IT process automation, data center automation, Server hardware monitoring, Application performance management, Configuration and change management tools, Data center capacity planning
Data center design and construction, Data center energy efficiency, Data center backup power and power distribution, Data center cooling, Data center network cabling, Data center physical security and fire suppression
Mainframe computer hardware, Mainframe jobs, Mainframe operating systems and management, Mainframe security and disaster recovery, Mainframe migration projects, Mainframe Linux, IBM System z
Linux servers, Microsoft Windows Server in the enterprise, x86 commodity rackmount servers, Unix servers, Blade servers, Server hardware packaging, recycling, e-waste, iSeries - data center, Data center systems concerns for value-added resellers (VARs)
Data center budget considerations, IT Compliance: SOX and HIPAA in the data center, IT Governance: ITIL, ITSM, COBIT, Managing data center outsourcing services, vendors, Data center standards and metrics
Data center outsourcing, colocation and cloud, Services in the cloud
Storage concerns in the data center, Storage hardware in the data center, Storage management in the data center
Data center server virtualization, Systems management for virtual servers
Network cabling, Network management strategies for the data center
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#2: Hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment |
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Every IT manager with a high density data center has to consider hot-aisle or cold-aisle containment strategies. About half of the data center pros have already installed some kind of containment system, and the rest are working out whether or not to pursue containment, figuring out whether to seal the hot or cold aisle, and weighing the other variables of this new data center cooling best practice.
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This was first published in December 2010
Data Center Strategies for the CIO