Intel Data Center Manager (DCM) is a middleware software program that features web-service APIs for data center power and thermal management.

ASHRAE’s 2011 Expanded Thermal Guidelines has caused a lot of controversy and confused many in the data center industry. Although ASHRAE released the information a year ago in May 2011, it is still highly debated and sometimes misinterpreted.

California data center’s industry leading PUE rating helps re-duce the cost of 2N standby power redundancy and improve reliability.

Headlines and stories providing anecdotal examples of data center downtime caused by various power quality (PQ)-related events abound.

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.

Much has been written about “big data,” but should we be asking whether our industry is missing the boat?

I recently participated in a discussion on LinkedIn about the best, most energy-efficient way to control temperature: either the classic sensor in the return of each individual CRAC/CRAH or supply air either by under-floor sensors or sensors in the cold aisles.

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.

In the Jan/Feb issue of Mission Critical, Zinc Whiskers focused on how the “cloud” operates as an automatically virtualized environment that creates very high power densities in processing areas.

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