IT teams continue to find ways to take CONTROL of their data center: Control of system uptime Control of spending Control of power resources Control of remote devices Control security With the recent release of the Dominion KX II and Dominion PX, Raritan is putting CONTROL back in the hands of the data center. Andre
Managing IT Assets
Accessing and managing the assets in your data center is not a small undertaking: Provisioning new servers Managing physical and virtual assets Monitoring systems proactively to ensure ‘Always On’ availability Patching, or releasing a new version of an application Coordinating the varying on-board server processors Steve Lewis, IT Infrastructure Consultant for 42U and Mark Harris,
42U Awarded GSA Contract for Data Center Equipment
42U the nation’s largest, vendor-independent valued-added reseller of data center infrastructure solutions, today announced it has been granted a contract number by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Broomfield, CO – January 29, 2008 — 42U (https://www.42u.com/) the nation’s largest, vendor-independent valued-added reseller of data center infrastructure solutions, today announced it has been granted a
Data Center Temperature
The Data Center Temperature Debate Though never directly articulated by any data center authority, the prevailing practice surrounding these critical facilities has often been “The colder, the better.” However, some leading server manufacturers and data center efficiency experts share the opinion that data centers can run far hotter than they do today without sacrificing uptime,
Curbing IT Power Usage
New Ideas To Save Energy In Your Data Center Thanks to energy hogs such as blade centers, data center energy costs are high. SMEs will find it hard to absorb these kinds of financial hits without some help. Fortunately, there are more than a few ways to curb power consumption. Measure Power Consumption According to
KVM Streamlines Remote Server Management
For 3,000 machines, remote server management is easier than managing locally, but for business intelligence software company SAS, wrestling with multiple management interfaces was only marginally helpful. …Reducing the divorce rate Do not underestimate the power of remote server management, warned Dennis Drogseth, a vice president and analyst at Enterprise Management Associates. Marx, for example,
Web Seminar: Avocent IT Infrastructure Tools
Unleashing the Power of Avocent IT Infrastructure Tools Data center build outs, expansions, updates and server consolidation have reached a feverish pace and so have the challenges in keeping up with compliance, green initiatives – all while attempting to lower costs, increase scalability and keeping IT operations and Business always on. On Wednesday, February 6th
Avocent Introduces Family of Space-Saving Desktop KVM Switches for Small and Home Offices
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 17, 2007 – Avocent Corporation (Nasdaq: AVCT) today introduced its family of SwitchView® 100 desktop KVM switches for small and home offices. These latest additions to the Avocent family of market-leading connectivity solutions include four space-saving desktop KVM switches that support multimedia applications. SwitchView 100 switches come bundled with all the necessary
Eliminating Data Center Hot Spots
Data center cooling is a hot topic. But, when you consider the challenges associated with cooling the latest generation servers, the growing cost of infrastructure equipment, and the risks associated with hotspots brought on by high-density clusters and premature hardware failure, it’s easy to understand the focus. The traditional school of thought suggests that additional
Top 10 Ways to Save Energy in the Data Center
By Shamus McGillicuddy, News Writer 11.29.2007 | SearchCIO.com LAS VEGAS — Gartner Inc. has predicted that the cost of supplying energy to a server over its three-year lifetime will soon exceed the server’s acquisition cost. With this in mind, Chris Loeffler, product manager of data center solutions at Eaton Corp. in Cleveland, offered delegates at