Data center maintenance news stories

The premise behind DCIM is to allow organizations to use resources as efficiently as possible.

Sustainability is a cause we all must get behind. By supporting and encouraging those in our value chains, we can create a greener future.

DCIM isn’t just about keeping documentation up to date all the time; it’s also about monitoring what the documentation represents.

Not every cloud services model works for every organisation, so it pays to be diligent and find the right fit, writes Hyland country manager for A/NZ Jamie Atherton.

The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT), located in the NUS Kent Ridge campus, will serve as a research point and innovation hub for academia and industry. 

“The impact of COVID-19 fundamentally accelerated the concept of ‘mission critical’. Overnight, businesses became even more reliant on the cloud to enable operations, processes and remote collaboration.”

Using variable speed drives for cooling can yield significant improvements in data centre energy consumption. But drives can come with their own hidden costs in terms of a potentially adverse effect on the overall power system.

Panduit states that its move to the ETIM data model is supported in data centers, enterprise, and industrial product groups.

Data center management solutions enable facilities and IT professionals to intelligently reduce energy consumption

dcTrack is able to perform battery runtime calculations based on detailed battery specifications and the present plant load.

Techday spoke with ManageEngine vice president Rajesh Ganesan on the company’s solutions to the rapid changes and issues facing workforces around the globe as millions upon millions pack up their offices and work from home.

Demand for data is exploding, and data center leaders are getting creative in building new facilities. Here are the most unusual locations for data centers around the world.

Just 29% of data center decision-makers say their current facilities are meeting their needs, and only 6% say their data centers are updated ahead of their needs. 

The move comes as the digital transformation towards 400G is becoming more necessary given its ability to revolutionise industry operations.

TasmaNet will transition to become a wholesale data centre provider for DXN.

The hottest days of the year and the meltdowns that go with them can have catastrophic effects for those managing data centers.

In terms of competency, the main issue is that most companies have expertise that lies in areas other than managing data centers.

Data centre managers often struggle to get a clear picture of their facility’s capacity, energy usage or availability.