Interconnecting UPS devices for redundancy in our data center
In our datacenter we have 22 separate rack mounted apc ups devices all power comes from a single source. How can we interconnect the ups devices for redundancy?
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| January 5, 2011 3:07 PM
Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Rack mounted servers, Redundancy, UPS, UPS maintenance, UPS system
In our datacenter we have 22 separate rack mounted apc ups devices all power comes from a single source. How can we interconnect the ups devices for redundancy?
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| January 5, 2011 3:07 PM
Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Rack mounted servers, Redundancy, UPS, UPS maintenance, UPS system
How can we offer backup service over network
Several customers reside in the same data center with totally separate networks but all internet comes in from the same ISP. Can we offer interested clients backup service over the network for sale? How can it be implemented?
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| November 8, 2011 3:06 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Data Center Clients, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Network Backup
Several customers reside in the same data center with totally separate networks but all internet comes in from the same ISP. Can we offer interested clients backup service over the network for sale? How can it be implemented?
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| November 8, 2011 3:06 PM
Backup and Recovery Hardware, Data Center Clients, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Network Backup
Monitoring server and networking health for clients
We have a data center with 25 racks and cabinents. They are all owned by individuals or other companies. It is not our equipment but the racks and the network is. Long story short how can we monitor server and network health monitoring for our clients?
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| December 1, 2010 3:04 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Network Monitor, Network monitoring, Network Monitoring Tools, Server monitoring
We have a data center with 25 racks and cabinents. They are all owned by individuals or other companies. It is not our equipment but the racks and the network is. Long story short how can we monitor server and network health monitoring for our clients?
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| December 1, 2010 3:04 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Network Monitor, Network monitoring, Network Monitoring Tools, Server monitoring
Recovering SATA hard disk and data after faulty connection
I accidentally connected my PC cabinet fan power plug into my SATA hard disk power, causing the HD power connector to spark. After that, my PC isn’t recognizing the HDD and there’s no power reaching it. How can I recover my data? Is it fried?
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| November 2, 2011 6:40 PM
Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data Recovery, Hard disk performance, hard disk storage, HDD, HDD failed, SATA hard disk, SATA Hard Drive
I accidentally connected my PC cabinet fan power plug into my SATA hard disk power, causing the HD power connector to spark. After that, my PC isn’t recognizing the HDD and there’s no power reaching it. How can I recover my data? Is it fried?
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| November 2, 2011 6:40 PM
Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data Recovery, Hard disk performance, hard disk storage, HDD, HDD failed, SATA hard disk, SATA Hard Drive
Open IT Forum: What are some of the inexpensive or high-impact green tactics for a data center today?
With power costs increasing significantly, more hardware per rack creating more heat and using more power and cooling solutions, it seems that power rather than space seems to be the limiter amongst data centers. What are your suggestions for reducing power consumption? What are you doing to make your data center more green? We’ll give [...]
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| June 16, 2011 5:51 PM
Data Center administration, Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Green data center, Green IT, Open IT Forum
With power costs increasing significantly, more hardware per rack creating more heat and using more power and cooling solutions, it seems that power rather than space seems to be the limiter amongst data centers. What are your suggestions for reducing power consumption? What are you doing to make your data center more green? We’ll give [...]
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| June 16, 2011 5:51 PM
Data Center administration, Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Green data center, Green IT, Open IT Forum
Cooling a data center with 3 racks?
What should be used to cool a small data center that has 3 racks and generates a lot of heat in a small room? We have a budget to ventilate and cool the room. What should we do and how can we find out all our options?
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| February 17, 2011 9:42 PM
Data center cooling, Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management
What should be used to cool a small data center that has 3 racks and generates a lot of heat in a small room? We have a budget to ventilate and cool the room. What should we do and how can we find out all our options?
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| February 17, 2011 9:42 PM
Data center cooling, Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management
What are people using for IP KVM?
What is everyone using for IP KVM’s? Can they work anywhere on the LAN? How about over the WAN? Is their a client to install?
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| December 6, 2010 9:37 PM
BIOS, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data center operations, KVM, LAN, Switches, WLAN
What is everyone using for IP KVM’s? Can they work anywhere on the LAN? How about over the WAN? Is their a client to install?
