Now available on our sister site, KVM Switches Online, the DV-SW16 and the DVN-16P, SmartAVI’s two new 16-Port switches. Both are capable of switching high-resolution DVI-D video output from 16 computers located up to 30 feet away from a central console. The SmartAVI DV-SW16 is a cross-platform DVI-D switch capable of sharing one DVI-D Monitor
Infrastructure Solutions
KVM Switch Upgrade
Top Five Considerations to bring your KVM Switch products to the Latest Technologies Upgrade your current KVM switch architecture and clean up your server room. Below are some of the top KVM switch upgrade options you can use to update your Data Center environment. 1. Upgrade to CAT5 CAT5 KVM switches dramatically reduce desktop and
Cooling Strategies
Beat the Heat – Effective Cooling Strategies for Today’s Data Centers and Server Rooms Uptime and Data Center Cooling are the main concerns for many Data Center managers. Excess heat in a server room adversely affects equipment performance, shortens its lifespan, and leads to a premature end of life for equipment. Keeping a server room
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental Monitoring Systems for Server Racks, Server Rooms and Data Centers 42U provides cost effective approach for environmental monitoring over the network. Our solutions allow you to monitor humidity, temperature, door contact, dry contact, and other environmental conditions remotely from network closets to data centers. Wireless Data Center Monitoring Solutions 42U offers products that give
Data Center Power Topology
Data Center Power, Server Room Power and Computer Room Power Management Efficient Data Center Power Configurations Many data centers predate the industry’s focus on efficient technologies. From design through technology selection and installation, initial costs and uptime were the focal points because power was not a major expense or energy availability a consideration. Concerns about
Water-Side Economizer
Utilize “Free Cooling” to reduce carbon emissions while lowering operational cost with Water-Side Economizers Limiting chiller operation-a practice dubbed “free cooling”-is intriguing, for “reducing the number of hours of chiller operation has a larger impact on lowering energy use in a facility than by selecting a more energy-efficient chiller” (Sorell, 2007). Users with an existing
Air-Side Economizers
Utilize “Free Air” to significantly reduce your operation costs by implementing Air-Side Economizers One of the most exciting and talked about best practices for data center efficiency is often labeled “free cooling”-the use of Air-side Economizers to dramatically reduce your HVAC related energy consumption and costs. Air-Side economizers have become a talking point, it seems,
Data Center Performance
Applying Data Center Performance Measurement to Mitigate Challenges Abstract: Measuring data center performance is vital to maintaining the network and system availability that internal customers expect. Data center managers need to be able to track and assess equipment availability, assess and manage critical facilities, and measure data center energy consumption. Monitoring solutions, remote management products,
Remote Server Best Practices
Best practices in Remote Server Management Use of service processors in remote management solutions. Q. How do most of our customers currently access and manage their servers? A. Our clients access and manage their servers in several different ways, including using KVM over IP, Console Servers, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Virtual Network Computing (VNC), Terminal
Liquid Cooling
Liquid Cooing: Powerful Cooling for Today’s Data Center Abstract Organizations are increasingly evaluating and implementing liquid cooling solutions to meet the heat challenges of blade servers and high-density computing. Liquid cooling solutions utilize air/liquid heat exchangers to provide quiet, uniform, effective cooling. Many IT professionals list cooling as a top issue in data center management,