We have all heard many statistics in recent years about how much money is being spent on powering data center servers and the infrastructure supporting them. Keeping up with demands from power and cooling technology and equipment is tough.  

The recorded version of our recent webinar:
"Proactively Managing Your Data Center Infrastructure"
is now available to view.

Don't miss out on our upcoming Webinar - Proactively Managing Your Data Center Infrastructure: Power - Cooling - Maintenance

Date: December 8, 2010
Time: 2:00pm EST
Register at this link:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/446408402

When people talk about a power or cooling issue, it usually means a couple of things: Either you haven’t planned properly, or you have an imbalance of power and cooling.

No company wants to face the hassle and expense of replacing its data center—or even any of its components—until it absolutely has to. Yet many are lax when it comes to proactively managing the power and cooling infrastructure.

This webinar will give you some valuable information on the common power, cooling and maintenance problems found in data centers today and what to do to avoid them.

Don't miss out.
Register at this link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/446408402

Would like to share an article I came across on eWeek.com.

The need for reliable backup electric power in data centers, healthcare facilities, telecom sites and other critical facilities is too important to leave to chance. In emergency power generation applications, a gen-set must be ready to run during very critical times – to do this you need to send clean fuel to the engines. Emergency data center power generators that rely on diesel fuel are at constant risk of unexpected failure due to clogged fuel filters.

The battery is the most vulnerable part of any uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system, it is ultimately at the heart of the UPS in terms of reliability. Understanding causes of UPS battery degradation, ways to prevent degradation and maintenance options are fundamental to ensure maximum system availability and are key to data center maintenance.

Building a new data center or server room is a very complex project, whether you're building a small 1,000-square-foot server room or a 100,000-square-foot data center. Here are some important facts your IT department needs to think about prior to beginning:

Data Centers and other critical facilities rely heavily on power to give it the ability to perform. Testing the power in your facility is something that should be done because you need to know your backup power in your data center is strong enough to handle even the heaviest of loads.

Engineering, construction and maintenance has become an increasingly complex undertaking in today's data centers. Our blog is to promote an open exchange of ideas, questions and recommendations relating to these issues in data centers, computer rooms and other mission critical facilities.