Your company’s data center is mission-critical. It’s the foundation of your business and you manage it with precision. When it comes time for a data center move project, accuracy is even more important. You must start with a solid plan. Audit Essentials To create a solid plan, you will need a data center audit. If done correctly, an audit will identify infrastructure weaknesses as well as areas of strength. The… Read More
The quest to maintain operating temperatures for increasing computing densities has firms transitioning from air to liquid cooling. This article evaluates both methods. Data centers continue to pack more computing power into smaller spaces to consolidate workloads and accommodate processing-intensive applications, such as AI and advanced analytics. As a result, each rack consumes more energy and generates more heat, putting greater pressure on cooling systems to ensure safe and efficient… Read More
As organizations grow, they need to evaluate and adjust investment in data center equipment. Companies often need to scale up from a small server room environment and deploy into a midsize data center or colocation. Data center deployment is challenging and often includes managing multiple hardware platforms and technologies. Integration of conventional servers, networking equipment, and storage resources needs to be well-planned, flawlessly executed, and closely maintained. Follow these six… Read More
Facility managers responsible for data centers and other critical facilities are facing additional challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. Most operations and maintenance tasks have become more challenging. As an example, if critical equipment offers good onboard status reporting but limited remote capability, the facility manager could ordinarily rely on increased rounds, knowing that onsite staff will hear or see alarms, unusual sounds, or smells or readily experience the result of… Read More
Server rack cabinet installation in your data center can be complicated. Thorough planning and thoughtful preparation are both key components for ensuring a successful, hassle-free installation experience. The following are essential guidelines when preparing an installation or data center move. Make a plan: Which coworkers will be impacted by a server rack cabinet installation or move? Collaborate with them so they can schedule their projects accordingly. Anticipate possible expansion: During… Read More
Colocation is on the rise and renewable energy investments by data center and cloud providers in combination with modern hybrid cloud frameworks can make enterprise IT sustainability easier. Going Green All the major tech companies have loudly proclaimed their commitment to “going green,” and recently the pledges only grew bigger. Microsoft promised earlier this year that it would achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. Amazon made a similar promise last year,… Read More
Over the years, the data center industry has continued to evolve and has become a critical part of our world today. Beginning in the 1940s, as large computer rooms were often deployed for military and government purposes, costs were expensive due to the complexity of the computer systems. Roughly 40 years later, entering the era of the microcomputer boom, computers began to be more readily deployed throughout businesses. This led… Read More
When a human population spreads out, it tends to spread thinner. Will computing capacity follow the same pattern? You have no doubt already read the vendors’ claims. The trend of placing computing capacity nearest to where data it’s supposed to crunch is stored or nearest to the app or content distribution point to end-users will soon transform the topology of data centers and networks that connect them to one… Read More
Packaging of your critical IT hardware during a data center move is particularly critical to the safety and security of your valuable gear. Silverback’s specialized server crates have heavy latches, half-inch thick plywood, and reinforcement at all critical points, and crates are designed with a shock-mount base to minimize vibration during transport. They’re built to last and safely ship high value. Our Server Packaging Process Our process begins with assessing each item… Read More
About the only thing harder than building a data center is dismantling one. The potential for disruption of business is much greater with data center decommissioning than with construction. A case in point, the decommissioning of the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), reveals just how complicated the process can be. More than 40 people were involved with the project, including staff from ORNL, supercomputer manufacturer Cray, and… Read More
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