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10 Techniques for Improving Data Center Power Efficiency 2007-11-01 NetApplications.com

How to implement a power-efficient data center depends on the specific conditions. For example, when elevating a temperature set point, one needs to consider the temperature tolerances for the cabling that supports the IT equipment. Remember, too, that implementing power efficiency in the data center doesn't require expensive, high-tech solutions. Something as simple and inexpensive as vinyl curtains can help to begin saving energy. One can start reaping the benefits of a power-efficient data center today.

Virtualize the Data Center: How to Deliver Information More Reliably and Cost Effectively 2007-11-01 IBM

Companies clearly need a data center that powers business processes and delivers reliable, cost-effective availability. They realize that business availability means more than just keeping the lights on or ensuring that the supply chain is moving along. Designing the data center for high availability ensures continuous business operations to help achieve competitive differentiation. These companies understand that a high-availability infrastructure that ensures critical business processes is a business imperative, but they are unsure of how to achieve these goals while avoiding server sprawl. The challenge companies face today is that their systems have evolved based on technologies that were not designed to deliver to the higher standards of today's online marketplace.

Tags: Virtualization

The Eco-Friendly Data Center 2007-11-01 Hitachi

The pressure is on businesses all around the world to be more environmentally conscious and reduce their carbon footprints. Today, not only do storage infrastructure suppliers' manufacturing and service operations have to be eco-friendly, but the information technology that organizations use must also be green. With eco-friendly demands coming in the form of economic issues, government directives and public pressure, companies that fail to adapt their operations to address environmental issues face the prospect of incurring additional costs, losing business and damaging their corporate reputation. Regardless of the phase in the information lifecycle, corporations and organizations of all sizes and types are increasingly seeking eco-friendly storage management solutions to accommodate data growth and extend the life of their existing investments.

AC Vs. DC Power Distribution for Data Centers 2007-10-31 American Power Conversion (APC)

DC power distribution has been proposed as an alternative to AC power distribution in data centers, but misinformation and conflicting claims have confused the discussion. A detailed analysis and model show that many of the benefits commonly stated for DC distribution are unfounded or exaggerated. This paper explains why high efficiency AC will likely emerge as the dominant choice for data center power distribution.

Server Virtualization 2007-10-24 Berbee Information Networks

Computer data centers are continually expanding and increasing in complexity. This complexity, added to the need to reduce IT budgets while increasing IT services and agility, has caused many companies to turn to server virtualization. Server virtualization allows multiple application servers to be virtualized on a physical server system, thereby reducing the number of servers in the data center while increasing utilization. This paper will discuss the impact of virtualization technologies and will examine the products currently available in the marketplace. It will also demonstrate the advantages of virtualization technologies and how they can help lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). However, before looking at server virtualization, let's look further into the current challenges that are addressed by virtualization.

Tags: Virtualization

The Green Grid Data Center Power Efficiency Metrics: PUE and DCiE 2007-10-24 Green Grid

The Green Grid is an association of IT professionals seeking to dramatically raise the energy efficiency of data centers through a series of short-term and long-term proposals. This is an update to the very first white paper published by the Green Grid in February 2007 called "Green Grid Metrics: Describing Data Center Power Efficiency" to refine the nomenclature and intent of that paper. In that paper, The Green Grid proposed the use of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and its reciprocal, Data Center Efficiency (DCE) metrics, which enable data center operators to quickly estimate the energy efficiency of their data centers, compare the results against other data centers, and determine if any energy efficiency improvements need to be made.

Tags: High Performance Computing

Allocation Problems in LargeScale Server Consolidation 2007-10-22 Technischen Universitat Munchen

Today's data centers offer many different IT services mostly hosted on dedicated physical servers. Virtualization provides a new technical means for server consolidation allowing for higher utilization of server capacities. The term refers to the abstraction of computing resources across many aspects of computing and has been used to describe different techniques. Virtualization engines provide a comfortable way of hosting multiple virtual servers (including operating system plus applications) on a single physical server, and sometimes to migrate and dynamically allocate these virtual servers to other physical servers on demand. This allows for much flexibility in capacity management. Server consolidation describes the process of combining the workloads of several different servers on a set of target servers.

