How not to do it
The photograph shows what happens when cable management is left to chance. The weight of the cables will put strain on the connections resulting in unexpected failures. Almost certainly the mess...
View ArticleCold Aisle Curtains gain Popularity
I was reading an article about the recent Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) Data Center Energy Summit, in San Francisco, engineers and data center pros gathered to study 11 case studies on energy...
View ArticleAVIVA (aka Norwich Union) miss opportunity to Go Green
AVIVA (aka Norwich Union) is set to open its third data centre – Data Centre 3 (DC3) at the Broadlands Business Park near Norwich, UK this September. Although the site uses some modern design...
View ArticleGlassHouse Releases Reflector Tool
GlassHouse Technologies, a global provider of independent IT infrastructure consulting services, announced on the 5th August 2008 the release of Reflector, a proprietary tool for managing data center...
View ArticleData Center Constraints
The Hot Aisle readership have reported that they have significant constraints on existing data centers with 56% reporting cooling constraints and a further 17% reporting more than one constraint....
View ArticleHow to cut your Data Center Power Bill
Today we are going to look at practical changes that we can all make to our data centres that will improve cooling efficiency, to enable us to install more equipment in the same space or reduce our...
View ArticleHeat Exchanger
This photograph shows an Intercooler unit in the basement of the I.Net data center in Milan.
View ArticleA Load of Hot Air
This photograph shows a technique used to remove hot air from a high density area in a Data Center in Milan.
View ArticleIs there a DIY approach to Green Data Centers?
IT Infrastructure specialist Richardson Eyres recently issued a press release to help drum up some consulting business in the Retail market but make some generally applicable and interesting points...
View ArticleAn Alternative to VDI and Thin Clients
My friend, the inventor and green innovator, Peter Hopton from VeryPC has a unique view on how to be environmentally responsible whilst deploying PCs into an office environment and he is presenting his...
View ArticleHow many servers can you migrate in a weekend?
I got a question from a colleague Bill about data center migrations: What is a good range of number of servers that could be migrated over a weekend? I know there a bunch of qualifiers (e.g. new kit...
View ArticleFire Detection Best Practice
Today we are going to look at how fire detection systems can be used in Data Centers to prevent catastrophic loss and damage; we will focus on Very Early Smoke Detection Systems, (VESDA – Very Early...
View ArticleHot Aisle Containment and Fire Protection
Recently we have been writing a lot about how hot-aisle/cold aisle containment. It is important to be aware this strategy, fire detection and protection requires special attention. A recent article in...
View ArticleWhy did IBM Spend $300M on XIV?
I met up with Andy Monshaw, General Manager of IBM’s Storage Division last week for an exclusive Hot Aisle interview and found him in ebullient mood. Andy has been running Storage for IBM since...
View ArticleInterxion Secures Euro 135 Million Credit Facility
Carrier neutral data center facilities still in expansion mode despite sub prime crisis. * Fortis and Rabobank are joined by ING in expanded credit facility * Company announces H1 2008...
View ArticleA Green Data Center Approach and Design
I wrote about Elean Park Data Center some time ago on The Hot Aisle where we looked at the use of absorption chillers that use the waste heat from a biomass power station and gas generation plant on...
View ArticleMicrosoft to Open $500M Data Center in Chicago
Chicago Business News reports that Microsoft plans to open another massive data center, in Northlake near Chicago in 2009 that will be central to the software giant’s war with Google Inc. for Internet...
View ArticleData Center in a Tent?
I read a very interesting article from fellow blogger Christian Belady, who is Principal Power and Cooling Architect at Microsoft. Christian decided to take the PUE challenge and see if he could build...
View ArticleWhy your humidification plant is wasting electricity
Our atmosphere (the air around us) is made up of gasses consisting of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), carbon dioxide (0.3%) and water in the form of vapor (humidity). The amount of water in the...
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