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Design Collaboration for a Fully Integrated Data Center

Good things happen when the design team organizes around a plan
April 03, 2012
Design collaboration between the owner/operator and the electrical and mechanical engineers in the design and construction processes of two large Sabey Data Center Campuses—one in East Wenatchee, WA, and the other in Ashburn,VA—was key to the success of the projects.


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Point-to-Point Designs in the Data Center

An alternative to structured cabling
April 02, 2012
Many data centers today are victims of their cabling practices.


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Preparing Data Centers Power & Cooling For The Next Natural Disaster

Tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, extreme heat
April 02, 2012
Administrators constantly assess data center and network capacity needs in preparation for a potential disaster but are often at a loss to respond in an optimal way to balance capacity and performance during an actual disaster.


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Racks and Enclosures Should be an Afterthought

Buying the right enclosure depends on having an established de-sign in place
April 02, 2012
Building an efficient data center requires significant analysis of a number of factors, including the number and type of servers needed, expected power usage, cooling requirements, airflow design, footprint, layout, cabling paths, and more.


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Advancing DCIM: A Comprehensive Approach to Efficiency and Reliability

DCIM is necessary to modern data center management
April 02, 2012
In the early years of data centers, when computing technology was costly and temperamental, protecting hardware with critical power and cooling capabilities was the top priority.


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Data Center Reliability Starts With Site Selection

12 considerations in finalizing a site
February 13, 2012
Businesses today face a complex array of conditions, including ever-changing economic climates, technology trends, and other obstacles that thwart many less-than-solid companies.


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Are You Ready For 40G and 100G?

12- vs. 24-fiber MTP cabling for higher-speed Ethernet
February 07, 2012
East Africa is host to the extraordinary Great Migration.


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2N Package Delivery

United Parcel Service, Inc. updates a primary data center’s conditioned power distribution systems
February 07, 2012
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) built its name on more than a century of efficient distribution.


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The Impact of Expanded ASHRAE Ranges Economization

New guidelines make a big difference
February 07, 2012
High temperatures make data center managers break out in cold sweats. Even though the thermostat may read a comfortable 76ºF, customers at colocation facilities say, “There must be a problem here, this room is so hot.”


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Making It as a Data Center Professional

Following one individual’s career
February 06, 2012
An occupational privilege I never take for granted is access to a variety of organization’s strategic charters and the senior executives who define them. My last column looked at Tim Caulfield’s journey to CEO of American Internet Service (AIS) in San Diego, CA.


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The Adventures of Kip and Gary

Diane Alber takes a humorous view of data center operations in her comic strip Kip and Gary. In the comic strip, Kip and Gary navigate problems familiar to data center professionals. You can see more at http://kipandgary.com/blog/

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