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A Look Inside A Microserver-Powered Data Center
March 22nd, 2011 : Rich MillerWhat does a microserver-powered data center look like? It's pretty unusual, as seen in this video from France's Online.net, an early customer for Dell's hoster-centric microserver offerings. Read More
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iomart Opens Maidenhead Data Center
March 16th, 2011 : Rich MillerUK managed hosting provider iomart Group has completed the second phase of its expansion at its data center at Spectrum House Maidenhead. Here's a video tour of the facility. Read More
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Closer Look: The Air Force Raptor Supercomputer
March 14th, 2011 : Rich MillerLast week the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its Cray XE6 supercomputer, dubbed "Raptor." The system boasts 43,712 compute cores. Read More
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The Green Grid’s Data Center Maturity Model
March 9th, 2011 : Rich MillerIn its annual technical forum last week, The Green Grid unveiled a new Data Center Maturity Model (DCMM), which presents a holistic approach to data center efficiency. Here's an overview from the Green Grid's Harkeeret Singh. Read More
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Inside the PDI i-Con Modular Data Center
March 1st, 2011 : Rich MillerPower Distribution Inc. (PDI) recently deployed one of its new i-Con Modular Data Centers at the new Pelio & Associates facility in Santa Clara, Calif. In this video, we get a guided tour of the i-Con container and an overview of its design features. Read More
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Closer Look: Container Colo in Silicon Valley
February 28th, 2011 : Rich MillerIn this video, Jon Shank of Pelio & Associates describes the company's vision for its modular data center facility in Santa Clara, Calif. and the factors that led the company to pursue the "container colo" approach. Read More
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Supercomputers, HPC and Visualization
February 25th, 2011 : Colleen MillerHigh-impact science - understanding cancer and predicting hurricanes - is enabled by high performance computing (HPC). Kelly Gaither, of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, talks about HPC and pushing the envelop to address problems that could help society. Read More
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A Crash Course in CRAC Cooling
February 25th, 2011 : Rich MillerIn this video, SoftLayer "Social Media Ninja" Kevin Hazard gives a basic explanation of how data center CRAC units work, along with a walk-around demonstration of airflow within a hot aisle/cold aisle raised-floor environment. Read More
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Video Tour: Savvis Data Center in Slough
February 24th, 2011 : Rich MillerA virtual tour of Savvis' Slough UK data center, which is located about 22 miles west of London, shows the facility and its power and cooling systems. Read More
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
