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Allocating data center energy costs and carbon to IT users

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Are complicated software and instrumentation needed to measure and allocate energy costs and carbon to IT users? Or can we get by with simple, low cost methods for energy cost and carbon...

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Impact of Hot and Cold Aisle Containment on Data Center Temperature and Efficiency

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Both hot-air and cold-air containment can improve the predictability and efficiency of traditional data center cooling systems. While both approaches minimize the mixing of hot and cold air, there...

Provided by: APC by Schneider Electric

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Choosing Between Room, Row, and Rack-based Cooling for Data Centers

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Latest generation high density and variable density IT equipment create conditions that traditional data center cooling was never intended to address, resulting in cooling systems that are...

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Electrical Efficiency Measurement for Data Centers

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Data center electrical efficiency is rarely planned or managed. The unfortunate result is that most data centers waste substantial amounts of electricity. Today it is both possible and prudent to...

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Energy Efficient Cooling for Data Centers: A Close-Coupled Row Solution

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

The trend of increasing heat densities in data centers has held consistent with advances in computing technology for many years. As power density increased, it became evident that the degree of...

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Containerized Power and Cooling Modules for Data Centers

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Standardized, pre-assembled and integrated data center facility power and cooling modules are at least 60% faster to deploy, and provide a first cost savings of 13% or more compared to traditional...

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TCO Analysis of a Traditional Data Center vs. a Scalable, Containerized Data Center

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Standardized, scalable, pre-assembled, and integrated data center facility power and cooling modules provide a “total cost of ownership” (TCO) savings of 30% compared to traditional, built-out...

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Implementing Hot and Cold Air Containment in Existing Data Centers

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Containment solutions can eliminate hot spots and provide energy savings over traditional uncontained data center designs. The best containment solution for an existing facility will depend on the...

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Ten Errors to Avoid When Commissioning a Data Center

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Data center commissioning can deliver an unbiased evaluation of whether a newly constructed data center will be an operational success or a failure. Proper execution of the commissioning process...

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Cooling Entire Data Centers Using Only Row Cooling

April 29, 2013 12:00am PDT

Row cooling is emerging as a practical total cooling solution for new data centers due to its inherent high efficiency and predictable performance. Yet some IT equipment in data centers appears...

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Top-rated reviews of the week (pictures)

April 27, 2013 1:00am PDT

This week, CNET reviewers got starry-eyed over the do-anything Galaxy S4. We tested an iPad keyboard you can use in the dark, headphones you'll want to fall asleep in, a self-winding extension...

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Authentication Using Mobile Phone Generated OTP

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

In today's world of distributed data sources and Web services, remote client authentication is very important to protect customer's sensitive data over Internet. Passwords are most common type of...

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Business-Class Servers for a PC Budget

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

Edison Group interviewed a number of business owners running office or franchise workloads and consultants/resellers who cater to them, to assess the server-related challenges faced by these...

Provided by: IBM

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IBM x86 Servers in the Cloud: Serving the Cloud

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

An analysis and perspective from leading IT Industry analysts Technology Business Research (TBR) on how x86 servers and the implementation of private clouds offer a secure and cost-effective means...

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System x Selection Tool

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

Are old servers holding your business back? Maybe it's time to think about replacing them. The right server can reduce costs and complexity while improving business performance. Check out...

Provided by: IBM

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Solutions for a More Energy-Efficient Data Center: From Water to Fresh-Air Cooling

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

This white paper discusses recent trends in the industry toward increasing energy efficiency of the data center in order to save on power and cooling costs without reducing performance. Included...

Provided by: IBM

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Capitalize on a highly available virtualization reference architecture

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

Struggling with how to achieve consistent uptime? Address the challenges that can potentially cripple services and applications, while reducing data center costs and increasing workload...

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TBR Corporate IT Buying Behavior & Customer Satisfaction Study

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

Leading IT industry analysts Technology Business Research (TBR) conducts quarterly x86 Server Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) studies to identify what factors are most important to small and midsize...

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IBM SmartCloud Entry on System x with VMware vSphere Essentials Plus

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

To address rapidly changing IT demands, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) can now go beyond virtualization and tap into the economic advantages of private clouds, enabling them to reinvent their...

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Benefits of Consolidating on New IBM System x 2-Socket Servers

April 26, 2013 12:00am PDT

Read this white paper to see how consolidating with IBM’s 2-socket servers can help reduce cost, complexity and improve performance especially in virtualized environments. IBM® System x3650 M4...

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