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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Why CIOs Should See Their Power Bills
Data center infrastructures have grown and evolved in step with technology advancements. In amassing the most-advanced technologies and powerful IT equipment to process the ever-growing data spawned by the Internet era, data centers today are sprawling information fortresses – reaching … Continue reading
Metering, Measuring and Managing. Get Started.
Energy Management as a discipline and business concern is now at an intersection of major technological, regulatory and financial trends that are driving its implementation. • Rising energy costs or at least the threat of rising costs • Increasing likelihood … Continue reading
Raritan is co-presenting “400V Data Center Solutions” with Starline at the Sept. 30th DatacenterDynamics show in Chicago.
We will be displaying our intelligent PDU’s, KVM-over-IP switch and DCIM solutions in our booth. Stop by and visit us – you’ll be entered into our drawing for a Canon digital camcorder. For more information and to register: http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/chicago
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Are you over-cooling your Data Center?
You should consider the following steps if think you are over-cooling your data center or lab – this will likely result in significant energy savings. 1. Start monitoring – Deploy temperature and humidity sensors according to industry recommendations(the top, middle … Continue reading
Video over USB 3.0
USB 2.0 already allowed connecting additional Displays to Desktop PCs and Notebooks thanks to a technology provided by Displaylink. The most recent devices offer screen resolutions beyond the 1600×1200 barrier and the next evolutionary steps is in front of us. … Continue reading
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Data Center Disaster Recovery Tools
There are many types of “disasters” that can occur in a data center. These can range from an all encompassing failure to the loss of certain critical IT services. These can happen at any time related to human error, system … Continue reading
August 12, 1981- The Data Center chaos begins!
Since August 12, 1981 when IBM announced the first x86 based PC, all of those people involved in Information Technology have had the new opportunity to behave badly. Prior to that date, computers were BIG and bulky and had huge … Continue reading
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What to Look for in a Smart Card-Enabled KVM Solution
Using a smart card to access a PC or server that’s within arm’s reach is easy. However, a major challenge is to support this directive in the data center or any application in which users must access multiple servers or PCs that are often located in a separate room, let alone several feet away. Continue reading
It’s NOT about the Aisles, it’s about the Inlets!
So many people have lost sight of the fact that cooling within a data center is not really a phylisophical activity, it’s about moving heat away from the sensitive electronics inside various types of equipment within a temperature range specified by the manufacturer. Continue reading