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InfraStruxure Management Software Resources

• Avoiding Costs From Oversizing Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure This white paper will show that the single largest avoidable cost associated with typical data center and network room infrastructure is oversizing. The utilization of the physical and power infrastructure in a data center or network room is typically much less than 50%. The unused capacity of data centers and network rooms is an avoidable capital cost, and it also represents avoidable operating and maintenance costs. This paper is constructed in three parts. The facts and statistics related to oversizing, the reasons why this occurs and an architecture and method for avoiding these costs are described. DOWNLOAD >>
• Data Center Projects: Systems Planning In a data center construction or upgrade project, it is the early planning activity that offers the greatest potential for mistakes. Most defects that turn up in the later stages of a project are caused not by problems in the physical components of the system, but rather by oversights or misinformed decisions during planning. Download this white paper to learn the orderly sequence of tasks that progressively transform and refine information from initial concept to final design. DOWNLOAD >>
• Preventing Data Corruption in the Event of an Extended Power Outage Despite advances in computer technology, power outages continue to be a major cause of PC and server downtime. In this paper, various software configurations are discussed, and best practices aimed at ensuring uptime are presented. DOWNLOAD >>
• Ten Errors to Avoid When Commissioning a Data Center Data center commissioning can deliver an unbiased evaluation of whether a newly constructed data center will be an operational success or a failure. Proper execution of the commissioning process is a critical step in determining how the data center operates as an integrated system. This paper outlines the ten most common errors that prevent successful execution of the commissioning process. DOWNLOAD >>
• The Fundamental Principles of Network Security Securing the modern business network and IT infrastructure demands an end-to-end approach and a firm grasp of vulnerabilities and associated protective measures. While such knowledge cannot thwart all attempts at network incursion or system attack, it can empower network engineers to certain general problems, greatly reduce potential damages, and quickly detect breaches. This paper presents security fundamentals as well as some best practices regarding the network, computer hosts and infrastructure network elements. DOWNLOAD >>
• The Seven Types of Power Problems Many of the mysteries of equipment failure, downtime, software and data corruption, are often the result of a problematic power supply. This white paper will describe the most common types of power disturbances, what can cause them, what they can do to your critical equipment, and how to safeguard your equipment, using the IEEE standards for describing power quality problems. DOWNLOAD >>
• Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management Maximizes Benefits Virtualization is an undisputed lead forward in data center evolution - it saves energy, it increases computing throughput, it frees up floor space, it facilitates load migration and disaster recovery. Less known is the extent to which power and cooling infrastructure is optimized to take advantage of further savings opportunity offered by virtualization. DOWNLOAD >>