by Dave Cappuccio | May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment
Over the past few years, data center design has shifted away from the traditional idea of building out large expanses of IT-ready floor space to an era where smaller component-based solutions are the trend. A variety of different options from vendors have been introduced, and the two prevailing trends we see are container-based prebuilt solutions [...]
Category: Data Center Design Data Centers Green IT Power and Cooling Tags: Container, Data Center, Modular
by Dave Cappuccio | March 23, 2011 | Comments Off
When it comes to storage a variety of fundamental changes are occurring, which have more to do with access than growth. Cloud-based alternatives are forcing companies to re-examine storage from a business perspective. If data is not-critical then a less costly cloud platform is feasible, assuming service levels can be agreed upon. Virtualization is also [...]
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Category: Data Centers Tags: Data Center, Infrastructure Technology, IT-Operations-NA
by Dave Cappuccio | November 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
There are a few outside forces in the market today which are going to impact Data Centers in a big way over the next 5 years; smarter designs, Green pressures, conquering density and cloud computing. Not surprisingly many data center managers today are trying to figure out how to design and plan for the future, [...]
Category: Data Centers Food for Thought Tags: Data Center, GartnerDC
by Dave Cappuccio | February 15, 2009 | 3 Comments
PUE and DCiE are not adequate methods to understand data center efficiencies – what’s needed is a Power to Performance Effectiveness index.
Category: Food for Thought Tags: Data Center, Metrics, Power and Cooling
