ServerLIFT® recently partnered with the University of Alaska to improve safety and efficiency in the data center by donating a brand new ServerLIFT® [SL-500C] server handling lift.
ServerLIFT®‘s Director of Sales, Steve Bashkin says, “The donation will enable this small team to make significant progress. While serving major clients, the University of Alaska is run by a professional staff. Up until now, they’ve been forced to complete projects with the help of an inadequate, warped data center lift. This team will now complete their assignments on time and move their heaviest equipment quickly, without additional problems.”
“For the first time, we will be agile enough to complete installs with just one operator on shift,” says University of Alaska’s Derek Ward, Manager, Office of IT – Data Center Operations. “We have faced a reduction in resources, specifically staffing. We are very grateful for this assistance from ServerLIFT® and their donation.”
Ward first got in touch with Bashkin and the ServerLIFT® team at the Data Center World Conference in Texas. “I didn’t even know that a lift existed until that first conversation,” notes Ward. “This reliable, pristine data center lift will allow us to execute installs across all shifts and meet important delivery goals.”
Det største datasenteret i Alaska er et 12 000 kvadratmeter stort anlegg som ligger på University of Alaska campus. Bygget i 1993, huser det 110+ stativer og betjener klienter over hele staten, inkludert Alaska Satellite Facility, Alaska Earthquake Center og Alaska Volcano Observatory sammen med flere tilknyttede selskaper ved University of Alaska.
Inntil nylig har transport, posisjonering, installasjon og fjerning av servere vært vanskelig for dette lille datasenterteamet. En kombinasjon av få ansatte, utilstrekkelig løfteutstyr og manuell løfting skapte et datasentermiljø der prosjekter ble forsinket og operatører og servere var i fare for skade. Bruk av en gammel manuell assistert løfteinnretning som maksimalt var 400 pund betydde at flere operatører og farlig fysisk anstrengelse var nødvendig for hvert trekk. I tillegg var heisplattformen de brukte ikke lenger stabil.
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