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The Green Data Center: Energy-Efficient Computing in the 21st Century, Chapter 3, 2009 Update
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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Data center managers need to operate physical infrastructure support systems at maximum efficiency to go green in the data center.
Chillers, Air handlers, power distribution, and backup power are all part of
the mechanical processes that keep servers running smoothly while accounting for more than half of an IT energy bill. Luckily, energy-efficient data center infrastructure is widely accepted and available.
This chapter is a primer on energy efficient cooling and power distribution principles and best practices. It covers the following topics:
- Data center cooling principles and raised-floor cooling
- Hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment
- High-density supplemental systems (such as forced air and liquid cooling)
- The pros and cons of economizers in the data center
- Energy-efficient power distribution
- The direct-current (DC) power debate
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Available Resources from APC by Schneider Electric
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eBook: Energy Efficient IT-Chapter 3: Principles of Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency
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Posted: 01 Feb 2010
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Chillers, air handlers, power distribution, backup power - all of the mechanical processes that keep servers running smoothly account for more than half of an IT energy bill. But this is changing. Energy-efficiency best practices and equipment designs are available to help enterprises reduce their data center energy usage.
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Performing Effective MTBF Comparisons for Data Center Infrastructure
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010
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Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) is often proposed as a key decision making criterion when comparing data center infrastructure systems. This paper explains how MTBF can be effectively used as one of several factors for specification and selection of systems, by making the assumptions explicit.
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Reliability Analysis of the APC InfraStruXure Power System
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010
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The APC InfraStruXure product line offers an alternative architecture to the central UPS. This paper summarizes the key findings of MTechnology's quantitative risk assessment and discusses their implications for facility managers and designers.
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Reliability Analysis of the APC Symmetra MW Power System
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010
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MTechnology, Inc. (MTech) performed a quantitative reliability analysis of the APC Symmetra MW UPS. The study used techniques of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) to calculate the likelihood of over 680,000 potential failure modes.
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Allocating Data Center Energy Costs and Carbon to IT Users
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010
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This paper provides an overview of energy cost and carbon allocation strategies and their precision. We show that it is both easy and inexpensive for any data center, large or small, new or old, to get started allocating costs and carbon, but the expense and complexity escalate and ROI declines when excessive precision is specified.
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Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency (PUE) in Real Data Centers
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010
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Unfortunately, commonly published efficiency data is not computed using a standard methodology making it difficult to properly benchmark infrastructure efficiency in data centers. This paper explains the problem and describes a standardized method for classifying data center loads for efficiency calculations.
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Deploying High-Density Zones in a Low-Density Data Center
sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
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Posted: 27 Jan 2010
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This white paper details how self-contained high-density zones enable a reliable operation of high-density equipment without impacting a low-density data center.
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Physical Threat Monitoring for Your Data Center
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Posted: 08 Dec 2009
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Watch this videocast to learn about a management tool that monitors your data center's physical infrastructure throughout its entire lifecycle, helping protect it from physical threats. Learn how you can leverage this tool to improve temperature and humidity monitoring, decrease malware and compliance threats.
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How to Make the Most of Your Energy in the Data Center
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Posted: 30 Nov 2009
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IT pros often lack an understanding of the importance of energy efficiency in the data center. This videocast explores how operational efficiency can enable your organization to reduce infrastructure costs and improve resource utilization.
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Data Center Research Library