5 Factors for Choosing the Right Data Center Lift
Employees in data centers of any size require mechanical assistance when moving heavy items. According to Occupational Health and Safety Magazine, lifting any load greater than 51 pounds (23 kg) by hand, can easily turn into an “unsafe lift.” “If the load to be lifted does not meet [exact] criteria, then it is an unsafe … Læs mere
Data Center-elevatorer vs. warehejselifter: 3 hovedkriterier
Servers can cost tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. The data they contain may be worth millions. Some of this IT equipment weighs three-quarters of a ton. You want to make sure that you have a data center lift designed to protect those assets while performing the three essential functions for your IT … Læs mere
Flytning af serverkabinet: Sådan depopuleres og repopuleres du et rack sikkert
Faced with cabinet relocation? Your data center staff needs to know how to depopulate and populate server cabinets safely to move them. Moving a populated storage rack without the proper equipment can damage the supporting structures because they are not designed to withstand tilting, lifting, or sliding. Likewise, servicing a rack’s midplane, internal power cables, … Læs mere
Moving Servers: 3 Rules of a Data Center Lift
You’ve heard of the “rule of three’s.” In Latin, “omne trium perfectum,” roughly translated, means “everything that comes in threes is perfect.” We agree. At ServerLIFT®, we think constantly about moving servers in data centers. OK, so we’re a bit obsessive. But what are the fundamental rules required to move heavy data center hardware? What we … Læs mere
What is the Number One Secret to Data Center Safety?
Instinctively, you know that preventing on-the-job injuries is vital. But, you may not be focusing on what is actually the biggest risk of injury in the data center environment. Data Center Safety Not Focused on Biggest Risk Why is it that when we mention data center safety, the first thing most data center managers think … Læs mere
Growth of IoT Threatens Data Center Efficiency, Including Moving Servers
This year we’ve noticed a trend in data centers; infrastructure management is struggling to keep up with the demand for connectivity. A lot of this can be blamed on the growth from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and the data they capture. The growth of IoT threatens data center efficiency. As data center managers are … Læs mere
ServerLIFT® Unit Delivered and Ready to Use: Detailed Account by ReadySpace
We just discovered a great article showing the uncrating and use of an SL-350X® ServerLIFT® unit, offered by IBM as the POWER8 Lift Tool. The POWER8 was one of the first IBM systems where Big Blue standardized on ServerLIFT® solutions as their server handling lift tool of choice. The story shows how the ReadySpace folks used … Læs mere
Tre fremgangsmåder til at øge effektiviteten i Datacenter
I henhold til en Ponemon Institute-undersøgelse fra 2016 steg de gennemsnitlige omkostninger ved et enkelt datacenterafbrydelse fra $505.502 i 2010 til næsten $740.357 sidste år. Med denne hastighed kan en enkelt strømafbrydelse koste dit datacenter op mod $1 millioner inden 2022. Den største omkostning ved et strømafbrydelse er forstyrrelsen i virksomheden, fulgt af ... Læs mere
Sådan installeres en server i et rack i 7 trin
Do your data center employees know how to install a server into a rack? There’s little point in a lifting solution for your servers if they aren’t installed correctly. Improperly installing a server potentially risks damage to the server, and can endanger the safety of data center employees. There are multiple ways to install servers … Læs mere
How ServerLIFT® Helps Data Centers Meet Facility Requirements
Datacenterledere skal imødekomme en lang række facilitetskrav, der er afhængige af den type facilitet, de kører, dens størrelse og dens placering. Dette er ud over de krav, der er påbudt af overholdelsesstandarder og sikkerhedsforskrifter blandt andre. Håndtering af datacenterudstyr til ændringer, migrationer eller udvidelser berører ... Læs mere
