Latest data center news.
Podcast: Efficiently cooling and powering big data centers, 06/07/07: With everyone talking about global warming, “going green” is the trendy thing to do. For a large data center operator such as Equinix, green is a little harder to do when you’re talking about the power requirements of a small city and a lot of heat that must be dissipated. Joining the program to discuss the company’s efforts at being more energy efficient is Margie Backaus, chief business officer at Equinix and an employee since Day 1 of the company. (14:02)
Video: Mainframes are alive and well at Hewitt Assoc., 06/11/07: Hewitt Associates keeps it mainframe systems humming by offloading processing to a cluster of Linux servers. Dan Kaberon, director of computer resource management at Hewitt, explains how and why on this week’s Voices from IT Roadmap.
Review: Blade servers vs. rack servers, 06/11/07: Because IBM has been a top performer in recent server tests, for this hands-on exploration of blades vs. rackable servers, we tested IBM’s state of the art in both categories and focused on performance, power consumption and manageability.
HP, VMware each launch new virtualization options, 06/06/07: HP is upgrading its virtualization software offerings to help data center managers better manage their virtual environments, while VMware is offering a virtualization capability for Web hosting companies.
APC shows off fuel cells for the data center, 06/06/07: APC has demonstrated a fuel cell unit that fits into a standard data center rack, aimed at displacing traditional diesel generators whose job is to supply backup power. The fuel cell is aimed at installations where environmental concerns outweigh cost. It could also be a pointer for future, greener data centers.
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