The Basics of Airflow Management When it comes to the average data centre, it’s a complex subject. The amount of information around when it comes to how they operate and how to build them is endless. Likewise, when it comes to airflow management, there is an...
Albert Einstein once said that knowledge is defined as a practical understanding of a subject, the same apply to operating and upkeeping a data centre. Center of Expertise for Energy Efficiency in Data Centres (CoE) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBLN) led...
New energy standard for Data Centres – ASHRAE 90.4-2016 In September 2016, ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) published Standard 90.4-2016, Energy Standard for Data Centers. It establishes the minimum energy...
Getting sufficient cold air to high density equipment racks can be a big challenge for data centre operators especially when these equipment racks are introduced retrospectively. Upgrading CRAC unit’s capacity to increase air flow alone may not necessary result...
Whether it is cost saving or corporate initiative to go green, energy efficiency should be the top priority for data centre managers. It is common for most managers in charge to simply embrace the “if it is not broken, don’t fix it” mentality but...
