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Why Current Network Security Fails

Why is it that advances in data center technology have so far failed to produce decent digital security for enterprises? Even with the newest firewalls, encryption schemes and what more, breaches are an almost daily occurence.



The answer is actually quite simple, as we can read in this article in Processor Magazine. The whole model that has… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 31, 2010 at 22:45 — No Comments

Point of discussion: should less be more?

Quick post today. I came across a blogpost by Doug Mohney at Green Data Center News today. He took aim at a new solution by Alcatel Lucent.



Basically, it's very simple: it concerns a network of piping that transports heat from the racks to the heat sink. Nothing special really. The main problem is that is could well be less green as advertised. Mohney could very well be right about that: installing it might be very energy intensive.



My question to the community is: is he… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 28, 2010 at 21:41 — No Comments

Another Small Win for Standards

We all know the need for standards within the data center sphere. But with standards, you also need enforcement and incentives for companies to apply them. Unfortunately, that advances slowly.



Sometimes however, a small but significant step is taken. Take the recent news that SGI is redesigning their ICE Cube container data centers to fit standard… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 27, 2010 at 22:31 — No Comments

Hurray! The Crisis is at an End! (or is it?)

At least, that is if I can believe Gartner, who just send me this bit of news:



"Worldwide server shipments grew 23 per cent year over year in the first quarter of 2010, while revenue increased 6 per cent, according to Gartner, Inc."



Hurray! That means the crisis (at least in IT) is fading. It is about time, because server shipments were hitting rock bottom the last year.



However, that is not the whole story:



""We've seen a return to growth on a worldwide… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 26, 2010 at 22:11 — No Comments

A New Metric to Keep Uptime High

This is a bit of 'breaking news' I got from Techtarget today: The Uptime Institute has drawn up a new metric to measure the ability of a data center to keep running without interruption. Called the Operational Sustainability benchmark, it is to published on 1 July.



We know the Uptime Institute for their… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 25, 2010 at 21:26 — No Comments

Uptime INstitue Symposium 2010

Having just returned from the Uptime event in NYC I have to admit I saw so very interesting advances in monitoring software. In fact it appears that the monitoring software is merging with asset management software to create and extremely versatile tool set for the data center and facility managers. By merging the two software applications the ability to perform capacity planning in a real time mode is now available. In addition to the capaicity planning I saw some great examples of… Continue

Added by Michael Balles on May 24, 2010 at 6:25 — 1 Comment

World's First iPhone App for the Data Center Industry!

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Phone application to connect the data center industry. This appears to be the first dedicated iPhone App for the data center industry and brings further exposure to iPhone users worldwide of the content you, our members, add to the network.





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Added by DCPNet Admin on May 24, 2010 at 9:09 — 2 Comments

Uptime Institute Data Center Symposium in New York was amazing!

http://blog.modius.com/modiusblog/bid/36339/Uptime-Institute-Data-Center-Symposium-in-New-York-was-amazing


Just got back from the Uptime Institute's latest data Center conference held in New York City. In a…

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Added by Robert Schmidt on May 22, 2010 at 2:12 — No Comments

The Ever Lasting IT-Facilities-Management Conflict

In the world of data centers, the IT department, the facilities department and general management seem to be constantly at odds with one another. Each one has different goals, and different ways of doing things. This article on data center journal is the most recent one exploring this theme. The article links back to many… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 21, 2010 at 18:30 — No Comments

The Future of the Data Center is not Green, but another Colour

Would this been posted to Data Center Knowledge about one-and-a-half month ago, I would have ignored it. But as it is not 1 April, this is way to good to pass up: HP have done a study about utilising cow manure as a source for power. The paper can be found here, and here is a video where Chandrakant Patel from HP… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 20, 2010 at 23:26 — No Comments

The Westmere and GPU's make a Push

This year was bound to be a year of server refreshes, and in short succession HP and IBM have done just that. Respectively the HP ProLiant ranges and IBM System x have had an overhaul to take their servers forward another two years or so.



In both cases, the most important upgrade is the processor. The start of this year saw the release of the new Westmere architecture by Intel, and the big three can't afford to let the processor slip by. Its six cores (although four cores are still an… Continue

Added by Michiel van Blommestein on May 19, 2010 at 21:49 — No Comments

The 4 most common approaches to monitoring device power consumption

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Added by Robert Schmidt on May 3, 2010 at 20:29 — No Comments

Power Strips and Power Management: The ‘Switch’ to Monitoring

http://blog.modius.com/2010/04/05/power-strips-and-power-management-the-switch-to-monitoring/…


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Added by Robert Schmidt on April 10, 2010 at 5:08 — No Comments

Economizers – Outside air saves $$$

http://blog.modius.com/2010/04/05/105/…


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Added by Robert Schmidt on April 9, 2010 at 23:48 — No Comments

Think about it: virtualization increases power use

Back to all seriousness. Part of working in the data center world is the handling of the constant stream of trends, possible trends and even newer trends. I posted a 'trends' post earlier this week, and now I found another one, this time on… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on April 2, 2010 at 21:16 — 1 Comment

DCM Question for March 16th 2010

“Data center managers look for every opportunity to increase business ROI. With the majority of an IT data center budget spent maintaining an inefficient and aging installed-base”. What's your opinion?

Added by Michael A. Schmidt on March 16, 2010 at 23:33 — No Comments

Energy Efficiency in Data Centers - The Small Stuff

Oftentimes, when faced with the daunting task of eating an elephant, we don’t know where to begin. As a result, the elephant continues on uneaten, and eventually tramples us.

With Data Centers, there is a tendency to believe that once purchases are made and equipment is in place, there is very little we can do to control or limit the energy consumption of our particular site. “It is what it is” might be the profundity expressed when eying the electric bill, and off goes the payment…

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Added by Darrell Reynolds on February 16, 2010 at 22:00 — No Comments

Space Weather. Too weird a topic?

I have a hobby. I like astronomy. I have a little telescope that I use to check comets, moons and planets. I am also a data center professional, movie fan and amateur writer. Recently, those seemingly disparate interests converged into a kind of “out there” idea.

You may have heard of the new movie “2012”; where the world comes to an end? I was thinking about that movie, solar astronomy and data centers the other day and was able to connect the dots. I wrote an article on the subject and… Continue

Added by Eric Gallant on November 3, 2009 at 21:13 — 2 Comments

Connect with leading I.T. Power Management experts in a series of live webcasts

Connect with leading I.T. Power Management experts in a series of live

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Leading industry experts will answer your questions at the BrightTALK I.T. Power Management summit via a series of live webcasts to share the latest innovations and best practices for reducing company- wide energy usage and costs. Companies will learn how to dramatically reduce energy costs and carbon footprints.



Register to attend live… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on August 14, 2009 at 1:50 — No Comments

Evaluation of efficient computer centers in Germany

Within the scope of the eco study group Data Center an online evaluation was carried out which evaluated data of a total of 49 computer centers with a total area of approx. 50,000 m2. The total energy consumption of the recorded computer centers amounts to approx. 240 GWh per year.



You can order the complete study for free. We hope you enjoy your… Continue

Added by Roland Broch on February 9, 2009 at 21:21 — No Comments

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