Data Center Strategies for the CIO
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Dual corded power supply
Expert Bob McFarlane explains the details of dual corded power supply.
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Data center raised floors and ceiling height
In this question, Bob McFarlane explains the benefits and drawbacks to different data center designs pertaining to cooling and airflow.
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Monitoring temperature in the data center
Bob McFarlane explains that although it's not possible to measure cooling consumption, you can protect your data center by monitoring power consumption and placing temperature and humidity monitors...
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Data center disaster recovery plan basics
Expert Bob McFarlane explains data center disaster recovery plan basics.
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Separate trays for separate cables
Cabling expert Carrie Higbie answers a question about possible interference between CAT6 and power cables.
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Written contract changes
Our expert explains how to make amendments to a contract.
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Drying out servers after a sprinkler discharge
Our newest expert tells you what to do if your data center gets wet.
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Halon or FM-200
Our fire protection expert says that it's time to plan the move away from Halon.
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How do I measure cooling consumption?
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Controlling server room environment
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Closing a VSAM file in CICS
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Solving latency problems with a local ISP
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Sporadic FTP error when moving files from a PC to MVS
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Calling a CICS program from batch
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Are consolidation cost savings worth the effort?
Is consolidating some of our Wintel servers woth the effort?
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Difference between virtualization and consolidation?
Data center management expert Charles King explains the relationship between virtualization and consolidation in the data center.
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How do we make sense of vendors pitching compliance products?
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How often should we be recertifying users of key systems?
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Will consolidating onto blades reduce heating loads?
Consolidating to high density blade servers can be a big step towards streamlining your data center. But data center managers need to research how to cool these servers. Bob Macfarlane explains.
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Restrictions on archiving media used for compliance
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OpenFlow requires compliant hardware, software
An OpenFlow deployment requires switches and a controller that conform to the OpenFlow protocol, but interoperability is not guaranteed.
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Who controls the OpenFlow specification?
Developed by OpenFlow.org in 2011, the member-supported OpenFlow specification could significantly affect future data center networking procedures.
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What does OpenFlow mean for your data center?
The OpenFlow protocol helps push packets more efficiently as an increasing number of workloads try to fit through network pipes.
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