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• Re-Engineering to a Green Data Center With Measureable ROI - 2009 Data Center World Presentation.
  How to use a systematic, phased approach to self-fund the re-engineering of your data center to be energy efficient, and coincidentally green. Guides attendees through a process of first establishing a power usage effectiveness (PUE) efficiency baseline, implementing low-cost/no-cost efficiency best practices that yield an immediate reduction in energy expense, and then monitoring those savings to move progressively up the efficiency curve through a series of energy efficient technology implementations. Each cycle of the process increases the data center energy efficiency and subsequently the percentage of savings of energy expense.

Data Center Efficiency Webinars:

• Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices - Insights Into The ROI On Best Practices
  Electricity expense has become an increasingly important factor of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. Energy consumption of typical data centers can be substantially reduced through design of the physical infrastructure and IT architecture.
  
• Power Strategies for Data Center Efficiency - Identifying Cost Reduction Opportunities
  In a survey conducted by the Uptime Institute, enterprise data center managers responded that 42% of them expected to run out of power capacity within 12-24 months and another 23% claimed that they would run out of power capacity in 24-60 months. Greater attention to energy efficiency and consumption is critical.
  
• Cooling Strategies for Efficiency - Techniques to Reduce Your Energy Bill by 20-80%
  Data center cooling is a hot topic. When you consider the challenges of cooling the latest generation servers, growing cost of infrastructure equipment, and ever growing concern around energy efficiency, it's easy to understand the focus.
  

• Enclosure Strategies for Efficiency - Data Center Efficiency Best-Practice Starts with Your Racks
  Historically, Data Center managers didn't invest much thought in their deployment of server racks beyond basic functionality, air flow, and the initial cost of the rack itself. Today, the widespread deployment of high-density configurations is causing major hot spot concerns and capacity issues.  These factors, along with the high cost of power, require a sound understanding of how your server rack deployment plan relates to your overall efficiency strategy.
  

• Energy Efficiency Leadership for Data Centers & IT - 42U & PG&E chat about Energy Efficiency Strategies
  Data center efficiency is a hot topic! With data center build outs, retro-fits, re-commissioning, expansions and server consolidation reaching a feverish pace, so have the challenges in keeping up with compliance, green initiatives - all while attempting to lower costs, increase scalability and keeping IT operations and Business always on/Uptime.
  
  
• ENERGY STAR^® Data Center Infrastructure Rating Development - 42U & EPA discuss Energy Star for Data Centers
  Energy use in data centers is increasing rapidly.  In 2006, energy consumption to operate IT equipment and data center facilities represented 61 billion kWh or approximately $6 billion in annual expenditures.  This accounts for 1.5% of total U.S. electricity consumption and is projected to increase to 100 billion kWh by 2011.  To assist data center operators in capturing the financial and environmental benefits of improved energy efficiency in their facilities, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing an ENERGY STAR rating for data center infrastructure.

Data Center Cooling Webinars:

• Hot Aisle / Cold Aisle Containment Strategies
  The segmentation of data centers into alternating hot and cold aisles is an established best practice. A number of manufacturers are taking this premise of airflow separation a step further by marketing "containment" solutions. By containing the hot or cold aisle, the air paths have little chance to mix, presenting data center operators with both reliability and efficiency gains.
• Cooling Strategies for Efficiency - Techniques to Reduce Your Energy Bill by 20-80%
  Data center cooling is a hot topic. When you consider the challenges of cooling the latest generation servers, growing cost of infrastructure equipment, and ever growing concern around energy efficiency, it's easy to understand the focus.
  
• Data Center Chill Off Revisited: The "Rest of Story" for an Important Data Center Efficiency Study
  Accenture recently reported on an event hosted by Sun Microsystems assessing four energy-efficient modular, scalable server rack cooling systems for data centers. During this "Chill-Off", the four solutions were evaluated under a range of conditions reflecting different inlet air temperatures and server loads, and for the appropriate systems, elevated chilled water temperatures. Now for: '...the rest of the story'
• Successful Power and Cooling Infrastructure for Today's Data Center
  Gone are the days when you could simply focus on hardware costs to drive down your data center's operating expenses. As utility rates continue to rise, floor space disappears and demands from business users grow, data centers are forced to identify the most efficient infrastructure solutions to meet four critical criteria.
  
