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Inside data center cooling approaches
Ensuring efficient data center cooling presents many challenges for data center administrators, but it is crucial to protecting the component of your expensive computing hardware and the mission critical operations they support. Access this expert ha... E-Handbook
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Energy-Efficient Data Center Cooling Handbook
This expert handbook explains how to set up a data center cooling monitoring system, looks at how raising server inlet temperatures can optimize cooling efficiency, and outlines methods for building hot-aisle/cold-aisle containment systems. You'll le... E-Handbook
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Tips for mastering data center climate control
This SearchDataCenter.com e-book takes a look at how to master climate control for the data center. Organizations are creating more heat in smaller places which in turn requires efficient and effective climate control. Read this paper to learn more a... E-Book
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Guide to modern methods for cooling data centers
Updating your data center infrastructure? Building a new one? Learn about the latest, most efficient methods for cooling data centers. guide
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Quiz: New methods for cooling data centers
Think you know everything about cooling data centers? Test your knowledge by taking this quiz on modern cooling techniques. Quiz
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2013 Data Center Readers' Choice Survey
Submit our vote for our 2013 Data Center Readers' Choice Survey and find out how you match up against your peers. Survey
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Guide to improving data center cooling efficiency
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SearchDataCenter's 2011 Products of the Year awards
SearchDataCenter.com’s annual Products of the Year awards evaluate these products on a variety of important criteria, and award gold, silver and bronze winners in each of the three categories: infrastructure, systems management and computing hardware... Products of the Year
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Infrastructure winners
For the purposes of this year’s awards, infrastructure products are related to power generation, power protection, power distribution, air or water cooling, raised floors, environmental or green technologies, container-based data centers and any othe... Products of the Year
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SearchDataCenter.com Products of the Year finalists for 2011
Products of the Year judges reveal finalists for the best IT products of 2011. Feature
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State of the Data Center: 2011
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State of the Data Center: 2011
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Uptime Institute Symposium 2011 coverage
The Uptime Institute Symposium, slated to run May 9-12, offers IT professionals an opportunity to keep up with industry best practices through seminars with industry experts. Feature
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Two data center hosting companies, one building and Hurricane Sandy
Updated: Two data center hosting companies make their home in one building in Manhattan, which flooded Sunday. News | 01 Nov 2012
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New York Times article on data center power consumption draws ire
The New York Times' article cast data centers as power-hungry behemoths, drawing a stern and swift response from IT pros. News | 25 Sep 2012
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Facebook Open Compute Project a role model for data centers
Data center experts say most enterprises can’t imitate Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but they could reap the benefits over time. News | 17 May 2012
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High-performance data center goes green with new tech and ingenuity
With little creativity, high performance data centers can rise to the challenge and attain a low carbon footprint while minimizing costs. News | 11 Apr 2012
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Data center experts push back on ASHRAE economizer requirements
An addendum to the ASHRAE 90.1-2010 energy standard could ease energy efficiency requirements on anyone building or significantly expanding data centers in the U.S. News | 08 Feb 2012
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Raritan tracks data center assets: News in brief
Raritan’s new asset management tags help data center managers keep tabs on their infrastructure; and other data center facilities news. News | 14 Sep 2011
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APC links to HP Operations Manager: News in brief
APC infrastructure management software integrates with HP Operations Manager for real-time power and cooling monitoring; and more news in brief. News | 03 Jun 2011
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Raritan tool finds spare data center capacity: News in brief
Raritan dcTrack helps managers unearth spare data center capacity; Wave2Wave intros a data center on wheels; and iTRACS and TBD Fusion strike partnership. News | 31 May 2011
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Containment breathes new life into legacy data centers
More data centers look into hot- or cold-aisle containment to eke more life out of old facilities. News | 20 May 2011
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Schneider touts data center ‘modules’: News in brief
Talk of modular data centers and energy management software dominated news from the Uptime Institute Symposium last week. News | 17 May 2011
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New data center cooling strategies to improve efficiency, lower costs
Stagnant strategies for data center cooling will keep energy bills climbing ever higher, but a more modern approach can bring them back down to earth. Tip
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PUE metric helps keep data center energy use in check
The PUE metric helps smaller enterprises measure data center energy use to determine if various efficiency initiatives are worth pursuing. Tip
