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The Top Three Ways to Improve Data Center Power Monitoring

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Gento

Data center managers everywhere are being pushed to improve energy efficiency.  But traditional approaches to power monitoring fall short because they fail to provide information about how much actual power devices are drawing, and whether cooling resources are being used efficiently.

The following are the top three ways to improve data center power monitoring, improve energy efficiency, and effectively utilize cooling resources.

The Top Five Data Center Management Challenges

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Gento

The demand for new on-demand technology services and the cost of deploying and managing them continue to skyrocket.  In order to manage deepening costs, complex deployments, and ensure reliability and uptime, data center managers need access to information and data that isn’t always readily available.  These are the top five challenges data center managers face and how a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution can address those challenges.

Raritan’s Dominion KX III KVM-Over-IP vs Its KX II Predecessor

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Gento

AIT Partnership Group, a leading Raritan reseller in Europe and a trusted advisor on Data Center Management, Secure Network and Broadcast & Control Room Solutions, featured Raritan’s new Dominion KX III KVM-over-IP switch in their Data Centre Blog in April.   The post describes the many advancements of the next-generation KX III, highlighting the blazing video performance of the KX III in a video comparison versus its predecessor.  Capable of IP remote video performance of up to 30 frames per second for 1920x1080 HD video, the KX III is perfect for both traditional IT applications and for dynamic, audio and video-based applications.

"The increased processing power can be best seen in this practical demo."

Try the Dominion KX III from your computer, right now! Take a test drive.

Data Center Energy Productivity (DCeP) - The New Metric on the Data Center Block

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Gento

Improving energy efficiency has continually challenged data center managers over the past decade. At the heart of the matter lies the ongoing debate as to what exactly is the best metric or combination of metrics by which to monitor performance and make improvements.

Up until now Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) has been the most common metric used. However, PUE has inherent limitations that the industry has attempted to overcome by introducing new metrics such as Green Energy Coefficient (GEC), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF), and Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE). 

What California’s Title 24 2013 Energy Efficiency Standards Mean for Your Data Center

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Gento

California’s Title 24 2013 energy efficiency standards will go into effect on July, 1 2014. Prior to 2013 California data centers were considered exempt from Title 24, but that’s no longer the case as most data centers will now require:

• Economizers in small computer rooms in buildings that have economizers
• Prohibiting reheat in computer rooms
• Prohibiting non-adiabatic humidification in computer rooms
• Limiting power of fan systems serving computer rooms to 27 watts/kBtuh of net sensible cooling capacity
• Variable speed controls on all chilled water fan systems and all direct expansion (DX) systems over 5 tons serving computer rooms.
• Containment in large, high density data centers with air-cooled computers

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