Adopting new technology in the business environment has improved transparency. In 2011, a study indicated that over 38% of large-scale firms were ready to exceed IT capacity within 18 months. Maintaining IT equipment in good working condition facilitates the success...
According to green computing norms, data centers that have been in existence for more than seven years are considered outdated. However, trends show that a data center can normally perform for an average of nine years. A data center that’s less than 10 years old...
Edge computing delivers data processing solutions closer to the end-user of the computing network. Edge data centers are being constructed everywhere to process data near its point of generation. These edge data centers reduce data transmitted, leaving more bandwidth...
Hot or Cold Aisle Containment Which is Better? Before exploring hot aisle and cold aisle containment benefits for data centers, we must first know what they are. A cold aisle containment system simply means that 2 rows of server or network racks are set up facing air...
Recent surveys indicate that hot or cold aisle containment is being utilized by 80% of the data centers surveyed. Most all data centers have the same goal, they want to protect the equipment. Of course, that opens the debate what is better hot aisle containment...
Reigning in energy costs starts with understanding hot aisle containment options that are focused on reducing energy costs without cutting back on protection. When you consider that the average cost of AC is about $23,000 per year for an average-sized server room and...