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Advances in immersion cooling can help servers chill out
New materials have revived the concept of immersion cooling, and data center servers may soon take the plunge. Tip
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Q&A roundup: Advice from data center administration experts
Getting good data center administration advice can be tough, so we've compiled some recent Q&A discussions with experts from the field. Tip
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Computational fluid dynamics helps cut cooling costs
As racks get packed with denser server ratios, more data center personnel turn to computational fluid dynamics to fight escalating energy bills. Tip
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Three questions on ASHRAE standards for data centers
Evolving ASHRAE standards for temperature and humidity allow data center owners to save money on power and cooling demands. Tip
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Basic or robust: Find the DCIM system that works for your data center
Each DCIM system features a number of tools to help monitor and manage data center facilities. Evaluate your needs and use this tip to help figure out the right DCIM system for your business. Tip
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Facilities management team to the IT department: Let's work together
For the business to run smoothly, facilities management and IT must learn to use automation tools to cooperate. Tip
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The changing face of ASHRAE data center environmental standards
A brief history of ASHRAE in the data center. How have its data center environmental standards evolved to meet modern reliability requirements? Tip
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Addressing data center issues and irritants: Advisory Board roundtable
Our advisory board members discuss their biggest data center issues and irks — and ways to solve them — in this roundtable discussion. Tip
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A liquid cooled data center benefits from lower noise, less energy
Consider a liquid cooled data center to reduce energy draw and noise generated by traditional air cooling systems. Answer
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How to use mineral oil cooling to efficiently cool servers
Explore how mineral oil cooling works for servers and adapt the process to fit your data center's needs. Answer
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Using plastic curtains for hot aisle/cold aisle containment
Plastic curtains in the data center are one method of hot aisle/cold aisle containment to keep equipment cool and save energy costs. Answer
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Is air circulation a problem with a rear door heat exchanger?
When using a rear door heat exchanger, air circulation should not be an issue if the room has been designed properly. Ask the Expert
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Data center cooling and humidity control: CRAC or AHU?
Data center physical environment expert Robert Mcfarlane discusses the best temperature and humidity control choices for a reader's data center. Ask the Expert
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Overheating servers
Expert Robert McFarlane explains why servers can overheat, and offers some suggestions on how to fix it--before it costs big money. Ask the Expert
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Pre-action dry pipe fire sprinklers versus wet pipe sprinklers
A reader wrote in wanting to know if pre-action dry pipe was still the standard in the data center. Expert Lance Harry responds. Ask the Expert
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Do I have to keep data center cooling manufacturers consistent?
Do I have to supplement my cooling with the same manufacturer that I already have in my data center? Ask the Expert
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CRAC units with existing HVAC
We're building an existing room into a high thermal density data center. Our facilities HVAC rep intends to supplement the new CRAC units with existing general house HVAC registers to assist with managing the high heat loads. Will this arrangement ca... Ask the Expert
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Cooling data centers: A look toward the future
Expert Steve Madara gives you a glimpse into the future of cooling the data center. Ask the Expert
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passive cooling
Passive cooling is an approach to cooling computer components through slowing the speed at which the component, such as the processor, is operating. That approach contrasts with active cooling, which involves using fans in preference to slowing the s... Definition
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active cooling
Active cooling is the use of fans to reduce the heat of computer components. Active cooling contrasts with passive cooling, which involves reducing the speed at which a component is running to reduce its heat. Definition
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ambient air cooling
Ambient air cooling is the use of naturally cool air surrounding a building, such as a data center, to reduce heat inside the facility. The use of ambient air and/or nearby water sources to maintain appropriate ambient temperatures in a data center i... Definition
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off-grid data center
An off-grid data center is a facility that produces all its own power and is not connected to any external source, such as the electrical power grid. Definition
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raised floor
A raised floor is a data center construction model in which a slightly higher floor is constructed above the building's original concrete slab floor, leaving the open space created between the two for wiring or cooling infrastructure. Definition
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computer room air handler (CRAH)
A computer room air handler (CRAH) is a device used frequently in data centers to deal with the heat produced by equipment. Definition
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mechanical refrigeration
Mechanical refrigeration, often referred to simply as refrigeration, is a process by which heat is removed from a location using a man-made heat-exchange system. Definition
