CoLocation Power costs
We have 3 20Amp 110 PDUs in our rack and our currently paying 675$ month for them. Is this typical data center cost or is it excessive? We are charged a flat rate- but our usage on the 3 during the day is 37amps total.
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| April 9, 2012 7:23 PM
Colocation facilities, Data Center Cost, Data Center management, Data Center power management
We have 3 20Amp 110 PDUs in our rack and our currently paying 675$ month for them. Is this typical data center cost or is it excessive? We are charged a flat rate- but our usage on the 3 during the day is 37amps total.
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| April 9, 2012 7:23 PM
Colocation facilities, Data Center Cost, Data Center management, Data Center power management
Upper power & cooling limits in the Data Center
Hi, do we still consider 85% as the recommended upper limit in the data centre with regards to power & cooling. I know this was a main driver from Gartner, but with increased efficiencies in M&E hardware has this view changed at all towards a higher recommended set point? Thanks, Joe Campbell
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| October 5, 2010 2:04 PM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Data center cooling, Data Center power management
Hi, do we still consider 85% as the recommended upper limit in the data centre with regards to power & cooling. I know this was a main driver from Gartner, but with increased efficiencies in M&E hardware has this view changed at all towards a higher recommended set point? Thanks, Joe Campbell
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| October 5, 2010 2:04 PM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Data center cooling, Data Center power management
Data center power related
A Data Center’s capacity is re-classified as 5 MW lower than it was previously, how to handle this situation? What all options do we have? Some high level points would be really helpful Thank You!
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| September 10, 2010 12:20 AM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Data center maintenance, Data Center management, Data Center power management
A Data Center’s capacity is re-classified as 5 MW lower than it was previously, how to handle this situation? What all options do we have? Some high level points would be really helpful Thank You!
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| September 10, 2010 12:20 AM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Data center maintenance, Data Center management, Data Center power management
Power Saving with SCCM R3
[strong]Are there any figures that show how much power you can save after implementing SCCM R3 broken down by per desktop/laptop/monitor?”[/strong]
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| July 12, 2010 12:21 PM
Data Center power management, Power management, System Center Configuration Manager, Windows XP
[strong]Are there any figures that show how much power you can save after implementing SCCM R3 broken down by per desktop/laptop/monitor?”[/strong]
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| July 12, 2010 12:21 PM
Data Center power management, Power management, System Center Configuration Manager, Windows XP
Power for new Data Center with 7500sqft of technical area and will host high density, mainframe, storage and network infrastructure.
I am looking at the power requirements for a potential New Data Centre. The Centre is going going to be 7500sqft of technical area and will host high density, mainframe, storage and network infrastructure. I worked on 1500w per square metre. Do you think this is too much for a new centre that will need [...]
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| May 10, 2011 3:21 PM
Blade Technology, Data Center, Data Center construction, Data Center power management, Network infrastructure
I am looking at the power requirements for a potential New Data Centre. The Centre is going going to be 7500sqft of technical area and will host high density, mainframe, storage and network infrastructure. I worked on 1500w per square metre. Do you think this is too much for a new centre that will need [...]
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| May 10, 2011 3:21 PM
Blade Technology, Data Center, Data Center construction, Data Center power management, Network infrastructure
UPS redundancy vendor support
We recently experienced a UPS failure and were on static bypass for more than 24 hours. During the static bypass, the load was directly fed by the State Water Electricity department and we were at their mercy. Had we lost power, all of our systems in the data center would have gone down. The problem [...]
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| April 16, 2010 6:27 PM
Data center backup power, Data Center power management, UPS redundancy
We recently experienced a UPS failure and were on static bypass for more than 24 hours. During the static bypass, the load was directly fed by the State Water Electricity department and we were at their mercy. Had we lost power, all of our systems in the data center would have gone down. The problem [...]
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| April 16, 2010 6:27 PM
Data center backup power, Data Center power management, UPS redundancy
Formulae used in a data centre power calculation
I require the formula to calculate 3phase power in our data centre . I need it in kilowatts and kva .
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| March 1, 2010 11:16 AM
Data Center power management
I require the formula to calculate 3phase power in our data centre . I need it in kilowatts and kva .
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| March 1, 2010 11:16 AM
Data Center power management
Data center power and cooling ratio between allotment and use
I work in the financial sector and was curious if you’ve noticed an average ratio between production space/power/cooling and what is set aside for DR space/power/cooling. i know there are a million variables to consider but was just interested if there was a generic 2:1 or 1:1 or 1.5:1 ratio you have observed over time.
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| March 1, 2010 7:53 PM
Data center cooling, Data Center management, Data Center power management
I work in the financial sector and was curious if you’ve noticed an average ratio between production space/power/cooling and what is set aside for DR space/power/cooling. i know there are a million variables to consider but was just interested if there was a generic 2:1 or 1:1 or 1.5:1 ratio you have observed over time.
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| March 1, 2010 7:53 PM
Data center cooling, Data Center management, Data Center power management
Power usage effectiveness (PUE) tools in the data center
What power usage effectiveness (PUE) or efficiency estimator tools are you using for your data center? Have they exposed any particular places where you could improve? What type(s) of information do you wish you had more of?
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| July 1, 2010 8:35 PM
Data Center power management
What power usage effectiveness (PUE) or efficiency estimator tools are you using for your data center? Have they exposed any particular places where you could improve? What type(s) of information do you wish you had more of?
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| July 1, 2010 8:35 PM
Data Center power management
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 question is how about splitting the 4 generating sets into two parts to [...]
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| August 25, 2009 5:08 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, data center generator, Data Center power management
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 question is how about splitting the 4 generating sets into two parts to [...]
