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
42U Helps Raise Funds for Haiti Earthquake Relief
Broomfield, CO – January 20, 2010: 42U, the nation’s leading provider of Data Center Efficiency Solutions, fervently joined in efforts to raise funds for Haiti, which had been struck by a massive earthquake causing tremendous damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. Soon after news arrived about the earthquake disaster, 42U’s employees began fundraising efforts
Cold Aisle Containment
Compare Cold Aisle Containment Solutions with Hot Aisle Containment and other leading Data Center Cooling Solutions
Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE)
The modern data center is a dynamic environment. In many cases, managing this complex space has evolved beyond the capabilities of spreadsheets and VISIO diagrams. Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer (AMIE) software presents a fresh alternative to these familiar tools. With real-time visibility, users can model, plan for, and schedule changes to their data center. Read
Benefits and Challenges of Aisle Containment
Containment has become one of the most popular data center efficiency strategies. Its premise—the separation of cool supply air and hot exhaust air—is simple in practice but powerful in operation. What are the daily benefits to a data center owner who implements containment? This webinar, lead by 42U’s sales and product management teams, gives a
42U Unveils New, Interactive Data Center Efficiency Calculator
Broomfield, CO -July 14, 2009. While “greening” the data center is good for the environment and good for the bottom line, few resources provide the business case to begin an efficiency program. In response, 42U, a leader in data center efficiency solutions and services, has premiered a free, interactive Data Center Energy Savings Calculator to
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
Hot Aisle/Cold Aisle
Arranging your data center racks in a Hot-Aisle/Cold-Aisle layout enables cool air to efficiently flow to the server intake and hot air to be exhausted out of the back of the racks.
Hot Aisle Containment
Exhausting hot air away from your servers with Hot Aisle Containment solutions eliminates bypass airflow issues and reduces data center energy consumption and lowers your related power costs.