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Video Tour: RagingWire’s Sacramento Data Center
December 3rd, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
Earlier this month Liam Eagle from The WHIR got to tour the RagingWire 500,000 square for Sacramento data center, known internally as "The Rock." Here's a video tour of the campus. Read More
Data Center Containment Components and Considerations
November 29th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
This is the fourth article in a best practices series on data center energy efficiency through effective airflow management strategies and focuses on data center containment components and considerations. Read More
Benefits of Data Center Containment
November 15th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
The data center is fraught with power and cooling challenges. For every 50 kW of power the data center feeds to an aisle, the same facilities typically apply 100-150 kW of cooling to maintain desirable equipment inlet temperatures. Most legacy data centers waste more than 60% of that cooling energy in the form of bypass air. Read More
Approaches to Data Center Containment
November 8th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
The data center is fraught with power and cooling challenges. For every 50 kW of power the data center feeds to an aisle, the same facilities typically apply 100-150 kW of cooling to maintain desirable equipment inlet temperatures. Most legacy data centers waste more than 60% of that cooling energy in the form of bypass air. Read More
DCK Guide to Data Center Containment
November 1st, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
Data center operators understand how the growing demand for compute cycles, web-based applications and content are driving data centers to find new ways to keep power consumption in check. While doing so, enterprise data centers managers continue to struggle to add highly dense computing capacity in the same space. Data center airflow management cuts energy costs while enabling affordable, scalable, modular growth of compute pods in the facility. Read More
Cloud: What an Enterprise Must Know
October 30th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
The term “cloud computing” can have many different meanings to various organizations. IT executives are beginning to widely adopt the technology, even though there is still some confusion of the technology. Cloud computing isn’t just one component or solution; rather, it’s a combination of underlying pieces all put together to help the delivery of data [...] Read More
Automated Provisioning & Orchestration Are Critical to Effective Private Clouds
October 23rd, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
The modern data center is evolving to become a technological hub hosting new types of virtualization and cloud technologies. This IDC Research white paper sponsored by Cisco explores the impact of virtualization and cloud computing on the data center infrastructure. Read More
Managing Security in Transitioning to the Private Cloud
October 16th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
Two of the biggest barriers in moving towards a private cloud model are security and compliance concerns. This Cisco white paper examines the role of security in the private cloud model. Read More
How Much Containment Is Enough?
October 12th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau
With a denser infrastructure, there is a greater need to manage the cooling and hot air flow process. One of the key ways to accomplish this task is though some type of containment methods. Read More