Tags: Server Consolidation

Microsoft Webcast: Data Center Management With Visio (Level 200) 2007-10-11 Microsoft

Microsoft Office Visio is a great IT tool that enables to convert static diagrams to dynamic visual dashboards. This webcast explores how Visio can help to increase effectiveness and efficiency to meet IT needs. This webcast shows how to plan data centers better, optimally utilize rack space, and save money by planning optimally using Visio. It also shows how to visualize entire system architecture and dive into details about certain usage scenarios.

Tags: Graphics Applications, Collaboration Tools

Utilizing Temperature Monitoring to Increase Datacenter Cooling Efficiency 2007-10-11 Sensatronics

Looming over the heads of any environmentally conscious company, is the threat of global warming. Considerable effort has been taken to decrease the carbon footprint of the organization through various means: paperless offices, hybrid company cars, reducing waste and many more. Now there is significant focus being placed on the IT Department to critically look at the way in which it operates. More specifically, what can be done to decrease the reliance on power, and thus help make the datacenter "Go green?" There are a number of strategies available to IT managers such as virtualization, redesign of the datacenter and exchanging power hungry servers with more energy efficient devices.

Data Migration: A White Paper by Bloor Research 2007-10-01 INFORMATICA

In this Bloor Research white paper, author Philip Howard argues that the data migration function has historically been under-valued, and that's the reason many projects involving data migration fail. The remedy is to consider data migration in detail prior to the initiation of relevant projects, rather than as an afterthought. The paper highlights the major issues involved in data migration and outlines strategies for ensuring successful migration projects.

Tags: Upgrades and Migration, High Performance Computing, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Knowledge and Data Management, Migration Tools, Database Management

