You only relocate a data center once (hopefully), but you manage it day after day. A big part of making your data center more manageable, dressing in all the cables and fiber. This means keeping everything covered, bundled and out of sight:
a) Cabinets have doors and sidewalls.
b) Copper cables are patched within the [...]
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Data Center Design: Keep It Covered, Bundled And Out Of Sight
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Data Center Design Info
Tags:best practice·cable management·collocation·Data Center Infrastructure·structured cabling
Keeping The Lights On, In A Lights Out Data Center
September 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Data Center Management Ideas
There are two goals in an effective data center operations organization, “keep the lights on” and continually improve operational efficiency of the data center or colocation facility. Focus on these two goals means attaining maturity rather than perfection. It also means the operational team is effectively:
Taking advantage of Moore’s Law and [...]
Tags:best practice·Data Center Infrastructure·Data Center Management Ideas·data center operations
Data Center Migration Principles
August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Data Center Move
Guiding principles are designed to document the guidelines that shape the outcome of various data center activities. These principles allow all stakeholders to understand the driving forces behind the data center move project plans, decisions, and recommendations. While some principles are intended to outlive a single data center move project, they all have significant [...]
Tags:best practice·collocation migration·collocation move·collocation relocation·Data Center Design Info·data center migration·Data Center Move·data center relocation
