All Research Sponsored By:Schneider Electric
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Start Strong: Data Center Project Planning
As organizations adopt new technologies, they find themselves taking on rather large data center projects. The failure of a data center update can jeopardize an entire organization's existence. This e-guide gives you the first steps you will need to start your project off on the right foot.
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Data Center Facility Management Strategy Guide
This e-guide gives you advice on extending your data center facility's life span, how to track your data center's physical metrics, and how to build a shutdown procedure to make sure you're prepared for the worst.
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Humidification Stratiegies for Data Centers and Network Rooms
This paper explains the nature of humidity, its effects and its management in computer rooms and data centers.
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Keep IT Running through Data Center Cooling Outage
This informative white paper talks about some of the trends that are increasing risk of overheating and some of the predictive models and design strategies make it possible to ensure contiuned reliable operation following a power outage.
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Your Roadmap for Data Center Consolidation
This article gives a description of an approach to consolidation that has been successful for a growing number of organizations. The approach responds to a number of problems that typically arise when consolidating into an existing data center.
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The Different Technologies for Cooling Data Centers
This white paper talks about data center cooling and the advantages, disadvantages and applications of the 13 basic methods for heat removal.
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Data Center Evaluation: Your Electrical Meter Options
This white paper outlines the different types of meters and their applications/benefits in certain situations.
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Fundamental Principles of Generators for Information Technology
This whitepaper covers the basics on standby generators and systems to prepare your IT staff for any prolonged utility power outages.
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WHAT IS A MODULAR DATA CENTER?
In this white paper, you will discover a framework for modular data center architecture. Read on to learn how you can reduce total cost of ownership, increase flexibility, reduce deployment time, and improve efficiency with a modular, scalable data center design.
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High Efficiency Indirect Air Economizer-based Cooling for Data Centers
This white paper details how indirect air economizer-based cooling will lower the cost of running your data center without the same risk as directly exposing your infrastructure to the outdoor air.
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Classification of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools
This white paper presents a classification system for data center infrastructure management tools, enabling IT pros to determine which physical infrastructure management tools they need and which ones they don't.
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InfraStruxure for Small IT Spaces at Schneider Electric
Access this video to discover a comprehensive solution that brings together UPS, power distribution and cooling offerings to help you manage small data centres, IT rooms, enterprise branches or network closets. This video outlines a solution that uses virtualisation, unified communication and cloud technologies to simplify these environments.
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Avoiding Common Pitfalls of Evaluating and Implementing DCIM Solutions
Access this white paper to discover tips for choosing the right data center infrastructure management tools. This resource describes the common pitfalls to avoid when choosing a DCIM solution and provides practical guidance to help you pick a toolset that is a better fit for your data center – and shows you how to implement it properly.
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Economizer Modes of Data Center Cooling Systems
Access this white paper to learn how your data center can reduce energy costs by using the right economizer mode. This resource provides definitions for the various types of economizer modes and compares their performance against key data center attributes.
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Creating Order from Chaos in Data Centers and Server Rooms
Access this white paper to discover innovative approaches to eliminating chaos in your data center or server room. From quick fixes to long term solutions, this resource has it all.
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Ten Cooling Solutions to Support High-Density Server Deployment
Access this white paper to discover ten cooling solutions to support high-density server deployment. Read on to learn how your organization can increase cooling efficiency and more.
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Smart-UPS Features and Benefits Overview
Access this video to learn about the benefits of using an effective UPS to protect your servers and other network devices from surges, spikes, blackouts and more.
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Virtualization Energy Cost Calculator
Access this virtualization energy cost calculator to compare the cost of virtualized and non-virtualized IT environments. Input information about data center capacity, load, energy cost and view the percentage savings that virtualization can bring to your annual electric bill.
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Energy Impact of Increased Server Inlet Temperature
Learn how your business can promote data center energy efficiency by finding the optimal temperature range where the combined IT and cooling load is minimized.
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Impact of Hot and Cold Aisle Containment on Data Centre Temperature and Efficiency
Access this exclusive resource to discover the efficiency benefits of containment and learn about the differences between hot-air and cold-air strategies.
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Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency (PUE) in Data Centres
The efficiency ratings of a data centre can vary substantially depending on what methodologies are applied. Access this exclusive resource to discover the importance of measuring data centre efficiency and learn about the issues companies face when establishing the PUE of an infrastructure.
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Schneider Electric Delivers StruxureWare™ for Data Centers
This essential resource explores the top IT and business drivers for data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software, definitions of DCIM, how it can solve data centre challenges, and presents the main benefits of DCIM.
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Standardization and Modularity in Data Center Physical Infrastructure
This paper examines how failure to adopt modular standardization as a design strategy for data center physical infrastructure (DCPI) is costly on all fronts, unnecessary expense, avoidable downtime, and lost business opportunity. Standardization and modularity, create wide-ranging benefits in DCPI that streamline and simplify every process.
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How Monitoring Systems Reduce Human Error in Distributed Server Rooms and Remote Wiring Closets
Surprise incidences of downtime in server rooms and remote wiring closets lead to sleepless nights for many IT managers. This paper analyzes several of these incidents and makes recommendations for how a basic monitoring system can help reduce the occurrence of these unanticipated events.
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Estimating a Data Center's Electrical Carbon Footprint
Data Center carbon emissions are a growing global concern. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cites data centers as a major source of energy consumption in the United States. This paper introduces a simple approach, supported by free web-based tools, for estimating the carbon footprint of a data center anywhere in the world.