Planning physical data center capacity

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Chapter 3: Data center capacity planning

Planning physical data center capacity

Support for an expanding facility calls for careful decision making and planning from data center managers. This section will help you implement capacity planning for a data center with growing space requirements.

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  • How can we design a scalable data center?

    Ask the Expert -  Is there a rule of thumb to size the square footage for a new data center that is cost effective for at least another 10 years? If not, what are the major factors that we need to put into consideration with the new and future server technology in mind?

  • Good planning can ease space concerns

    Tip -  Your growing IT infrastructure can be a nightmare for facilities planners who have to think about not only physical space, but also updating wiring, power conditioning and cooling.

  • Time is ripe for data center infrastructure databases

    30 May 2007

    Article -  Many data centers track their IT assets in a configuration management database, but as they continue to grow, facility items deserve a database of their own.