While use of vertical PDUs, or vertical rack power distribution units, has become nearly ubiquitous in today’s data center, they are not the only game in town. Since we have been getting a lot of questions lately about Horizontal rack PDUs, we thought it would be useful to take moment to pause and reflect on our counterpart from the other axis.
Read MoreNo Room for Errors When Planning for Data Center Power Capacity
Posted by RJ Tee on Feb 10, 2017 3:36:37 PM
As a data center administrator, one of the most important parts of your job — besides maintaining uptime and staying under budget — involves monitoring and managing your department’s resources. It’s your responsibility to make sure that your data center is fully capable of meeting the current and future needs of your enterprise and its changing customer base.
Read MoreTopics: SPM, capacity planning, Capacity planning solution
Topics: Sentry Power System, data center power, capacity planning
Today’s data center managers are looking for cost-effective, reliable and hassle-free ways to aggregate all of their key measurement points in an effort to maximize uptime, improve efficiency and analyze capacity. As far as data center tools go, there’s none more versatile than Sentry Power Manager, the award-winning data center management solution from Server Technology.
Read MoreTopics: SPM, capacity planning
It’s never fun to lose sleep over a problem, but night after night, many of us toss and turn, worrying about the things both within our control and beyond it. For the folks who run data centers, it’s no different.
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In The Spotlight: Server Technology’s PRO2 Platform
Posted by Erik Stabile on Jun 21, 2016 3:59:02 PM
Topics: capacity planning, PRO2, rack PDU
Pardon the pun, but the origin of the phrase, “getting your ducks in a row,” is a little, well, fuzzy. It’s not clear whether the term comes from hunting, sports or - most likely - the practice of mother ducks encouraging their babies to line up in a row before heading to the pond. Either way, having one’s proverbial ducks in a row is nearly always a good idea before undertaking a sizable project. Take, for example, capacity planning in a new build. That’s one situation where you don’t want to jump in head first without a solid plan.
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Whack Those Moles: Key Components to Capacity Planning
Posted by Erik Stabile on Mar 22, 2016 9:43:54 AM
Topics: capacity planning
An Answer For Every Challenge: Switched PDUs for Capacity Planning
Posted by Josh Schaap on Feb 22, 2016 10:36:30 AM
Topics: switched PDUs, capacity planning
What’s Driving Bandwidth Demand and Why Should You Care?
Posted by Josh Schaap on Feb 2, 2016 8:49:32 AM
Topics: capacity planning, data center data, data center bandwidth