Data Center Management Questions and Answers

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Is locating a data center on the top floor of your company bulding a cost effective solution?

In the wake of floods warning i would specify the locating your DC on the first floors would be dangerous as " first hit ".

asked by Latin

  10 pts.

Green data center: Advice on topology; resources

We are embarking on a 3 year project to modernize one of our data centers in New Jersey.  Does anyone have any idea where I can get information or recommend any books about the optimal design / layout for the facility – especially to comply with some of the green initiatives we have internally?

asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Can you explain Dynamic Data Center in layman's terms?

There has been a lot of talk around the concept of a Dynamic Data Center.  Can you explain that in layman's terms? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.

asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Data center consolidation

Have you gone through a data center consolidation within the past year, or do you plan to in the near future? What factors most justified your decision?

asked by JennyMack

  3265 pts.

Data center upgrades: Budget planning

What are some data center upgrades that you're planning to make in the near future? Are there certain upgrades you would like to make but can't afford to in the current fiscal year (in regards to time or resources)? In what areas do your budget priorities lie?

asked by JennyMack

  3265 pts.

new data centers

where can I find large data centers with heavy power?

asked by Brspiral

  5 pts.

Data center security -- what advice would you give?

We've all had our share of "I wish someone would have told me" moments. If you could give advice to someone who is green in data center security, what would be your best piece of advice? What's something you wish someone would have told you early on?

asked by JennyMack

  3265 pts.

Tracking changes

What methods & utilities or applications do you use to track changes in your environment? I use an Excel spreadsheet for myself, but what do you use when tracking changes among several team members? For example, tracking changes in switch configurations, patches applied, folder authority changes,...

View Answer   |  Jan 9 2009  3:43 PM GMT
Data Center management, Change management
asked by Labnuke99

  26465 pts.

Transformer design UPS systems, old and new

a)What are the advantages or disadvantages, if any, of traditional transformer design UPS systems, over the "newer" transformer-less systems. b)Related to the above, would a transfomer UPS in redundant parallel configuration, offer greater protection to the load, over the modular, transformer-less...

View Answer   |  Dec 10 2008  6:28 PM GMT
Security, Data Center management, Load balancing
asked by Data Center - Ask the Expert

  235 pts.

Exchange server sync to data center moving emails from client to email server

Quick question, we are looking for the best way to mitigate data synchronization over our WAN after a large Exchange migration. For example, we have just taken a 250 user company with 450gb of mail into our system. With this project it was all or nothing, they needed access to all mail from day. ...

View Answer   |  Dec 8 2008  2:55 PM GMT
WAN, Data Center management, .OST files
asked by ITKE

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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

  5 pts.

How widespread is de-duplication in your data center?

How widespread is de-duplication in your data center? Backup/archive de-dupe? Integrated into every file server? Being considered but not yet implemented?

Answer Question   |  Nov 4 2008  3:38 PM GMT
Data Center management, Backup, Dell Storage
asked by DellStorage

  30 pts.

Inner workings of APC NetBotz 500 Systems

The manuals don't answer all my questions (About Your Appliance, and Using Your Appliance). I understand I can adjust camera capture information, like frequency of capture from once every 30 seconds to 30 times a second. I also understand I can have motion sensors or door sensors that cause...

asked by Lightmike

  220 pts.

Hosted facility vs in-house data center

Do you know if there is a completed cost analysis comparing a hosted facility verse running your own data center?

asked by Data Center - Ask the Expert

  235 pts.

Advice for moving a data center

I’m preparing for a data center move. What are the pitfalls I need to avoid and what current technologies would be best for a new data center

asked by Data Center - Ask the Expert

  235 pts.

Ideas on documenting equipment added and removed

I'm tweaking my method for adding and removing equipment from the data center. What is your advice? (Tracking Auditing purposes,etc)-

asked by Adamwhereartthou

  20 pts.

Virtualization Product Choices

I will be setting up my new system in a couple of weeks. I'll be running CentOS 5 on a quad core AMD Opteron. I'm going to run Windows XP as a guest OS, and possibly 1 or more Linux distros. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am currently considering Xen or Virtualbox, leaning towards Xen.

View Answer   |  Jul 24 2008  5:54 PM GMT
Windows XP, Linux Distributions, AMD
asked by Chunter

  110 pts.

any tool or technology out there that can discover the mapping between application and servers(ap, db, file, web etc..)

One of the main challenges that I am constantly hearing from all data center managers is the lack of visibility into which resources are being used for which business service. The basic requirements is for a technology taht can discover all the servers(app, web, db, file etc..) that a particular...

View Answer   |  Jul 3 2008  10:11 AM GMT
DataCenter, Data Center management
asked by Manisha123

  5 pts.

Data center etiquette

Things one should not do while near or around a data center, such as dont carry a cup of coffee, dont hang your coat on the data center, etc

View Answer   |  Jun 19 2008  7:24 PM GMT
Data Center management
asked by Wrightline

  5 pts.

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