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Benefits of Renewable Energy in the Data Center Industry
Nicholas Polk
March 02, 2023Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power are becoming increasingly important as the world seeks to reduce its carbon footprint. Data centers, which are energy-intensive facilities that house and manage servers and other technology, can also benefit from using renewable energy.
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A Teaching on Supporting Higher Densities for Higher Ed
RJ Tee
September 27, 2021In this blog from Server Technology, we address the new ways that academic researchers have to learn how to support their supercomputing applications.
Schools: Use Summer to Overhaul Your Data Center Power Strategy
RJ Tee
June 27, 2018Students may have left for the summer, but for data center professionals working for school systems and universities, the work is just getting started. Summer is a time to reflect on how the data center performed during the previous year, for identifying areas that need improvement and for making critical adjustments before September rolls back around. One issue that must be addressed during summer planning is data center power management. After all, power is a critical foundational element in the data center. But it’s also very expensive, and risky.
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Every Data Center Needs Real-time Reporting
RJ Tee
November 14, 2017Now, the data center power monitoring process can be fully-automated with the help of intelligent, IP connected power distribution units (PDUs). By providing real-time power monitoring at the rack level, data center administrators can gain instant access to power usage metrics and then use the information to make improvements that can boost uptime and reduce operating costs.
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Winter is Coming: Is Your Data Center Ready?
RJ Tee
October 20, 2017As they say in Game of Thrones, winter is coming. And while you may not have to worry about ice zombies invading your data center, if you are located in the north may have some tough power-related challenges to face when the temperature plummets.
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Overcome Environmental Challenges at the Edge with Server Technology
RJ Tee
May 30, 2017Many businesses today are exploring edge computing, a process that involves decentralizing core network infrastructure and pushing it closer to end users in localized markets. With edge computing, the goal is to reduce long haul data transmissions, resulting in improved performance and lower operating costs. It can also provide access to localized analytics, which can help businesses understand and respond more effectively to users’ needs. There are, however, some critical logistical issues at play in edge environments that need to be considered in order to experience a successful deployment — one of the most important being changing environmental conditions in and around edge data centers.
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Don't Let Cooling Costs Burn Your Dollars - Save Money With HDOT
RJ Tee
May 17, 2017Save money by adopting smart rack PDU technology, such as the Alt-Phase HDOT PDU, along with Sentry Power Manager for your environmental monitoring solution.
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Putting Your Excess Data Center Heat to Use
RJ Tee
January 26, 2016Your servers generate a ton of heat over the course of a single day. So, why not take this excess heat and pump it back into your office building during cold winter months? It’s a great way to save money and reduce waste at the same time. Think about it: A typical server running at 400 watts will generate almost 1,400 British thermal unit (Btu) per hour. A standard 20-by-20 room with a 10-foot ceiling only needs about 35,000 Btu per hour to maintain a 72 degree temperature. Since a large enterprise will run several thousand servers at a given time, it will generate more than enough energy to keep an entire building heated for an extended duration.
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Question of the Month: How Can I Ensure Uptime in My Unpredictable Data Center?
Josh Schaap
January 28, 2015Recently, a lot of customers have been asking us here at Server Technology about maximizing uptime. Customers want to know: With the multitude of power-related challenges facing data centers today, like unplanned outages; increasing security threats; new, relatively untested technologies such as SDN; and the ongoing threat of natural disasters, is striving for constant uptime a realistic goal or a pipe dream? Many feel that they are fighting a losing battle against this slew of challenges.
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