Domenic Alcaro is the Vice President of Mission Critical Services and Software. Please Check out Domenic's blog "From the Data Center Trenches" at http://blog.schneider-electric.com/datacenter/author/domenicalcaro/

From the Data Center Trenches: Understanding Mean Time between Failure in the Data Center

Part 2

Domenic Alcaro

January 30, 2012

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In this blog I am going to finish the topic I started last week’s blog on understanding MTBF.

From the Data Center Trenches: Understanding Mean Time between Failure in the Data Center - Part 1

Domenic Alcaro

January 23, 2012

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Lately, I’ve been seeing data center RFP’s come through with requests for the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of a product.

From the Data Center Trenches: Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce...

Domenic Alcaro

November 21, 2011

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…Special orders don’t upset us…at least that’s how I think part of an old Burger King jingle went from the 70’s maybe early 80’s.

From the Data Center Trenches: The Next Horizon in Power Management?

Domenic Alcaro

November 7, 2011

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Virtually every server, desktop, and laptop ships with some sort of native power management built-in.

Virtualization and its effects on Data Center Physical Infrastructure (Part 2)

Domenic Alcaro

November 2, 2011

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Last week I wrote about the 4 items to keep in mind when virtualizing a data center with respect to the effects on data center physical infrastructure (DCPI).

Virtualization and its effects on Data Center Physical Infrastructure

Domenic Alcaro

November 2, 2011

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I’ve been attending some conferences recently where the benefits of virtualization have been extolled.

From the Data Center Trenches:Virtualization and its effects on Data Center Physical Infrastructure (Part 2)

Domenic Alcaro

November 1, 2011

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Last week I wrote about the 4 items to keep in mind when virtualizing a data center with respect to the effects on data center physical infrastructure (DCPI).

From the Data Center Trenches:Virtualization and its effects on Data Center Physical Infrastructure

Domenic Alcaro

November 1, 2011

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I’ve been attending some conferences recently where the benefits of virtualization have been extolled.

The rapid demand for lithium batteries with uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) has left the fire, safety, and electrical codes a step behind. In prior versions of these batteries – there was little guidance given on installation and code requirements. The latest versions require a more stringent look at new codes, requirements and practices.

Mission Critical Magazine

2020 January/February

In our first issue of the year, we reveal the 2019 Facility Manager of the Year winner. But that's not all — we also take a look at data center site selection, cybersecurity, and hyperscale network architecture as we explore the cloud.

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