Data center cooling

MUST READ ASHRAE data center special report ARTICLE - ASHRAE hosted its annual conference in Dallas last month. This special report contains ASHRAE's latest data center information. Data center cooling strategies audiocast ARTICLE - This audio cast series tackles the latest data center cooling issues with Liebert Corporation's data center cooling expert Steve Madara. Cooling data centers with outside air gets the go-ahead ARTICLE - Using outside air to cool your data center can save you money. But what about those nasty contaminants that might come in? Liquid cooling buyers' guide TIP - Data centers are welcoming liquid cooling into their infrastructures for better cooling efficiency. This guide to liquid cooling in the data center looks at a few products.

NEWS: 1 - 3 of 98

	The Planet aims for top data center efficiency ratings SearchDataCenter.com | 15 Dec 2008 ARTICLE - Data center hosting company the Planet has aimed for a data center power usage effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.3 at its new Dallas-based data center.

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	Experian drills backup water supply to cool data center SearchDataCenter.com | 24 Nov 2008 ARTICLE - When the water main that fed the chiller cooling its data center broke, Experian tapped into a secondary source of water: a well.

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EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 40

DATA CENTER COOLING EXPERTS
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	Chilled-water production optimization for data center cooling 09 Sep 2008 TIP - Optimizing chilled-water production is an often-unnoticed step that data center managers can take to reduce energy consumption in their facility.

	Economizer performance: Applying CFD modeling to the data center's exterior 25 Apr 2008 TIP - CFD is not only useful for modeling airflow within a data center, it can improve air economizer performance external to a building, preventing unwanted contaminants from entering.

	Data center cooling optimization in the virtualized-server world 21 Apr 2008 TIP - How many hamburgers can you cook on a blade server? If your servers are literally cooking there are a variety of systems to consider to keep your equipment cool.

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VIDEO: 1 - 3 of 7

	Why is saving data center energy important? SearchDataCenter.com | 14 Nov 2008 VIDEO - Saving energy in a data center can translate into serious cost savings. Robert McFarlane discusses some real-life examples of how data centers have saved on their power bill and achieved other benefits from energy-efficient ...

	Common data center hurdles: Cooling and power distribution problems SearchDataCenter.com | 28 Oct 2008 VIDEO - A data center manager discusses his primary problems: aging AC units and not-so-green hardware.

	Data center power consumption: Key theme at DCD SearchDataCenter.com | 24 Oct 2008 VIDEO - At Data Center Decisions, keynote speaker Matt Stansberry explained the importance of metrics and benchmarks to reducing power consumption.

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REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 4

	Data Center Library: Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology SearchDataCenter.com | 21 Nov 2006 BOOKS - A review of Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology by Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Enterprise Architect Rob Snevely.

	Data Center Decisions Session Downloads: Power and Cooling Track (Chicago 2006) Data Center Decisions | 09 Oct 2006 DATA CENTER DECISIONS - This track looks at how data center designs can maximize air flow, A/C considerations, new techniques in cooling and the looming issue blade servers bring to cooling.

	Bob McFarlane: Blogs and more 01 Dec 2005 SPECIAL REPORT - Expert Bob McFarlane recently hosted a blog that tackled the full array of problems that face anyone managing a data center's physical environment. The best of the blog is here.

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WHITE PAPERS

	Dell Transition Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Published by: Dell, Inc. | 11 Dec 2008 WHITE PAPER - Windows Server 2008 features simplified power management and offers power savings for the data center. Dell offers world-class Power and Cooling hardware solutions and is a leader in environmental strategies.

	Operations Energy Management: From Data Center through Facilities Published by: CA | 10 Dec 2008 WHITE PAPER - Rising energy costs are driving IT and facilities managers alike in all types of organizations to come up with new and innovative ways to reduce the amount of energy used to power and cool the data center.

	How to Avoid IT Equipment Overheating--in Winter Published by: MovinCool | 05 Dec 2008 WHITE PAPER - Today, many businesses face a new challenge that may take them by surprise: How to keep the IT equipment in their server or telecom closet cool during cold-weather months, when the rest of the building is heated.

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WEBCASTS: 1 - 1 of 1

	Too darn hot! Data center power and cooling issues and solutions from A to Z - Vendor Webcast VIEW WEBCAST PREMIERED:   19 OCT 2006, 12:00 EDT (16:00, GMT) SUMMARY:   This Webcast gives you an overview of the heat chain and its implications for the data center. Learn how site planning services can help you better understand your environment and use resources more efficiently.

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BEST WEB LINKS: 1 - 3 of 8

	Contamination issues from critical environment cooling belts http://www.datacenterjournal.com | 27 Jun 2005 BEST WEB LINK - This article discusses how allegedly-dedicated air units could be contaminating the rooms they're supposed to clean.

	The data center of the future - Part 1 - Current trends http://www.datacenterjournal.com | 27 Jun 2005 BEST WEB LINK - Part one of this four-part series details the current trends and difficulties of today's data center: "Sometimes we run out of power, sometimes we run out of cooling, usually we run out of both."

	Cooling the SuperComputer at Virginia Tech: An Innovative Solution for an Innovative System Liebert Corporation | 21 Nov 2003 BEST WEB LINK - This case study, from Liebert Corporation, describes how Liebert helped Virginia Tech cool a cluster of 1100 64-bit, Power Mac G5 desktops, designed to be one of the five fastest supercomputers in the world.

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DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 11

	data center chiller 15 Jan 2008 WORD - A data center chiller is a cooling system used in a data center to remove heat from one element and deposit it into another element. Chillers are used by industrial facilities to cool the water used in their heating, ...

	hot/cold aisle 17 Mar 2007 WORD - Hot/cold aisle (or hot aisle/cold aisle) is a method of cooling servers in data centers in which every aisle between rows of racks is bounded with exclusively hot-air outlets or exclusively cool-air intakes. Air is brought ...

	water cooling 26 Feb 2005 WORD - In computers, water cooling is a method used to lower the temperatures of computer processors, and sometimes other components such as graphics cards, using water rather than air as the cooling medium. Processor speeds have ...

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Data center cooling:  Data center power management, Data center room design and location, Data center physical security, Data center network cabling, E-waste and computer recycling, Data center fire suppression, Building or renovating a data center