
	ANSI


	Home > Data Center Definitions - ANSI

SearchDataCenter.com Definitions (Powered by WhatIs.com)

EMAIL THIS

LOOK UP TECH TERMS		Powered by:

Browse tech terms alphabetically:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

ANSI

Show me everything on Data center standards and metrics

- ANSI (American National Standards Institute) is the primary organization for fostering the development of technology standards in the United States. ANSI works with industry groups and is the U.S. member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

Long-established computer standards from ANSI include the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) and the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI).

Learn more about Data center standards and metrics

Making sense of metrics: Making sense of metrics
Fast Guide: Data center metrics and standards: Implementing standards and metrics can help ensure that a data center is run smoothly.
Server energy efficiency standard finalized: The EPA and industry leaders finished a server energy efficiency standard that would allow end users to compare energy usage for 1U and 2U rack servers.
SPEC benchmarks: Simplify your server search: SPEC, a non-profit organization whose goal is computer system standardization, offers tools to help make purchasing IT equipment more palatable.
TIA-942: Cookie cutter or cost cutter?: The Telecommunications Industry Association recently published a standard that attempts to address almost every design consideration in the data center.
TPC-C benchmark gives way to OLTP successor: The Transaction Processing Performance Council has a new transaction performance benchmark that it says is more real-world.
Uptime Institute warns against tier standard misuse: The Uptime Institute Inc.'s tier classification for data center performance has become a de facto standard. But the misapplication of those standards can lead to ugly surprises.
Fast Guide: Data center metrics and standards: Implementing standards and metrics can help ensure that a data center is run smoothly.
TPC-E: New IT benchmarks for OLTP database servers: The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) has released TPC Benchmark E (TPC-E) for online transaction processing (OLTP) database servers.
Ensuring CICS security with the Web Services Security standard: You can ensure CICS message security with the Web Services Security (WSS) standard, which provides digital signature, authentication and message handler procedures.
DMTF tries to SMASH systems management costs: Winston Bumpus, president of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) says point products and a lack of standards are driving up systems management costs.
SPEC benchmarks: Simplify your server search: SPEC, a non-profit organization whose goal is computer system standardization, offers tools to help make purchasing IT equipment more palatable.

LAST UPDATED:

16 Sep 2005

Do you have something to add to this definition? Let us know.
Send your comments to techterms@whatis.com

More resources from around the web:

-	SearchDataCenter.com discusses how the adoption of standards accelerates automonics.
-	SearchDataCenter.com also covers high performance cabling in this article, "High performance cabling -- The cat's meow"

FILE EXTENSION AND FILE FORMAT LIST
File Extension and File Format List:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

RELATED CONTENT

	IT wish list: Better ways to analyze data center environmental metrics Data center managers are under pressure to collect data center metrics about the physical environment -- and to do something with them.
	Buyout could boost Uptime Institute The 451 Group acquisition could reinvigorate the data center consulting think tank.
	IT pros weigh Gartner Magic Quadrant lawsuit Companies that use Gartner's Magic Quadrant rankings in product evaluations are watching ZL Technologies' vs. Gartner with interest.

RELATED GLOSSARY TERMS

Terms from Whatis.com − the technology online dictionary

ASHRAE (SearchDataCenter.com)

CADE (Corporate Average Data center Efficiency) (SearchDataCenter.com)
CADE (Corporate Average Data center Efficiency) is a metric used to rate the overall energy efficiency of an organization's data centers. CADE was...

Data Center Decisions: Lights-Out or Managed Data Center?
Find ANSI Solutions for your Data Center

SEARCH

TechTarget provides technology professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective purchase decisions and managing their organizations' technology projects - with its network of technology-specific websites, events and online magazines.


TechTarget Corporate Web Site \| Media Kits \| Site Map All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2005 - 2009, TechTarget \| Read our Privacy Policy