Upgrading data center equipment can be expensive and disruptive, so an organization may decide to eke more usable life out of legacy systems and infrastructure. While that may seem like a cost-saving measure, it can cost a lot more in … Read More … Read More
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Data Center Performance Metrics: Understanding the KPIs
Sustainability in Data Centers: What Makes a Data Center Sustainable?
Sustainability has become a key consideration in data center design as more organizations adopt environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles. Traditional data centers raise environmental concerns due to significant power and water consumption. Sustainable data centers use less of these … Read More … Read More
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Exploring the Components of a Data Center
Data centers are complex, but they are easier to understand when broken down into their component parts. At the most basic level, every data center comprises compute, storage, and networking equipment supported by racks and cabinets, cooling systems, power systems, … Read More … Read More
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Causes of Data Center Outages, Costs, and How To Prevent Downtime
The thought of unplanned downtime strikes fear in the hearts of every data center operator. According to the Uptime Institute’s Annual Outages Analysis 2023, 70 percent of data center outage incidents cost $100,000 or more, with 25 percent costing more … Read More … Read More
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6 Data Center Trends Shaping the Future of the Industry
Demand for data center capacity has skyrocketed over the past three years as organizations have digitalized their processes to enable remote work models, increase efficiency and gain competitive advantage. That demand shows no signs of abating Ñ according to a … Read More … Read More
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Edge Computing vs. Cloud Computing: Exploring Their Relationship
When cloud computing first emerged, there seemed to be no end of definitions for the term. Did it mean on-demand computing? Software-as-a-Service? Internet services generally? Years later, many people still lack a firm understanding of what cloud computing is. … Read More
Exploring Server Rack Sizes and Dimensions: Depth, Width, and Height
6 Types of Data Centers: Learn the Differences
Each data center is unique and designed to meet the specific requirements of the company that owns and operates it. Data centers also have different characteristics based on the facility, the type of IT equipment, the power and cooling infrastructure, … Read More … Read More
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What Is a Colocation Data Center (Colo)? Benefits and Considerations
Data centers are expensive. Simply operating a data center requires ongoing expenditures for power, cooling, staffing, and property taxes. If there’s a need to expand, substantial capital investments are needed to build out the additional space. Constructing a new data … Read More … Read More
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