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Featured Video
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Worn, CTO of Datacenter Dynamics talks about the highlights of their
conference in Dallas and features of their New York meeting, scheduled
for March 4th.
Qualified end users can register for the New York event for free using the code MCMAG.
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For more videos, visit the Mission Critical video archive.
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Featured Blog Entry
Questions Are Already Coming In
The following questions have already been posted in the Open Forum webinar blog. You can ask questions for the next of these informative events, scheduled for March 19th at this blog or by registering to join the free event:
There
are already almost 300 registrants for our upcoming webinar. Get your
questions in. Or just listen in and get answers to questions like this:
What is the most effective modeling software for data centers?
What
are critical components to be taken into account with data center
cooling? Location of racks? Airflow quantity or temperature?
- Matthew Dolan
Mechanical Designer
JBA Consulting Engineers
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Featured Events
Datacenter Dynamics
March 4th, 2009
Hilton New York
New York, NY
The
DatacenterDynamics Conference & Expo is New York's largest
gathering of professionals involved in the design, build and
operational management of 24/7 mission critical IT facilities. It is an
unrivalled education & networking opportunity for the industry,
where the regular audience is characterized by senior representatives
of the financial sector, trading firms, service enterprises and other
Fortune 500 companies operating in the New York Metropolitan area.
Data Center World
March 8-12, 2009
Paris Hotel
Las Vegas, NV
Greg Papadopoulos, Sun Microsystems' CTO keynotes
AFCOM's annual spring event. Papadopoulos' keynote session, "(Re)Empowering IT", will address how
virtualization, cloud computing, open source software and other new or
non-traditional IT technologies now have a real place in the data
center. Organizers have also scheduled two virtual data center tours.
Open Forum on Data Center Cooling
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Click to register.
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Featured Technologies Eaton Corporation announced that its
ePDUs have been tested and approved to support IBM
Systems Director Active Energy Manager V4.1. These enclosure-based
power distribution units allow users to effectively measure power usage
and temperature within the data center at the system, chassis or rack
level. The latest Active Energy Manager release, version 4.1, offers
power-trending support for older systems, low- and mid-range storage
devices and non-IBM systems through the use of Eaton ePDUs. As
part of IBM's Cool Blue portfolio within Project Big Green, Active
Energy Manager is an IBM Systems Director V6.1 plug-in that provides
customers with a view of actual power consumed within data centers,
using autonomic capabilities to track energy consumption across
multiple platforms. IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager V4.1
is compatible with a wide variety of Eaton ePDUs, including Monitored
ePDUs, Switched ePDUs and Eaton remote power panel (RPP) models with a
Power Xpert Gateway Series 1000 card.
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GE Digital Energy announced the GT Series 5-10kVA UL Listed, single-phase double-conver
sion uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system which combines high power capacity and internal batteries in a compact size, making it an ideal solution in applications where computer/IT power requirements are demanding, but space is limited. Designed for use in either rack or tower configurations, the unit is well suited for installations such as network IT closets or small computer server rooms. GE's GT Series 5-10 kVA UPS is flexible and adapts to IT site needs while delivering high reliability, uptime, and low life cycle cost. Output voltages of 240/120, 208/120, 230/115, 220/110, or 200/100 VAC provide the flexibility to adapt to multiple load requirements without the need for
additional transformers that take up extra space and add weight. The unit is parallel up to three 8 and 10 kVA modules, for a maximum of 30 kVA.
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Snake Tray
announced that Mega Snake, the high-capacity cable tray, can now be quickly installed under floors prior to and independent of the access floor installation. Mega Snake's floor mounting system consists of support brackets that install in 15 seconds per foot of cable tray. Mega Snake has a UL Classified grounding connection and pre-manufactured turns, tees and crossings which eliminate labor-intensive cutting and clipping and significantly reduces installation time and costs. Mega Snake requires no costly bridge and brace hardware and can be easily moved and reused. Mega Snake's accessory rail allows for convenient placement of power modules and trays nest together saving on shipping
costs and material handling.
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Featured White Papers
Tackling Today's Data Center Energy Efficiency Challenges - A Software-Oriented Approach
Schneider Electric's Hugh Lindsay along with James Parker and Bill Brown of Square D Engineering Services
in conjunction with the Square D Critical Power Competency Center
developed a white paper describing how to manage increased load densities caused by advances in server equipment technologies and increased demand for computing power. This paper outlines a software-based approach to the data gathering, trending, and analysis that are necessary to apply successful energy efficiency measures in data
center environments.
Improving Security Using a Physical Switch
Market Central, Inc.
's new white paper examines largely overlooked hardware security appliances. Hardware is inherently secure and its lower level of complexity (as compared to software solutions) makes hardware much more dependable. High performance hardware solutions support the next generation of higher speed networks with true plug'n'play installation. There is no software to be hacked, patched or regularly upgraded.
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Datacenter Dynamics Sessions Announced
DatacenterDynamics will be returning to New York on March 4th. Organizers have offered 15 complimentary tickets to Mission Critical
readers that are not already registered and are data center end users/operators. Use the voucher code MCMAG to register.
Sessions include • Unleashing Stranded Capacity: Finding Opportunities in a Challenging Market, and Unleashing Stranded Capacity in your Facility and InvestmentsModerator: JP Rosato, chairman and CEO, CS Technology
Panelist: Mike Salvador, Chicago Mercantile Exchange• US EPA Update: Focus on Regulations, Standards and Programs: What's Next for the Datacenter and IT Industry?Andrew Fanara, US EPA Energy Star•
Maximizing Existing Assets in a Challenging Economy: Listen to The Architect, The Builder, The Operator and The Real Estate Manager.Bob Morris, Managing Partner, Corgan Associates, Inc.Tom Freeman, Managing Director, Mission Critical Solutions, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.Joseph Cribbin, Senior Vice President, Constructors & AssociatesNew Services from HP
HP expanded its Mission Critical Services with flexibly priced and packaged offerings that enable customers to reduce the risk and cost of infrastructure downtime.
HP Proactive Select offers customers an innovative way to access a variety of assessment, availability, performance, planning and training services. With HP Proactive Select, customers purchase credits that can be used to choose from more than 85 technology services including those for blades, virtualization, networks, security, software and facilities.
HP Proactive Select lets customers quickly engage HP experts as needed for technology projects, reducing the risk of critical application downtime. Further, it provides a flexible resource for technology staffing to improve response time as business needs change.HP also expanded its HP Critical Services and HP Proactive 24 Services with new response time options, proactive service choices, and pricing for low-end servers.
EPA Releases New Energy Star SpecThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Draft 4 Energy Star Version 1.0 Computer Server specification for public reviews. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments on the Draft 4 specification and Power and Performance Data Sheet to Rebecca Duff
, ICF International no later than March 20, 2009. Manufacturers who wish to submit Idle performance data for blade servers should use the attached data collection sheet. Questions regarding the data analyses can be sent to Arthur Howard, ICF International.
Masked data sets used to derive proposed Draft 4 requirements will be available for download from the Energy Star enterprise server specification development Web site (Click on New Specifications in Development) within the next several days.
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