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Four Methods for Improving Your Data Center’s Energy Efficiency

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It’s no secret that technology consumers are currently ramping up their online connectivity. The Internet of Things (IoT), video streaming, and throughput for servers and storage have hugely increased bandwidth demands in data centers. At the same time, as bandwidth demands increase, data centers need to become even more creative in boosting their energy efficiency. Based on years of data center expertise, we’ve found four innovative solutions to more efficiently power your… Read More

Five Questions to Ask Your Data Storage Vendor

Approaching the task of choosing a data storage vendor can be a difficult one. From supported platforms to connectivity, company viability to disaster recovery, there are countless variables involved in deciding which company fits your business’ needs. Below are a few questions to get you started on the journey to choosing the perfect data storage vendor.

What You Need to Know About Power Usage Effectiveness

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At one time, data center efficiency was a method to measure energy consumption to which many data centers didn’t pay attention. Now, however, as nearly every business has an online component, and, in turn, a data center, data centers need to pay attention. The standard use metric is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). Here, we’ll answer some of your questions about PUE and how it can improve the efficiency of your… Read More

Data Centers and the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming how companies and consumers go about their days around the world. The technology that underlies this whole segment is evolving quickly, whether it’s the rapid rise of the Amazon Echo and voice assistants upending the consumer space, or growth of AI-powered analytics platforms for the enterprise market. Given all these new points of networked connection, our “old” Internet has transformed into the Internet… Read More

Data Center Liquid Cooling Systems

All electronic components generate heat, especially computer processors. Traditionally, data centers—composed of rack after rack of servers—have relied on air cooling systems to dissipate server-generated heat. However, as data centers become larger and ever more packed with increasingly powerful equipment, there is a finite limit to air-cooling capabilities. As Ken Brill noted in 2007, there will be an inevitable breakdown of Moore’s Law—the rate at which computational speed increases—due to the economic limitations… Read More

Digital and Physical Data Center Security

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As cloud storage and computing are becoming further entrenched in the way average technology users go about their day-to-day lives, and as millions of iPhone users purchase the iPhone 7, nearly every one of them will be using iCloud to download all of their contacts, pictures, and contents which will get them back up and running in no time. 

Choosing a New Data Center: Five Factors to Keep in Mind

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You’ve finally decided to make the move to a new data center. Your current data center no longer meets your needs, so you decided to start planning a move. With so many factors to consider and so many options available, however, choosing a new data center isn’t always an easy task. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here are five questions you should consider when planning your move.

Racking Methods Infographic

With as many styles of racks and cabinets as there are manufacturers, there are a few constants that apply to the method of racking devices in a data center. Check out the infographic below where Silverback highlights a few of them.