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Hot spot/cold spot
A hot spot/cold spot is an undesirable tightly-focused local temperature variation which often occurs when data center equipment is improperly cooled. Definition
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data center evaporative cooling (swamp cooling)
Evaporative cooling, also known as swamp cooling, is a strategy for cooling air that takes advantage of the drop in temperature that occurs when water that's exposed to moving air begins to change to gas. You've probably experienced the effects of e... Definition
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free cooling
Free cooling is when ambient air or water is used to cool data center space and equipment. Definition
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'The Art of the Data Center' highlights data center innovations
Author's "The Art of the Data Center" book details 18 data center innovations from around the world. Podcast
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Seven data center infrastructure tips to help you go green
Achieve green harmony with strategic data center infrastructure design. When used together, these seven techniques make a well-oiled green machine. Photo Story
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As data center cooling costs rise, hot is the new cool: Podcast Q&A
Data center cooling costs account for a large portion of data center budgets, but running hotter and using free cooling techniques can save money. Podcast
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Using free cooling in the data center
In this Q&A, an expert discusses the differences among free cooling technologies and explains when data center facilities will see a significant ROI using these approaches. Podcast
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Brown's new supercomputer
Brown University's Center for Computation and Visualization is the new home of a multimillion-dollar IBM supercomputer that researchers will use for tasks such as predicting climate change and human genome mapping. Video
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Air-side and water-side economizers in the data center
What are air- and water-side economizers, and why are they crucial to data center energy savings? IBM distinguished scientist and former ASHRAE chairman Roger Schmidt explains the pros and cons of air-side and water-side economizers. Video
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Why is saving data center energy important?
Saving energy in a data center can translate into serious cost savings. Robert McFarlane discusses some real-life examples of how data centers have saved on their power bill and achieved other benefits from energy-efficient changes to their facilitie... Video
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Common data center hurdles: Cooling and power distribution problems
A data center manager discusses his primary problems: aging AC units and not-so-green hardware. Video
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Data center power consumption: Key theme at DCD
At Data Center Decisions, keynote speaker Matt Stansberry explained the importance of metrics and benchmarks to reducing power consumption. Video
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Power and cooling in the data center
Uptime Institute Executive Director Ken Brill breaks down best practices for data center power and cooling strategies and discusses some poor practices that have actually increased energy consumption. Video
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New data center cooling strategies to improve efficiency, lower costs
Stagnant strategies for data center cooling will keep energy bills climbing ever higher, but a more modern approach can bring them back down to earth. Tip
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passive cooling
Passive cooling is an approach to cooling computer components through slowing the speed at which the component, such as the processor, is operating. That approach contrasts with active cooling, which involves using fans in preference to slowing the s... Definition
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active cooling
Active cooling is the use of fans to reduce the heat of computer components. Active cooling contrasts with passive cooling, which involves reducing the speed at which a component is running to reduce its heat. Definition
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ambient air cooling
Ambient air cooling is the use of naturally cool air surrounding a building, such as a data center, to reduce heat inside the facility. The use of ambient air and/or nearby water sources to maintain appropriate ambient temperatures in a data center i... Definition
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PUE metric helps keep data center energy use in check
The PUE metric helps smaller enterprises measure data center energy use to determine if various efficiency initiatives are worth pursuing. Tip
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A liquid cooled data center benefits from lower noise, less energy
Consider a liquid cooled data center to reduce energy draw and noise generated by traditional air cooling systems. Answer
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How to use mineral oil cooling to efficiently cool servers
Explore how mineral oil cooling works for servers and adapt the process to fit your data center's needs. Answer
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Advances in immersion cooling can help servers chill out
New materials have revived the concept of immersion cooling, and data center servers may soon take the plunge. Tip
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Using plastic curtains for hot aisle/cold aisle containment
Plastic curtains in the data center are one method of hot aisle/cold aisle containment to keep equipment cool and save energy costs. Answer
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Guide to modern methods for cooling data centers
Updating your data center infrastructure? Building a new one? Learn about the latest, most efficient methods for cooling data centers. guide
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Data center cooling news and advice: Data center liquid cooling, CRAC computer room air conditioners, raised floor and plenum strategies, hot aisle/cold aisle and more.