Cleaning solutions for raised floor data centers
We received this question from a SearchDataCenter.com reader:We have a raised floor with Servers and HVAC equipment on it. It is brand new and I needed advice on cleaning the floor in terms of solutions, water, etc. We need to clean the dust by vacuuming but also need to clean the floor tiles....
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| Apr 24 2008 4:42 PM GMT
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Leah Rosin
Data center maintenance, Data center cleaning, Data center operations
Industry rating systems for data centers
A reader wrote to SearchDataCenter.com to ask:Are there other industry recognized rating systems for DC reliability other than Uptime Institute's Tier classification program? Who actually can do the certifications?
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| Apr 23 2008 8:53 PM GMT
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Leah Rosin
Data center operations, Uptime Institute, Certifications
Data Center Noise Levels
Has anyone taken the time to check the dB level of their data center or server room ?I am wondering if there is a cheap/easy way to determine if the dB level is high enough to worry about ear protection.
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| Apr 18 2008 7:49 PM GMT
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Dedward
Data center operations, Data center design
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,...
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| Feb 18 2008 4:51 PM GMT
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Penny
Data center design and infrastructure, Data center operations
connecting the 5th and 7th floosr of a building
Hi, EverybodyMy network covers the 5 th floor of an office building, and now we expanding to the 7th floor (a half-dozen users. All the servers and telecom closet are on the 5th floor and I have to provide network services to the users on the 7th floor. I would like to have the opunion of this...
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| Jul 31 2005 2:25 AM GMT
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senomango
DataCenter, Data center operations, Security management
Data center rack protection against earthquakes
A SearchDataCenter.com member recently asked:I am looking for the industry best practices regarding California data center rack protection against earthquakes. Many locations bolt the racks to the floor. Has there been any studies or industry acceptance of seismic isolation platforms? What is the...
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| Jul 26 2005 12:35 AM GMT
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HannahDrake
DataCenter, Data center design, Physical security
Staffing an enterprise level data center
A SearchDataCenter.com member recently asked:What is best practice for staffing an enterprise level data center in terms of FTE numbers? Is there a model that states a minimum of 2 FTE's per shift for safety and then an FTE per number of monitors?
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| Jul 26 2005 12:31 AM GMT
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HannahDrake
DataCenter, Data center design, Data center operations
Information required on 10Gigabit Ethernet cards
Hello All,I needed some information and datapoints on the following topics:- today what is 10GbE card used for?- what do you see the future for 10GbE?- what do you think is an acceptable price point for this card (just a guesstimate)? Today it is very expensive as compared to the regular 1GbE...
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| Jul 22 2005 12:50 AM GMT
| asked by
rigveda
DataCenter, Data center design, Data center operations
iSeries NetServer Support for Windows Network Neighborhood
I get iSeries NetServer Support for Windows Neighborhood work fine with OS/400 V5R1 by configuring NetServer through iSeries Navigator.However, the same operation does not work with OS/400 V4R2. Are there any PTFs that need to be applied?Your help is very much appreciated.Sincerely,OUMAROU
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| Jul 19 2005 1:08 PM GMT
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masquita
Data center operations, Tech support, Vendor support
Technical College vs. University
Hello all- Would it be more beneficial to attend a technical college or university? A certain technical college, ECPI (www.ecpi.edu) in VA, has sparked my interest because they advertise 'they meet with some industry experts to discuss tech trends and what education needs to be put out to keep...
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| Jul 9 2005 4:20 PM GMT
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neoCentric
DataCenter, Data center operations, Vendors
Changing the statement heap parameter on iSeries
Hi,I would like to know how to change the statement heap parameter DB2 (stmtheap) on the AS/400. I tried the command GET DATABASE CONFIGURATION FOR database-alias (giving alias name as the AS/400 server name) but it returns the error "SQL0901N The SQL statement failed because of a non-severe...
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| Jun 8 2005 6:10 AM GMT
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sbkhole
DataCenter, Data center operations, Physical security
Stop Error (C000021a)
I am receiving this stop error(C000021a) "windows logon process system process terminated unexpectedly" with win 2000 server. Safe mode and Last Known Good Conf. works fine. Is there any solution without reformating the HDD? I have ERD with me. Will that help me?Any advise on this would be highly...
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| Jun 7 2005 3:29 AM GMT
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BinooDas1234
DataCenter, Data center operations, Physical security
reusedlt *yes
Hi, Has reusedlt *yes behavior changed with V5R3?When I add a record to a PF that is reusedlt *yes in V5R2 is uses a record that has been deleted, however when i do the same thing on a V5R3 system it adds a new record rather than re-use one.Anyone run into this before?Thanks, Luis
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| May 23 2005 2:52 PM GMT
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xixones
Data center operations, Disaster Recovery, Security management
Windows XP using only NBNS, not DNS
Situation is a system with XP Home, that was BADLY infested with spyware, viruses, etc. Hosts file was filled in with a large number of entries.After everything is cleaned up and the OS reinstalled with the "Repair" option, everything seems to work - except DNS.I can ping by IP address only,...
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| May 23 2005 11:27 AM GMT
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bobkberg
Microsoft Windows, Data center operations, Tech support
problem with Index rebuild
How can I rebuild the indexes online,after trucating/moving partitions tables,so that things has not come in unstable stage and continue keep responsing on same tables. Asrebuild takes several minutes. So how could I manage the things when database is online with out interuption.
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| May 20 2005 2:15 PM GMT
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bulandshahr
DataCenter, Data center operations, Disaster Recovery
Active Directory Migration/Restructure - Windows 2000 SP4
Hi,Question about Active Directory Migration - we have a 2-domain Active Directory Forest - Windows 2000 SP4 (the Forest Root domain and a second domain tree (not installed as a child of the root domain tree).Presently, we use the second domain for most of our operational purposes and only a bit of...
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| May 10 2005 5:31 AM GMT
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pokoli
Microsoft Windows, DataCenter, Data center operations
AS/400 System Saves and Journals
We use the following commands to do our weekly system save: SAVSYS, NONSYS, SAVDLO, SAV. Will this save system journals as well? Thanks in advace for your help.
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| May 9 2005 5:55 PM GMT
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BaughOper
Data center operations, Disaster Recovery, AS/400
AS/400 Printing
I have spool files located in GLOUTQ, what command and how would I start printing this file on PRTS1? Thank You Alex Muir
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| May 5 2005 4:28 PM GMT
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alexmuir
Data center operations, AS/400
AS/400
What "WRK' command display's the average response time for a job? Thank You Alex Muir
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| May 5 2005 4:24 PM GMT
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alexmuir
Data center operations, AS/400
Inserting data into a vargraphic data type field
How to insert data into a vargraphic data type field. I have done the following CREATE TABLE TEST_TABLE (FLD1 VARGRAPHIC(20))This is done succesfullyINSERT INTO TEST_TABLE VALUES('TEST')This gives a SQL error Please let me know how I can acheive it.
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| Apr 28 2005 9:44 AM GMT
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sbkhole
DataCenter, Data center operations, IT architecture