  
• Eliminating Data Center Hot Spots: An Approach for Identifying and Correcting Lost Air
  Data center cooling is a hot topic. But, when you consider the challenges associated with cooling the latest generation servers, the growing cost of infrastructure equipment, and the risks associated with data center hot spots brought on by high-density clusters and premature hardware failure, it's easy to understand the focus.
  
  
• 2007 Data Center Cooling Study: Comparing Conventional Raised Floors with Liquid Packages
  If you're looking for a solution, it's simple physics: Water is 3,500 times more effective at cooling than air. But, liquid cooling carries a large stigma particularly because of the large price tag. And, if you're like other Data Center Managers, the words of Jerry McGuire may be ringing in your head "Show me the money!"
  • Running out of floor space to accommodate the hot aisle/cold aisle row cooling approach?
  • Experiencing hotspots and/or equipment failure due to inefficient climate control?
  • Looking for a green data center for a more cost-effective cooling approach?

• Power Strategies for Data Center Efficiency: Identifying Cost Reduction Opportunities
  In a survey conducted by the Uptime Institute, enterprise data center managers responded that 42% of them expected to run out of power capacity within 12-24 months and another 23% claimed that they would run out of power capacity in 24-60 months. Greater attention to energy efficiency and consumption is critical.
  
• Uncovering the Myths Behind Remote Power: Determining the Right Solution for Your Data Center
  As IT operations and equipment become more geographically dispersed, the need to implement effective remote power management tools becomes more significant. Consider the following:
  • How many times have you called a 3rd party technician to support your IT resources in the last 90 days?
  • What is your comfort level with asking your remote office staff to cycle power on your servers or networking equipment?
  • Can you accurately measure the power consumption of each circuit in your datacenter?

Data Center Infrastructure Webinars:

• Three Best Practices for Optimizing your IT Infrastructure
  In a recent survey by the Uptime Institute, 42% of enterprise data center managers reported that they would run out of power capacity within 24 months. This statistic isn't surprising when you consider that today's IT hardware requires more power-distribution air conditioning and UPS capacity than in the past.

  What steps is your data center taking to mitigate the detrimental disruptions of availability, reliability and uptime caused by a loss of capacity?

• Data Center Optimization with Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer
  The modern data center is a dynamic environment. In many cases, managing this complex space has evolved beyond the capabilities of spreadsheets and VISIO diagrams.  Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE) software presents a fresh alternative to these familiar tools. With real-time visibility, users can model, plan for, and schedule changes to their data center.
• Data Center Measurement- Building An ROI Baseline
  Establishing a baseline measurement of your data center is an important first step in developing a meaningful ROI for any data center project. The cost of energy has recently exceeded the cost of IT equipment; understanding your energy footprint in terms of power consumption and cooling demand has become an important management tool.
  
• Avocent DSView 3 Upgrades to 3.6 & Innovative Power Manager Plug-In
  Managing your data center has just become easier! The new DSView® 3 includes benefits ranging from labor-saving features such as consolidated access of physical and virtual servers, integrated virtual machine and power management support, and myriad out-of-band hardware support options…all in ONE tool.
  
• Tools for Accessing and Managing Your IT Assets
  Data center build outs, expansions, updates and server consolidation have reached a feverish pace and so have the challenges in keeping up with compliance, green initiatives - all while attempting to lower costs, increase scalability and keeping IT operations and Business always on.

• Total Server Management: KVM and Remote Power Solutions from Raritan
  IT teams continue to find ways to take CONTROL of their data centers system uptime, spending, power resources, remote devices and security. With the recent release of the Dominion® KX II and Dominion PX, Raritan is putting CONTROL back in the hands of the data center.

Data Center Articles and Case Studies

• KCSM Expands Television Studio Environment With Help From 42U
  42U helped KCSM, a public television and radio broadcaster located in the San Francisco Bay Area, optimize workflow in its master control environment with an Avocent AMX solution.
  
