The Datacenter Quandary Two significant challenges facing datacenter operators today are increased power and cooling costs [1]. In a recent survey of datacenter operators, 38% of respondents said they considered both power and cooling as equally important; another 21% indicated that cooling was their major challenge; and 12% cited power consumption as a big concern [2]. Another … [Read more...]
en Route to a Greener Thermal Technology
It's no surprise. Power levels in the data center keep rising. In fact, the cost of powering the computers in the data center is beginning to exceed the cost of the computers themselves. The computer architects have responded by designing systems that use multi-core processors. These processors can use less energy to perform the same workload as their single-core brethren by … [Read more...]
In the data center, power and cooling costs more than the it equipment it supports
Historically, the cost of energy and the cost of the data center power and cooling infrastructure have not been on the radar for most Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and Chief Information Officers (CIO) and have not been considered in TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) models. As a result, almost all of the focus has been on driving down the cost of IT equipment in the data center. … [Read more...]
Liquid Cooling Of A High-Density Computer Cluster
Introduction Recent advances in computer clusters have resulted in the introduction of higher density server equipment that consumes significant amounts of electrical power and produces an extraordinary amount of heat. Due to this latter attribute, which has alarming consequences with regard to thermal management, the installation of modern computer clusters will require … [Read more...]
Thermal Design And NEBS Compliance
Introduction As part of contractual and design requirements, telecom equipment destined for certain networks in the North American market has to be tested to the Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) standard and comply with its requirements. NEBS is a standard from Telcordia, formerly known as Bell Communication Research (Bellcore). Technically speaking, NEBS is the … [Read more...]
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