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Published on: July 01, 2010
Type of content: WHITE PAPER
Format: Unknown
Price: FREE

Overview:

Global demand for digital information and imagery is rising rapidly, putting severe strain on today’s data centers. In response, organizations are making increased use of blade servers and virtualization technologies that allow IT managers to squeeze more processing power into existing floor space, but that also significantly raise power and cooling requirements. As a result, most data center managers now find themselves continually faced with making costly new investments in additional power and cooling capacity to meet their organization’s needs.

There is, however, a more affordable alternative: Instead of adding new resources, IT and facilities managers can enhance the efficiency of their new and existing facilities instead, freeing up stranded energy and cooling that currently go to waste.

This white paper examines the underlying roots of today’s data center power and cooling crisis and outlines five steps businesses can take to support intensifying IT requirements economically by removing inefficiencies from their power and cooling infrastructure.