Executive

Channel for executive level data center articles, covering issues data center executive need to know.

• Data Center Design for a Mobile Environment

  May 21st, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  The trend toward the mobile user continues at an accelerating pace and trends indicate that the mobile applications and hardware (smartphones and tablets and even vehicle based systems) will exceed the PC based information client. While on the surface this would not appear to impact the design of the physical data center facility, long term it may well influence the some IT architecture and hardware that resides in the data center. Read More

• Design Lifecycle: Leading Edge vs Current Practice

  May 16th, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  One 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

• Design for Efficient Operational and Energy Management

  May 14th, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  While 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

• Design for a Dynamic Environment

  May 9th, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  Historically, 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

• Designing for High Availability and System Failure

  May 8th, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  In 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

• Data Center Designs for Evolving Hardware

  April 30th, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  Current 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

• DCK Executive Guide to Data Center Design

  April 29th, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  This 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

• Business Justifications for a Custom Data Center

  April 1st, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  The 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

• Timelines and Potential Pitfalls of a Custom Data Center

  March 27th, 2013 : Julius Neudorfer

  The 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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