Now that the first two phases of the federal government’s long-term data center consolidation effort have been completed, the plan to reduce the number of federal data centers by 40% by 2015 has been put into effect. In June, President Obama issued a memo instructing agencies to adopt a zero-growth strategy for data center space over the near term, to be followed by a reduction … [Read more...]
Keeping Moore's Law Alive
Peter E. Raad Southern Methodist University and TMX Scientific, Inc., Dallas, Texas A recent news item [1] described the intended efforts of researchers from IBM, EPFL, and ETH to “keep Moore’s Law for another 15 years.” Doing so, the article adds, “will require a change from mere transistor scaling to novel packaging architectures such as so-called 3D integration, the vertical … [Read more...]
Energy Consumption of Information Technology Data Centers
Madhusudan Iyengar and Roger Schmidt IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York Many of our day-to-day activities, including Internet searches, handheld electronics usage, automated cash withdrawal, and online hotel and airline reservations, require the use of remote databases and computational infrastructure comprised of large server farms located at some faraway location from the consumer. … [Read more...]
iPhone App for Data Center Managers
Raritan’s Power IQ® iPhone app helps data center and lab managers “on the go” quickly view real-time power load (watts and amps) and perform secure remote power control on any server or rack power distribution unit. A live-demo feature is also provided on the iPhone app, which enables users to try the app using servers running in Raritan’s IT Lab. Download the app from iTunes. … [Read more...]
Board Level Air Velocity Sensor Protects Electronics from Overheating
Degree Controls, Inc. of Milford, N.H., has announced the F600 board level air velocity sensor for continuous monitoring of airflow in small locations. The revolutionary F600 airflow sensor has a small form factor of 0.5” high X 0.25” wide and X 1.0” long with a 0.1” pitch design. Electronics manufacturers now have a cost-effective way of anticipating thermal rise before it … [Read more...]
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