The Uptime Institute: Is this Symposium Right for You?

IS THIS SYMPOSIUM RIGHT FOR YOU?

“I am mildly interested in theories on cooling high-density equipment, but I’m looking forward to this Symposium providing actual case studies of build-outs from people who are successfully cooling as much as 4kW per cabinet.”

- Allen Beatty,
Data Center
Facility Manager,
BellSouth

Ten Questions to Help Determine if This Symposium is Right for You

Are you receiving sufficient information from your vendors? Or do you need independent and unbiased peer information on the challenges, risks, benefits, costs, and solutions of high-density computing?
Do you understand current high-density computing trends and are you able to predict future impacts on your organization?
Can you quantify how the cost of computing has fundamentally shifted? Are you organizationally prepared for this profound structural change in both capital and operational expense? Do you know what governance changes are needed?
Can you accurately, concisely and simply explain these changes and trends to more senior management?
Do you have the tools necessary to calculate application Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) justification and infrastructure cost charge backs to reflect the new cost realities?
Are you experiencing “hot spots” in your data center without recognizing the problem soon enough? Are you currently having thermally-caused unreliability and downtime incidents without realizing it? Do you know what your data center’s SLAs say about unplanned heat density-caused downtime and damage? Who’s responsible? Should you care?
What strategic actions can your organization take now that will save you significant money in the future and will benefit the entire industry?
Have you learned from the trial-and-error cooling experience of other users how to avoid painful and costly engineering and operational mistakes?
Do you have a computer room master plan that details the mix of blades in the computing environment and the likely thermal impacts?
Who is ultimately responsible for the risk related to your computer room facilities and critical infrastructure? Do you have an Integrated Critical Environment (ICE) team? Are they trained? Do they have the necessary resources? Do they have the right charter? Are they properly led?