A meet-me room (MMR) is a secure place where customers can connect to one or more carriers. This area enables cable companies, ISPs, and other providers to cross-connect with tenants in the data center. An MMR contains cabinets and racks with carriers’ hardware that allows quick and reliable data transfer. MMRs physically connect hundreds of
When we hear the term physical security what does it mean for you? How about the case for data centers? Physical security is the protection of personnel, hardware, software, networks, and data from physical actions and events that could cause serious loss or damage to an enterprise, agency or institution. This includes protection from fire, flood, natural
Throughout history, the fire has systematically wreaked havoc on the industry. Today’s data centers and network rooms are under enormous pressure to maintain seamless operations. Some companies risk losing millions of dollars with one data center catastrophe. In fact, industry studies tell us that 43% of businesses that closed due to fire never reopen and
How many of you are really aware of the two terms’ availability and reliability? How these two terms are related to data center services and what is the importance of those? Let us discuss this topic of availability and reliability of a data center. Availability Availability in its simplest term is the degree to which
Modern data center equipment racks can produce very concentrated heat loads. In facilities of all sizes, from a small data center supporting office buildings to dedicated enterprise/co-location facilities, designing to achieve precise control of the airflow through the room that collects and removes equipment waste heat has a significant impact on energy efficiency and equipment
In the past, IT equipment manufacturers and their data center operators were focused more on maximum performance, not energy efficiency. While the newest generations of computing hardware have continued to increase in performance, they have also become highly focused on energy efficiency. In fact, it has been shown that in many cases the cost of
I hope you have read about my previous article on the necessity of data center energy efficiency and the factors that affect efficiency. The second thing to be considered is the power system efficiency, various methods to be followed and how can we achieve this. The entire world is aware of environmental issues like global
The importance of energy efficiency in today’s data centers has grown significantly and has become more complex in recent years. To maintain high data availability, all components of the data center infrastructure must perform the assigned tasks to avoid any data center downtime requiring appropriate energy support. The technical infrastructure is fundamental to all information
Have you ever come across a data center? At least for a site visit or for a field activity? What if you are having a co-location data center space? You need to get information from another team that you are not even aware of? If yes, one of the main teams that you might have
We have seen many different aspects of data centers and their operational features. Did you ever think what are the factors that decide the efficiency of a data center? How can we make sure that our data center is running in the most cost-effective way, energy efficient and environment friendly? Because the data center is