Colocation: When to Shut Down the Server Room and Open up the Cloud

What exactly are Colocation Services? The common calling card of the Network Administrator of the past was to: “Keep your users close, keep your servers closer.” They would break into a sweat at the thought of hosting mission critical servers in another building, let alone another state or by another company entirely. However, except for … Lees verder
Futuristic Data Center Efficiency Ideas

Five Futuristic Data Center Efficiency Ideas 1. Building a Data Center Under a Cathedral There are a ton of jokes we could make about building a data center under a church, but we’re gonna pass. Taking data center efficiency to a whole new level, the Atos data center was built inside a former bomb shelter … Lees verder
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)

Your Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) In 2007, The Green Grid published its very first white paper regarding energy efficiencies in data centers. “Green Grid Metrics: Describing Data Center Power Efficiency” proposed the use of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Datacenter Efficiency (DCE), now Data center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE), as a means to enable data center … Lees verder
Haal meer uit uw servers met virtualisatie

De voordelen van virtualisatie Op het eenvoudigste niveau is virtualisatie een manier om de rekencapaciteit te organiseren. Het adresseert situaties zoals servers die op een klein deel van hun capaciteit draaien, waardoor stroom en middelen worden verspild. Het helpt bij het oplossen van fysieke desktop-pc's en de bronnen die ze gebruiken bij het repareren en onderhouden ervan, ... Lees verder