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| December 6, 2010 9:37 PM
BIOS, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data center operations, KVM, LAN, Switches, WLAN
Standard practice for servicing UPS in a data center
What do you do in a large datacenter environment that needs to have the UPS serviced? We are adding a second one for fault tolerance but will need to disconnect power for chunks of time. What is safe? What is standard practices?
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| November 24, 2010 4:39 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Fault tolerance, UPS
What do you do in a large datacenter environment that needs to have the UPS serviced? We are adding a second one for fault tolerance but will need to disconnect power for chunks of time. What is safe? What is standard practices?
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| November 24, 2010 4:39 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Fault tolerance, UPS
Pros and cons of under the floor a/c in a data center?
What are the benefits/cons to under the floor a/c in a data center?
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| November 24, 2010 4:37 PM
Data center air conditioning units, Data center cooling, Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum
What are the benefits/cons to under the floor a/c in a data center?
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| November 24, 2010 4:37 PM
Data center air conditioning units, Data center cooling, Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum
Pros and cons of data center in a box?
I read that while data centers in a box were booming, it wasn’t because of the portability or flexibility but because of the price. Any data center pros out there: Has your company bought one? Were they a quick fix for an urgent need or a long-term solution? I’d love to hear your take on [...]
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| January 25, 2012 2:36 PM
Data Center, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum
I read that while data centers in a box were booming, it wasn’t because of the portability or flexibility but because of the price. Any data center pros out there: Has your company bought one? Were they a quick fix for an urgent need or a long-term solution? I’d love to hear your take on [...]
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| January 25, 2012 2:36 PM
Data Center, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum
Differences in SLAs from cloud computing to data center or SaaS
What do you look for in a cloud computing service level agreement? What are the differences you’ve noticed between a cloud SLA and a data center or SaaS SLA?
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| November 18, 2010 9:53 PM
Cloud Computing, Data Center, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum, SaaS CRM market trends, Service Level Agreement, SLA
What do you look for in a cloud computing service level agreement? What are the differences you’ve noticed between a cloud SLA and a data center or SaaS SLA?
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| November 18, 2010 9:53 PM
Cloud Computing, Data Center, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum, SaaS CRM market trends, Service Level Agreement, SLA
Auditing task for migrating Windows Server 2003 32-bit to Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit
We’re moving from a 32-bit platform to 64-bit and we need to audit our tasks. We have four DCs located in one data center. One domain controller holds all FSMO roles, server runs DNS, WINS. The other holds the terminal servers licenses and runs DNS, WINS, and holds trust for an external domain (I believe [...]
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| November 23, 2010 9:48 PM
Auditing, Data Center, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2
We’re moving from a 32-bit platform to 64-bit and we need to audit our tasks. We have four DCs located in one data center. One domain controller holds all FSMO roles, server runs DNS, WINS. The other holds the terminal servers licenses and runs DNS, WINS, and holds trust for an external domain (I believe [...]
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| November 23, 2010 9:48 PM
Auditing, Data Center, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Domain Controller, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2
Open IT Forum: Where do you fall in the data center buy v. build dilemma?
Building a data center in response to overwhelming data growth comes as an easier decision to some, but what about the rest of us? What are the pros and cons you’ve experienced when either buying servers through a service or building your own data center from the ground up? We love lists and stories, and [...]
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| November 23, 2010 3:44 PM
Data center budget considerations, Data Center Build, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data center operations, Open IT Forum
Building a data center in response to overwhelming data growth comes as an easier decision to some, but what about the rest of us? What are the pros and cons you’ve experienced when either buying servers through a service or building your own data center from the ground up? We love lists and stories, and [...]
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| November 23, 2010 3:44 PM
Data center budget considerations, Data Center Build, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data center operations, Open IT Forum
Career in datawarehousing or data management?
Hi, I have [strong]4.5[/strong] years experience as data processing associate. Now I am working as MIS Reporting Assistant. I have good knowldge of Excel. I am a B.Com graduate and I am interested in making a good career in Data warehousing or Data Management. I am planning to do a certificate course in SQL as my [...]
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| November 16, 2010 7:39 AM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data management, Data management tools, Data warehouse, Data warehousing
Hi, I have [strong]4.5[/strong] years experience as data processing associate. Now I am working as MIS Reporting Assistant. I have good knowldge of Excel. I am a B.Com graduate and I am interested in making a good career in Data warehousing or Data Management. I am planning to do a certificate course in SQL as my [...]
