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
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 Design: When Bandwidth Will Not Do
August 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Data Center Infrastructure
Improving customer experience often times means speeding up the delivery down to the customer’s desktop. When bandwidth isn’t the problem, a delivery strategy is required that reduces the latency…
Tags:data center architecture·data center consolidation·Data Center Design Info·Data Center Infrastructure·disaster recovery·Internet connectivity
