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Measuring Datacenter Transformations

Wai-Kit — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:50:23 +0000

Most people uses the PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) as a metric to measure how efficient is their data center. However, increasingly, the DCiE (Datacenter Efficiency) metric is becoming more and…

Comparing Cold-Aisle vs. Hot-Aisle Containment

Wai-Kit — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:55:11 +0000

One of the key contributing factor towards efficiency and energy savings in data centers is preventing the mixing of hot and cold air, i.e. better air management and distribution. This…

High Performance at Massive Scale: Lessons learned at Facebook

Wai-Kit — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:42:36 +0000

Jeff Rothschild, VP for Technology at Facebook, shared some detailed insights into Facebook architecture. Over the past few years, Facebook has grown into one of the largest sites on the…

Syracuse University Data Centre goes Off The Grid

Wai-Kit — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:21:25 +0000

The latest news on the wire is that IBM has taken Syracuse University’s (SU) data centre off the electric grid. SU’s data center will be supported by tri-generation, which burns…

Verizon Business launching new APAC data centre

Wai-Kit — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:02:29 +0000

Verizon Business will launch an Asia-Pacific data centre for its computing as a service (CaaS) customers in the region and to address issues of latency, security and compliance.

Ray McQuillan,…

Data Centre Asset Planning

Wai-Kit — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:19:33 +0000

A recent Quocirca Insight report which was derived from 301 interviews with senior IT influencers and decision makers shows what we have already experiencing in most data centres: Crisis point…

What else can we talk about Data Center designs?

Wai-Kit — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:32:31 +0000

Larry Dignan wrote on his blog about Data Center design 101, but his knowledge about the data center essentially boils down to one word: Money. Larry attended two…

Cityscape and Data Center floor

Wai-Kit — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:36:54 +0000

It has been almost four days since I last blogged. Have been busy with a client in Tokyo.

This photo is a view from my hotel room at Shibuya. On…

Planning for a new Data Center?

Wai-Kit — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:48:12 +0000

Every data center project begins with the business plan and business requirements in mind. This is fundamentally the starting point and the first building blocks of a data center project.…

Sensors

Wai-Kit — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:13:23 +0000

Since I’m on the subject of facility, I might as well cover a few more points on data center facility, measurement and sensors. When I think about sensors, it reminded…

Accuracy of measurement sensors & Chiller Efficiency

Wai-Kit — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:48:09 +0000

I spent some time over the weekend reviewing ASHRAE’s latest document on Real-time Energy Consumption Measurements in Data Centers. It is quite a comprehensive book in explaining and…

The 2009 Data Center Purchasing Survey Report

Wai-Kit — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:55:17 +0000

Between June and September of 2009, SearchDataCenter.com conducted the Data Center Decisions 2009 Purchasing Intentions Survey. Subscribers were contacted by email and invited to participate. For this 2009 survey,…

How do Dolphins sleep?

Wai-Kit — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:20:06 +0000

Marine mammals like dolphins breathe just like us. But while humans can breathe even when our conscious mind is asleep, dolphins are equipped with a voluntary respiratory…

Capacity Planning: Big Rocks, Little Rocks story

Wai-Kit — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:40:06 +0000

In our daily life, we deal with recurring capacity problems day in and day out. Planning for capacity allocation, whether in our personal lives or at work, is a mix…

Controlling water vapor in Data Centers

Wai-Kit — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:35:08 +0000

We all know that in the world we live in, water exists in 3 forms – liquid, gas and solid. Water vapor refers to the gas form of water and…

Minimizing UPS and Gen-Set Incompatibility

Wai-Kit — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:25:26 +0000

Found this interesting article (entitled Minimizing UPS and Gen-Set Incompatibility) explaining about compatibility issues with UPS and gensets, primarily due to:

Failure of

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Site Selection for New Data Center: 10 factors to consider

Wai-Kit — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:14:37 +0000

Selecting the site for a new data center facility is both a business and technology decision. The selection process is a very important step as the outcome, once decided and…

Networking for next-generation Data Centers

Wai-Kit — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:09:05 +0000

When we think about designing and building a new data center in today’s terms, it is not a simple task anymore. Data center facilities are large, capital-intensive fixed assets and…

The things we put in Containers

Wai-Kit — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:33:43 +0000

I chanced upon this scene (below) on the way out for lunch over the weekend. While the bank branch was under renovation, they placed a few containers outside and created…

Fire Triangle

Wai-Kit — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:01:31 +0000

Data Center facilities, unlike our homes and office buildings, requires a different treatment in terms of protection against fire.

But before we touch on that topic, lets first understand…