custom Data Centers: Responsibilities of the Stakeholders
March 20th, 2013 : Julius NeudorferLike any large scale project, when commissioning a data center design, whether standard or custom, a clear understanding of the responsibilities and points of contact and/or project managers need to be carefully selected and agreed to by all involved parties. Read More
About Julius Neudorfer
RESOURCE LINKS:
Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
