Cable trays near sprinkler heads
Are there restrictions on installing overhead cable trays near sprinkler heads?
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| October 2, 2008 3:11 PM
Data center cabling, Data center design and infrastructure
Are there restrictions on installing overhead cable trays near sprinkler heads?
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| October 2, 2008 3:11 PM
Data center cabling, Data center design and infrastructure
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 [...]
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| May 19, 2008 8:35 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Data center infrastructure
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 [...]
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| May 19, 2008 8:35 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Data center infrastructure
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)?
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| November 17, 2008 9:20 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Data center physical security, Fire suppression
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)?
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| November 17, 2008 9:20 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Data center physical security, Fire suppression
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 am seeking alternative [...]
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| September 25, 2008 12:49 PM
Data center air conditioning units, Data center cooling, Data center design and infrastructure, Data center operations management
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 am seeking alternative [...]
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| September 25, 2008 12:49 PM
Data center air conditioning units, Data center cooling, Data center design and infrastructure, Data center operations management
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, etc. Do you use [...]
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| February 18, 2008 4:51 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Data center operations
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, etc. Do you use [...]
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| February 18, 2008 4:51 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Data center operations
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 “Promotional” but [...]
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| July 16, 2009 4:48 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Telecom
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 “Promotional” but [...]
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| July 16, 2009 4:48 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, Telecom
