Datacenter power options keep growing
With the datacenter moving towards on-demand, fully configurable, highly efficient power models, how many different types of physical power distruibution units will you need?
Five Nines: The Next Gen Datacenter
David Chernicoff looks at technologies that impact data center users and operators, including server consolidation and virtualization, green IT, and the latest hardware advances.
David Chernicoff
With more than 20 years of published writings about technology, as well as industry stints as everything from a database developer to CTO, David Chernicoff has earned the term "veteran" in the technology world.
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The datacenter picture for 2011 will be building, literally, on the commitments from 2010
The on-demand datacenter
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Have you got the power?
When you consider rural areas for your new datacenters, don't forget to consider the cost of actually getting the necessary power to your facility.