Data center standards and metrics

MUST READ Making sense of metrics ARTICLE - Making sense of metrics Fast Guide: Data center metrics and standards FAST GUIDE - Implementing standards and metrics can help ensure that a data center is run smoothly. Server energy efficiency standard finalized ARTICLE - 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 TIP - 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? ARTICLE - The Telecommunications Industry Association recently published a standard that attempts to address almost every design consideration in the data center.

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	Computer Measurement Group teaches IT forecasting, modeling SearchDataCenter.com | 21 Apr 2008 INTERVIEW - The Computer Measurement Group teaches data center pros how to use the numbers in their system data for forecasting, modeling and performance monitoring.

	With end-user performance management tool, credit union hones troubleshooting SearchDataCenter.com | 09 Apr 2008 ARTICLE - To deliver reliable online banking service, a credit union tracks end users' experience with Symphoniq's performance-monitoring tool.

	Uptime Institute expands data center tier rating system SearchDataCenter.com | 19 Mar 2008 ARTICLE - The Uptime Institute has broadened its constraining data center tier ratings to encompass a new grading system for data centers that are in between tier levels.

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	DMTF tries to SMASH systems management costs 12 Aug 2007 TIP - 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 16 Apr 2007 TIP - SPEC, a non-profit organization whose goal is computer system standardization, offers tools to help make purchasing IT equipment more palatable.

	Calculating costs of data center cabling infrastructure Submitted By: SearchDataCenter.com | 02 Jan 2007 TIP - In part two of our series on data center cabling decisions, data center infrastructure expert Carrie Higbie offers a cost calculator for determining TCO on a cabling project.

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	Fast Guide: Data center metrics and standards Editors at SearchDataCenter.com | 02 Aug 2006 FAST GUIDE - Implementing standards and metrics can help ensure that a data center is run smoothly.

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	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) ASHRAE | 03 Mar 2005 BEST WEB LINK - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is a professional organization whose goal is to "advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, ...

	Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) | 10 Jan 2005 BEST WEB LINK - The TIA is a "full-service trade association representing providers of communications and IT products and services for the global marketplace."

	Wireless standards update SearchNetworking.com | 16 Mar 2004 BEST WEB LINK - As wireless technologies such as VoIP and WLAN become more ubiquitous, a variety of standards come into play that affect the data center. The article briefly outlines IEEE's various standards groups, the role of the FCC, and ...

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	data center infrastructure efficiency (DCIE) 01 Apr 2008 WORD - Data center infrastructure efficiency (DCIE) is a metric used to determine the energy efficiency of a data center. The metric, which is expressed as a percentage, is calculated by dividing IT equipment power by total facility ...

	EDI 26 Jul 2001 WORD - EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is a standard format for exchanging business data. The standard is ANSI X12 and it was developed by the Data Interchange Standards Association. ANSI X12 is either closely coordinated with or ...

	ITIL 19 Sep 2003 WORD - The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a globally recognized collection of best practices for information technology (IT) service management. The United Kingdom's Central Computer and Telecommunications ...

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SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Data center standards and metrics:  Application management (app performance) for data centers, High availability in the data center, Data center staffing, Managing data center outsourcing services and vendors, Information systems management, IT Compliance: SOX and HIPAA in the data center, IT Governance: ITIL, ITSM, COBIT, Server virtualization, Data center budget considerations, Data center disaster recovery planning