three phase PDU
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How to Select, Manage, and Measure 3 Phase PDUs
by Annie Paquette
Categories: Helpful FeaturesServer Technology has a conversation with an in-house expert. Read this blog to learn how to select, manage, and measure 3 phase PDUs with the pros.
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The Evolution of 3 Phase PDUs
by Annie Paquette
Categories: Helpful FeaturesServer Technology has a conversation with an in-house expert on three phase power. Read this blog to learn how 3 phase PDUs are evolving.
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What to Consider When Considering Flying Solo
by Kayla Poole
Categories: Industry Trends & SolutionsAs more and more companies plan for hybrid IT, Server Technology visits the issues around colocation and cloud. In this three-part blog, learn everything about flying solo, or going colo.
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Video Review: Take a New Look at 3-Phase Power Distribution
by RJ Tee
Categories: Power Distribution & MonitoringIn support of the new Server Technology 3-Phase power video, we offer this blog as a critic’s review of the latest installment from Server Tech Theater. Grab some popcorn and have a seat.
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Want To Support High-Density Applications? Try a Three Phase PDU
by Josh Schaap
Categories: Power Distribution & MonitoringSometimes, the road less traveled proves to be the better route. That’s certainly the case with a less common, new approach to PDU design that employs 3 phase power distribution. In the past, this has meant dividing power into several branches within the rack PDU, but this new approach from Server Technology makes use of alternating each phase on a per-receptacle basis instead of per branch. As you can imagine, demand for more power in the cabinet is behind the move towards a 3 phase PDU in many data centers. If the search for more power is on your mind, alternating phase PDUs might be the answer to your problems.
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Want to Support High-Density Applications? Try a 3 Phase PDU.
by RJ Tee
Categories: How ToSometimes, the road less traveled proves to be the better route. That’s certainly proven to be the case with Server Technology’s series of 3 phase PDUs. Once it was a less common, new approach to power distribution in the data center, now three phase PDU(s) sales have spiked over the past three years. One of the early challenges of three phase power was load balancing. In the past, this meant carefully dividing power evenly across the three branches of the rack PDU so that you could draw roughly similar current on each branch. This only worked in a perfect world where the rack is filled with a single type of device.
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3 Phase PDUs---It’s Not Just a Phase
by RJ Tee
Categories: Power Distribution & MonitoringIn the data center, our customers are always going through them. Equipment comes in, rack counts go up, and loads increase. Electrically speaking, many of our client’s centers are in a state of flux. Server Technology manufactures a variety of PDU types for whatever phase of development your data center happens to be in.
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Server Technology and the Internet of Things: Power at the Edge
by RJ Tee
Categories: Industry Trends & SolutionsBy now, you are familiar with the Internet of Things, or IoT. In fact, according recent statistics, you’re also likely involved in a deployment that has brought some of the challenges associated with the bulk data collection and storage issues presented by this technology. You've probably run into three phase PDU requirements or the need for a network controlled power strip.
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The Advantages of an Uncluttered Rack, Part II
by RJ Tee
Categories: Helpful FeaturesAs mentioned in our previous post on Alternating Phase rack PDUs, many of us at Server Technology (including myself) like to talk about the benefits of our approach to handling three-phase power distribution within the rack. While the subject of three phase is de rigueur in the fashionable world of high density, there is a lot to talk about above and beyond the distribution of large amounts of power in a very small footprint.
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Single vs. Three Phase Power Distribution - Know the Difference
by RJ Tee
Categories:Electricity is the single most important resource in a data center, as it’s needed for powering every system — from the servers on the floor to the lights overhead. Often the differences between a single phase PDU and a three phase PDU are not as complicated as they may seem, and even more often a 3 phase PDU is the right fit. At the same time, electricity is incredibly expensive, dangerous and easy to mismanage — especially when considering the sheer volume of power that is typically used. Some facilities, after all, use enough electricity to power hundreds of thousands of homes. Even though energy efficiency is now top of mind for data center administrators, there’s no getting around the fact that data centers consume a great deal of power. As such, it’s vital to have the correct underlying power distribution system in place before moving in and setting up any equipment.
