Safety Tips for Lifting IT Hardware in a Data Center
A vital part of an efficient data center is a safe data center. To ensure a safe working environment, it is important never to overlook the potential risks the data center and its personnel may be exposed to. These include fire, natural disasters, faulty equipment and outages, electrocution, physical injuries, and the list goes on. These risks can be mitigated and avoided with proper inspections, procedures and/or training.
データセンターの安全性に関するベストプラクティス
Efficiency and effectiveness are top priorities in data centers. Attention is given to performance and hardware, including servers, storage, backups, recovery, power, and cooling. The most critical pieces which create a successful data center also create a more dangerous work environment.
Maintaining a safe data operation for all personnel is commonly under prioritized (or overlooked). Work-related injuries can be very costly, so it is vital to spend adequate time, money and planning to ensure a comfortable and safe work environment.
満載のラック/キャビネットでサーバーの移動を行う
Recently, I came across a forum question asking for a good way to move a fully populated server rack or cabinet. In short it would seem a great idea, given the weight and difficulty of moving large, individual servers. Many IT people tell me their technicians carry out a server move by taking out most of the components from each server before they can remove it from the rack, then move each part and re-assemble everything once the cabinet is in place. The truth is, unless your cabinets have been built for mobility (and often even if they are) moving a fully populated, cabinet is rarely a good idea. Fork […]
Data Center Design: Efficiency Series
In creating an efficient data center, pay special attention to the space and design as well as implementing the right technologies. The success of a data center design is realized through the long-term scalability, flexibility and availability of the facility.
Data Center Storage Efficiency Series
Due to the highly complex infrastructure of data centers, there are many opportunities to conserve power, reduce cooling needs and save money. Data centers can apply a combination of the following storage efficiency practices: Data Reduction, Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, and Tiered Storage.
Data Center Efficiency Series – Part 4: Server Hardware and the Processor
Replacing out dated servers with newer, more efficient servers can help save space and reduce the energy and power required to run the data center. The entire server infrastructure design contributes to the overall efficiency. These components include processors, memory, and power supplies systems.
データセンター効率シリーズ：冷却ソリューション
Data center technologies are quickly becoming more and more compact and powerful, resulting in higher density systems which generate higher amounts of heat. Data center management are constantly finding new methods to address this increase in power consumption and heat output and adopt best practices to efficiently cool the data center. Some of the current solutions include:
Data Center Efficiency Series: Power Management
Data centers are major power consumers and becoming one of the world’s leading polluters of greenhouse gases. In an effort to balance “green” awareness with ROI, we are presenting some key recommendations to improve overall data center efficiency and energy consumption.
Data Center Efficiency Series: Refresh, Virtualization and Consolidation
Data Center Management Operating an efficient data center is critical as more organizations move toward cloud computing and virtualized environments. With high energy costs and pressure toward eco-friendly practices, it is critical to continually implement innovative strategies in order to optimize power consumption and overall data center efficiency. Over the next few blog posts, we will discuss the most effective ways for data center management. The following strategies help reduce data center energy consumption without compromising availability. This will be a six-part series on strategies to improve data center efficiency: Technology Refresh, Virtualization and Consolidation Power Management Cooling Server Efficiency Storage Efficiency Space and Design Efficiency Part 1: Technology […]
Server and Data Center Equipment Replacement Cycles
Due to more conscious spending, tighter IT budgets, and/or more reliable hardware, companies are waiting longer to upgrade servers and networking equipment.