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Title	Date Added	Company
10 Techniques for Improving Data Center Power Efficiency	2007-11-01	NetApplications.com
How to implement a power-efficient data center depends on the specific conditions. For example, when elevating a temperature set point, one needs to consider the temperature tolerances for the cabling that supports the IT equipment. Remember, too, that implementing power efficiency in the data center doesn't require expensive, high-tech solutions. Something as simple and inexpensive as vinyl curtains can help to begin saving energy. One can start reaping the benefits of a power-efficient data center today.
Virtualize the Data Center: How to Deliver Information More Reliably and Cost Effectively	2007-11-01	IBM
Companies clearly need a data center that powers business processes and delivers reliable, cost-effective availability. They realize that business availability means more than just keeping the lights on or ensuring that the supply chain is moving along. Designing the data center for high availability ensures continuous business operations to help achieve competitive differentiation. These companies understand that a high-availability infrastructure that ensures critical business processes is a business imperative, but they are unsure of how to achieve these goals while avoiding server sprawl. The challenge companies face today is that their systems have evolved based on technologies that were not designed to deliver to the higher standards of today's online marketplace. Tags: Virtualization
The Eco-Friendly Data Center	2007-11-01	Hitachi
The pressure is on businesses all around the world to be more environmentally conscious and reduce their carbon footprints. Today, not only do storage infrastructure suppliers' manufacturing and service operations have to be eco-friendly, but the information technology that organizations use must also be green. With eco-friendly demands coming in the form of economic issues, government directives and public pressure, companies that fail to adapt their operations to address environmental issues face the prospect of incurring additional costs, losing business and damaging their corporate reputation. Regardless of the phase in the information lifecycle, corporations and organizations of all sizes and types are increasingly seeking eco-friendly storage management solutions to accommodate data growth and extend the life of their existing investments.
AC Vs. DC Power Distribution for Data Centers	2007-10-31	American Power Conversion (APC)
DC power distribution has been proposed as an alternative to AC power distribution in data centers, but misinformation and conflicting claims have confused the discussion. A detailed analysis and model show that many of the benefits commonly stated for DC distribution are unfounded or exaggerated. This paper explains why high efficiency AC will likely emerge as the dominant choice for data center power distribution.
Server Virtualization	2007-10-24	Berbee Information Networks
Computer data centers are continually expanding and increasing in complexity. This complexity, added to the need to reduce IT budgets while increasing IT services and agility, has caused many companies to turn to server virtualization. Server virtualization allows multiple application servers to be virtualized on a physical server system, thereby reducing the number of servers in the data center while increasing utilization. This paper will discuss the impact of virtualization technologies and will examine the products currently available in the marketplace. It will also demonstrate the advantages of virtualization technologies and how they can help lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). However, before looking at server virtualization, let's look further into the current challenges that are addressed by virtualization. Tags: Virtualization
The Green Grid Data Center Power Efficiency Metrics: PUE and DCiE	2007-10-24	Green Grid
The Green Grid is an association of IT professionals seeking to dramatically raise the energy efficiency of data centers through a series of short-term and long-term proposals. This is an update to the very first white paper published by the Green Grid in February 2007 called "Green Grid Metrics: Describing Data Center Power Efficiency" to refine the nomenclature and intent of that paper. In that paper, The Green Grid proposed the use of Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and its reciprocal, Data Center Efficiency (DCE) metrics, which enable data center operators to quickly estimate the energy efficiency of their data centers, compare the results against other data centers, and determine if any energy efficiency improvements need to be made. Tags: High Performance Computing
Allocation Problems in LargeScale Server Consolidation	2007-10-22	Technischen Universitat Munchen
Today's data centers offer many different IT services mostly hosted on dedicated physical servers. Virtualization provides a new technical means for server consolidation allowing for higher utilization of server capacities. The term refers to the abstraction of computing resources across many aspects of computing and has been used to describe different techniques. Virtualization engines provide a comfortable way of hosting multiple virtual servers (including operating system plus applications) on a single physical server, and sometimes to migrate and dynamically allocate these virtual servers to other physical servers on demand. This allows for much flexibility in capacity management. Server consolidation describes the process of combining the workloads of several different servers on a set of target servers. Tags: Server Consolidation
Microsoft Webcast: Data Center Management With Visio (Level 200)	2007-10-11	Microsoft
Microsoft Office Visio is a great IT tool that enables to convert static diagrams to dynamic visual dashboards. This webcast explores how Visio can help to increase effectiveness and efficiency to meet IT needs. This webcast shows how to plan data centers better, optimally utilize rack space, and save money by planning optimally using Visio. It also shows how to visualize entire system architecture and dive into details about certain usage scenarios. Tags: Graphics Applications, Collaboration Tools
Utilizing Temperature Monitoring to Increase Datacenter Cooling Efficiency	2007-10-11	Sensatronics
Looming over the heads of any environmentally conscious company, is the threat of global warming. Considerable effort has been taken to decrease the carbon footprint of the organization through various means: paperless offices, hybrid company cars, reducing waste and many more. Now there is significant focus being placed on the IT Department to critically look at the way in which it operates. More specifically, what can be done to decrease the reliance on power, and thus help make the datacenter "Go green?" There are a number of strategies available to IT managers such as virtualization, redesign of the datacenter and exchanging power hungry servers with more energy efficient devices.
Data Migration: A White Paper by Bloor Research	2007-10-01	INFORMATICA
In this Bloor Research white paper, author Philip Howard argues that the data migration function has historically been under-valued, and that's the reason many projects involving data migration fail. The remedy is to consider data migration in detail prior to the initiation of relevant projects, rather than as an afterthought. The paper highlights the major issues involved in data migration and outlines strategies for ensuring successful migration projects. Tags: Upgrades and Migration, High Performance Computing, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Knowledge and Data Management, Migration Tools, Database Management