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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.

  • How a server redundancy mindset helps with capacity planning

    Is there a rule of thumb for planning for server capacity? For example, if I know that I need five "beefy" servers to handle my in-house needs, should I buy an extra one or two -- or 20% more CPU/memory than needed -- for server redundancy?...

  • Advances in immersion cooling can help servers chill out

    What is immersion cooling? What coolants work safely with motherboards and other electronics?

    The concept of immersion cooling is easy to understand. Rather than using loud, power-hungry fans to...

  • Open source helps vendors wedge into server virtualization market

    The open source movement is gaining momentum in the server virtualization market. Although not as popular as proprietary solutions from market leaders VMware Inc. and Microsoft, open source virtualization products are proving to be good fits for...

  • Core parking helps drive down energy costs

    Servers can be energy-inefficient and often aren't utilized to their fullest, but making use of "core parking" can help.

    Most workloads experience peaks and fall-offs in their computing demand, even in highly virtualized environments, and...

  • Computational fluid dynamics helps cut cooling costs

    As server density grows, so does the need for better cooling. That's where computational fluid dynamics comes in.

    The first data centers housed large, incredibly energy inefficient mainframes that emitted tremendous heat. Ways to cool and...

  • How does the OpenFlow protocol ease traffic in the data center network?

    The OpenFlow protocol helps push packets more efficiently as an increasing number of workloads try to fit through network pipes.

  • A look inside the DevOps movement

    The DevOps movement broke traditional silos to create the future of IT. Here are some fundamentals to help you stay on top in this agile field.

  • How to perform due diligence on sources of used IT equipment

    Used IT equipment can help a business cut capital costs, but be proactive to protect yourself from dishonest gray-market sellers.

  • Tuning performance and capacity management

    As data centers virtualize a greater number of resources and scale for more workloads, two tasks become critical to ensure application performance: performance monitoring and capacity planning. Whether these servers are physical or virtual,...

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