• 42U Assists Catholic Healthcare Partners With Datacenter Upgrade and Optimization
  42U has helped CHP update and maintain its server technology in an ongoing effort to provide high-quality healthcare to patients.

• Intelligent Power Management
  As IT environments become more diverse and geographically dispersed, intelligent power management solutions provide IT professionals with the information and tools necessary to manage and maintain operations. These solutions leverage hardware and/or software to monitor and control server-level power state and condition.
  
• Environmental Monitoring
  In today's business environment, server and network downtime can paralyze an organization. Excessive power consumption, heat, and other environmental factors are leading causes of equipment failure. To insulate the datacenter from such issues, IT professionals require environmental monitoring solutions to proactively monitor and respond to changes.
  
• Centralized Datacenter Management
  With ever-increasing data center size and complexity, data center managers and IT professionals require remote management solutions that enable them to quickly and effectively access servers, networking devices, and other mission-critical equipment. A complete management solution integrates KVM-over-IP technology, serial console management, and service processor management to provide console level access for true ?lights out? operations.

• Data Center Cooling / Rack Cooling
  Heat is just one of the many factors severely affecting IT performance. Beat the heat with 42U's scalable climate control solutions. From passive air to active liquid, 42U's flexible cooling concepts are designed according to your requirements to effectively handle unwanted heat loads.
  
• Computer Room Cooling
  Specialized engineering and educational services that enhance computer room cooling performance without additional capital investments.
  
• Power Management
  The IT trends of today and tomorrow show increasing rack density as more and more blade servers are installed in standard cabinets, with overall rack power requirements rising as well. In anticipation of the changing needs of the IT industry, 42U is not only well prepared to address the escalation of cabinet power demands, but able to do it while reducing installation and  operating costs and increasing operational reliability.  Click here to download our Intelligent Power Management Cut Sheet!
  
• Remote Reboot
  Remote Power Management products allow you securely power cycle and power on or off you hung server or device from outside you server farm, and even from a remote location anywhere in the world.
  
• Rack Monitoring and Security
  The physical security of IT enclosures is one of the essential factors contributing to the high availability of your IT infrastructure. Environmental monitoring sensors, together with sophisticated access control solutions, provide reliable protection against external influences. Click here to download our Environmental Monitoring Cut Sheet!
  
• Datacenter Management Software
  Complete, centralized access, control and management solution, easily accessible from anywhere.  Secure management of local & remote servers & devices. Click here to download our Centralized Datacenter Management Cut Sheet!
  
• KVM over IP
  Superior digital KVM over IP switching for multi-platform, multi-location, multi-device access and control. Remotely access all your servers via a secure Internet, LAN/WAN, or dial-up connection.
  
• Data Center Rack Space Management
  Custom built to specifications, these premium quality Data Cabinets & 19 Inch Server Racks are built to securely handle all your server and communication equipment needs. In addition to our popular Server Racks, we have a large assortment of sizes and options available. Selecting the right server rack will help effectively power, cool, and protect your equipment.
  
• KoldLok Raised Floor Grommets
  By installing KoldLok Raised Floor Grommets, you can optimize the effectiveness of your existing cooling equipment and manage the increasing heat loads. The patented KoldLok sealing system specifically addresses bypass airflow and its detrimental effects on data center cooling.
  
• The Top 5 Things to Keep in Mind When Buying a Server Rack
  Selecting the right server rack will help effectively power, cool, and protect your equipment. There are dozens of server rack manufactures all claiming to produce the best rack product.  This article details the most important considerations to keep in mind when determining which server rack would be best for your data center needs.

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Green Data Center

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Green Data Center

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"Free Air" - Data Center Air Economizers

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PUE & DCiE: Data Center Efficiency Benchmarks

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Data Center Efficiency Best Practices

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Data Center Power Costs

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Server Rack Strategies

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Lights-Out Data Center

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Data Center Cooling

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Data Center Security - UPS Systems

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Efficiency Best Practice: Cold Aisle / Hot Aisle

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Efficiency Best Practice: Hot Aisle / Cold Aisle

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KVM over IP - Remote Access & Management

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Data Center Resources

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