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| November 16, 2010 7:39 AM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Data management, Data management tools, Data warehouse, Data warehousing
Cooling Wiring closets
What is the recommended temperature for wiring closets? We have 10-12 edge switches in our wiring closets that run anywhere from 78-80.2f. Currently there is no cooling in the closet. What are your thoughts re those temperatures? Do you think we need addtional cooling?
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| November 11, 2010 6:12 PM
Cooling, Cooling solution, Data center cooling, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Wiring closets
What is the recommended temperature for wiring closets? We have 10-12 edge switches in our wiring closets that run anywhere from 78-80.2f. Currently there is no cooling in the closet. What are your thoughts re those temperatures? Do you think we need addtional cooling?
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| November 11, 2010 6:12 PM
Cooling, Cooling solution, Data center cooling, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Wiring closets
Avamar vs. TSM – an Avamar scale to a large enterprise datacenter environment?
We’re a large TSM shop. But we also have a large distributed environment where we’ve recently implemented EMC’s Avamar backup solution. We’re now being asked to look at the TCO of replacing TSM with Avamar in our datacenter environment. We’re only looking at our VMware and NAS areas right now. My question is, who out there has any [...]
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| November 19, 2010 4:49 PM
AIX, Avamar, Backup and Recovery, Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, EMC, Linux, TSM Backup
We’re a large TSM shop. But we also have a large distributed environment where we’ve recently implemented EMC’s Avamar backup solution. We’re now being asked to look at the TCO of replacing TSM with Avamar in our datacenter environment. We’re only looking at our VMware and NAS areas right now. My question is, who out there has any [...]
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| November 19, 2010 4:49 PM
AIX, Avamar, Backup and Recovery, Backup and recovery software, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, EMC, Linux, TSM Backup
Open IT Forum: What’s your list of considerations when developing a data center?
What considerations or checklist would you provide to someone creating a data center for the enterprise? From cooling and racks to data retirement policies and security, what are some of the concerns that a developer can’t afford to overlook?
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| December 10, 2010 4:34 PM
Data center budget considerations, Data center cooling, Data center design, Data center design and infrastructure, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum
What considerations or checklist would you provide to someone creating a data center for the enterprise? From cooling and racks to data retirement policies and security, what are some of the concerns that a developer can’t afford to overlook?
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| December 10, 2010 4:34 PM
Data center budget considerations, Data center cooling, Data center design, Data center design and infrastructure, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum
Data center racks: Is it easier to work in lighter colored racks?
We’re in the process of securing new racks for our data center, and I remember having difficulty working with dark colored racks, especially in the back. If we use lighter colored racks will it solve that problem? I was thinking it wouldn’t absorb as much light and improve visibility when we have to work it. [...]
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| November 11, 2010 4:22 PM
Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum, Rack systems
We’re in the process of securing new racks for our data center, and I remember having difficulty working with dark colored racks, especially in the back. If we use lighter colored racks will it solve that problem? I was thinking it wouldn’t absorb as much light and improve visibility when we have to work it. [...]
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| November 11, 2010 4:22 PM
Data center design, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Open IT Forum, Rack systems
Keeping Network Admin from accessing users’ home directories
We do not want our network administrator to have access to users home directories. How can we make this happen?
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| November 19, 2010 3:54 PM
Administration, Administrative privileges, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Home Directory, Network administration, Network Administrator
We do not want our network administrator to have access to users home directories. How can we make this happen?
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| November 19, 2010 3:54 PM
Administration, Administrative privileges, Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Home Directory, Network administration, Network Administrator
Setting up RAID 1 +0 on a Dell Server that doesn’t support it
How can we setup raid 1+0 on a dell server that software does not support it? Poweredge 6600, perc3 raid card. Windows 2003 R2.
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| November 8, 2010 9:06 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Dell servers, PERC Arrays, PowerEdge, RAID 1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2
How can we setup raid 1+0 on a dell server that software does not support it? Poweredge 6600, perc3 raid card. Windows 2003 R2.
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| November 8, 2010 9:06 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Dell servers, PERC Arrays, PowerEdge, RAID 1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2
