A number of years ago the ANSI/TIA-942-2005 came out as “the” Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers. Its purpose was to provide requirements and guidelines when designing a data center and to encourage planning for the data center earlier in the property development process.
One of the most quoted portions of the standard is the “Tiered [...]
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Collocation Facilities And The Myth Of The Tiered Data Center
January 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Collocation News
Tags:collocation·collocation cooling·collocation power·data center cooling·Data Center Design Info·Data Center Infrastructure·data center power·tier structure
Data Center Design: Keep It Covered, Bundled And Out Of Sight
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Data Center Design Info
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 [...]
Tags:best practice·cable management·collocation·Data Center Infrastructure·structured cabling
Collocation And The Changing Data Center Landscape
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Collocation News
The U.S. data center landscape is changing and operations managers who understand these changes are improving their competitive position.
Tags:collocation·collocation forecast·data center availability·data center forecast·infrastructure modernization
