Server Technology’s new white paper 'Top 10 Concerns of Data Center Managers in 2018' is a comprehensive summary of the 10 things that keep the typical DCM up at night and make their jobs harder.  But we’re not here to commiserate.  We’re here to say this: toughen up and avoid chugging over to mamby-pamby land.  After all, it’s those things that put the ‘manage’ in ‘data center manager.’ 

Server Technology is focused on making the process of identifying, selecting, and purchasing a rack PDU as simple as possible.  Our dedication to support does not stop when the rack PDU ships, and it begins when your new rack PDU is but a twinkle in your eye.  We strive to provide the highest level of service throughout the entire lifecycle of the product starting with making sure you find the product that best suits the application you have.

An increasingly common conversation within the data center industry revolves around the need for flexibility balanced against the desire to save money. It’s getting harder to make the case that your enterprise needs more land for capacity expansion. At the same time, 27 percent of data center costs are for power, according to a DCD report in 2014. As you can imagine, the result has been a drive for proportionally higher server and power densities across the globe.

How to Keep a Data Center Cool

Sometimes, industry predictions come true with stunning accuracy.

Take, for example, this graph, produced way back in 2005 by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).