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| August 25, 2009 5:08 PM
Data center design and infrastructure, data center generator, Data Center power management
Data center spending: initial cost vs. power-saving?
In ideal world, data center upgrades would not only always be reasonably priced, but they would also be highly efficient. However, we’re rarely given the luxury of having both. In this economy, are you more inclined to buy equipment that is less expensive but perhaps not as power-efficient, higher-end, greener products that could save you [...]
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| June 15, 2009 8:38 PM
Data Center Cost, Data Center Hardware, Data Center power management
In ideal world, data center upgrades would not only always be reasonably priced, but they would also be highly efficient. However, we’re rarely given the luxury of having both. In this economy, are you more inclined to buy equipment that is less expensive but perhaps not as power-efficient, higher-end, greener products that could save you [...]
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| June 15, 2009 8:38 PM
Data Center Cost, Data Center Hardware, Data Center power management
Data Center electrical technology
why transformer rating is taken in kva not in kw?
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| June 8, 2009 3:48 AM
Data Center power management
why transformer rating is taken in kva not in kw?
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| June 8, 2009 3:48 AM
Data Center power management
Damage to Data Center Equipment due to hard shutdown after power failure
We experienced hard shutdown of all our data center equipment after utility power interruption and inability of our CRAC units to properly cool the space due to problems with cooling tower. Server room heat reached around 110 degrees causing all equipment to go into a hard shutdown. It tool f hours to bring the tempreture [...]
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| May 18, 2009 10:17 PM
CRAC Units, Data center cooling, Data center disaster recovery planning, Data Center power failure, Data Center power management
We experienced hard shutdown of all our data center equipment after utility power interruption and inability of our CRAC units to properly cool the space due to problems with cooling tower. Server room heat reached around 110 degrees causing all equipment to go into a hard shutdown. It tool f hours to bring the tempreture [...]
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| May 18, 2009 10:17 PM
CRAC Units, Data center cooling, Data center disaster recovery planning, Data Center power failure, Data Center power management
Automatic shutdown for EMC CLARiiON CX3-8
Need to configure Automatic Shutdown for SAN CX3-8 in case of extreme conditions like overheating of server room
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| August 18, 2009 1:38 AM
Data Center power management, Disaster planning, EMC CLARiiON CX3-8, Network storage, Storage disaster planning, Storage management
Need to configure Automatic Shutdown for SAN CX3-8 in case of extreme conditions like overheating of server room
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| August 18, 2009 1:38 AM
Data Center power management, Disaster planning, EMC CLARiiON CX3-8, Network storage, Storage disaster planning, Storage management
Formula for calculating the power consumption of computers?
formula for power conjumption.
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| August 27, 2009 9:11 AM
Data Center power management, Electrical, Power management
formula for power conjumption.
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| August 27, 2009 9:11 AM
Data Center power management, Electrical, Power management
Power Consumption and UPS sizing
Hello, I am trying to determine if our current power infrastructure is capable of providing the required power for an BladeSystem c7000. the goal is to migrate several of our older servers that are coming off of lease to the blade using vmware’s p2v (physical to virtual) tool. Our current power infrastructure consists of an [...]
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| June 8, 2009 5:18 PM
APC, Data Center power management, HP BladeSystem c7000, Power generation equipment, Power management, UPS, VMware P2V
Hello, I am trying to determine if our current power infrastructure is capable of providing the required power for an BladeSystem c7000. the goal is to migrate several of our older servers that are coming off of lease to the blade using vmware’s p2v (physical to virtual) tool. Our current power infrastructure consists of an [...]
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| June 8, 2009 5:18 PM
APC, Data Center power management, HP BladeSystem c7000, Power generation equipment, Power management, UPS, VMware P2V
Power surge on Hub port
How to update your DT9837 module
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| March 16, 2009 2:37 PM
Data acquisition, Data Center power management, Data translation, DT9837 module, Network hub
How to update your DT9837 module
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| March 16, 2009 2:37 PM
Data acquisition, Data Center power management, Data translation, DT9837 module, Network hub
Checklist for managing risk of Data Center power shutdown
We are planning to have a shutdown of power at data center to upgrade electrical power feeder. In doing so, we need to know the checklist to ensure risks associated during the initiative are minimized and controlled. We have hundreds of servers located at the data center that store appls and databases.
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| February 17, 2009 3:12 AM
Data center maintenance, Data center operations, Data Center power management, Risk assessment, Risk management
We are planning to have a shutdown of power at data center to upgrade electrical power feeder. In doing so, we need to know the checklist to ensure risks associated during the initiative are minimized and controlled. We have hundreds of servers located at the data center that store appls and databases.
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| February 17, 2009 3:12 AM
Data center maintenance, Data center operations, Data Center power management, Risk assessment, Risk management
Dealing with 30 kW heat load blade server
How do you deal with a 30 kW heat load blade server?
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| September 11, 2008 8:57 PM
Data center cooling, Data center facilities, Data Center power management, Power management
How do you deal with a 30 kW heat load blade server?
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| September 11, 2008 8:57 PM
Data center cooling, Data center facilities, Data Center power management, Power management
Power Requirements for a new Building
Does anybody have a recomendation of what to tell a landloard for incoming power requirements for a 1000 user + company. This would be new construction and I’m wondering if there is unique power requirements we should ask for beyond just having power for our server room.
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| July 10, 2008 6:46 PM
Data center operations, Data Center power management, Power management
Does anybody have a recomendation of what to tell a landloard for incoming power requirements for a 1000 user + company. This would be new construction and I’m wondering if there is unique power requirements we should ask for beyond just having power for our server room.
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| July 10, 2008 6:46 PM
Data center operations, Data Center power management, Power management
