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Data center power design

Our Data center has a 10,000A (6.5 MVA @220/380V, 60 Hz) rated capacity parallelling switchgear to supply critical load. However, the demand load is calculated @ 7.8 MVA. Our Electrical Consultant recommended a 4-2000KVA capacity prime generator, single paralleling digital switchgear(PSG). My...

asked by Data Center - Ask the Expert

  235 pts.

new data centers

where can I find large data centers with heavy power?

asked by Brspiral

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Data center cooling solutions

What do you think is the most power-efficient data center cooling setup? What kind of setup do you implement in your data center? Are there ways you would like to improve it; how?

asked by JennyMack

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MS Project of Data Center Build/Move

Does anyone have a suggestion or an example of building a data center or NOC in MS Project? - Larry

asked by LShack1072

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Basics for Data Center planning

Would like to learn all what is related to data center planning, management, design, operations, etc. What kind of documents, book, career path should I follow if I'd like to be in this kind of business. Thanks in advanced

asked by Cidruid

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Data Center Migration

Planing for moving the data centre to a new location and moving some of them as is and build new ones. so Need a document which covers every thing in terms of planning design implement and cut over.

asked by VJWBMDC

  5 pts.

best practices in racking switches in a data center

In a hot aisle/cold aisle floor design, best practices are not to mix the hot air with the cold air. I am using blanking panels, floor grommets, everything that I've learned over the years in managing data centers to get the optimal cooling from my CRAC units. One question I have relateing to...

asked by Start50

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trying to replace old 10Base t hubs with new technology routers and switches , there are 200 computers what should i do

there are 200 computers in my office , which communication mechanism should i use and what type of routers and switches should i use

View Answer   |  Oct 3 2008  8:32 PM GMT
Switches, Hubs, Routers
asked by Harjot

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Metric floor loading calculations

If the building floor loading is 3 kpa and the equipment is 2,000 kg (950 x 600 mm), and is located in a computer room with raised floor environment, can the building and environment support that 2,000 kg equipment?

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Keeping non-redundant devices up during a power failure

I need to connect several AC redundant appliances (Servers, Load Balancers, Switches, Firewalls, etc) to other non-redundant ones (SAN Switches, KVM). I have AC PDU’s for redundant and non-redundant devices, but I haven’t figured out the best way to avoid my non-redundant devices being cut off...

View Answer   |  Oct 2 2008  3:14 PM GMT
Firewalls, Servers, Switches
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Cable trays near sprinkler heads

Are there restrictions on installing overhead cable trays near sprinkler heads?

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  235 pts.

Data center heating source options

Currently, our data center is located in my existing Corporate HQ. We have purchased a 10k square foot building to put the new DC in (It will use 4k square feet.) I am being asked if I would like the additional 6k square feet of the building to use gas heat or electric. My gut (and consultant)...

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HFC 125 vs FM 200 performance

A SearchDataCenter reader wrote in with this question: What is the difference in the performace of hfc227 compared with HFC 125 in the same application? What are the disadvantages of HFC 125 compared to HFC227(FM200)?

asked by Leah Rosin

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Air conditioning suppliers

We are planning to acquire 6 to 8 additional 20-30 ton dual sourced (chilled water and Gylcol) CRAC units for our data center. We will also need to purchase 150 tons (could be one gylcol unit or multiple smaller units) of gylcol capacity. We have historically dealt with the same manufacturer. I...

asked by Charlie H

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physical network infrastrcture design question

Concerning the physical network design in Data Centers which have quite a mix of high density blade centers, small 1-U servers, storage, mainframe, etc., I'd like to hear what standards are being followed. Are you using fiber fed switches to each rack, patch panels in each rack, cat5 or cat6 e,...

asked by Penny

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Data Center Builds

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get involved with build outs for data centers from a telecom perspective. My company is looking for opportunities to build out our network but I need to be able to present them with the scenario. I realize this might sound like a "sales" message or...

View Answer   |  Jan 9 2007  4:48 PM GMT
Telecom, Data center design and infrastructure
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