Extending the life of electronics inside your data center will boost your bottom line, lowering maintenance costs and minimizing downtime. Equipment malfunctions commonly occur in sites where there are no … Read More
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Understanding Data Center Containment
Containment in the data center means the prevention of hot and cold air mixing. This improves cooling efficiency and lowers costs.
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Climate Change and Data Centers
As the climate changes, so should Data Centers. Natural disasters and warmer global temperatures are making the Data Center Industry think about their future.
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Temperature Effects On IT Storage
Why is monitoring temperature of your HDD important?
What is better at high temperatures a HDD or an SSD?
Case Study: AKCP Monitors Simon Fraser University Data Center
AKCP, the world's oldest and largest supplier of networked wired and wireless sensor solutions, monitor Simon Fraser University data center.
The university recently updated their data center facilities, installing racks with rear door heat exchangers (RDHx) for high density computing. To guard against disasters caused by water leaks from the RDHx the data center administrators installed a leak detection system. AKCP rope and spot water sensors were deployed. Rope water sensors running down each aile under the rear doors will alert immediately should water leaks occur. This allows rapid response toguard against severe damage that water in the data center can cause.
