by Ian Seaton | Feb 15, 2023 | Blog
What does data center flexibility mean? When I think of flexibility, my mind goes down several paths. A child has a flexible structure that allows her to chew on her foot. A balloon is adaptable to change both size and shape. In football, an Offensive Coordinator can...
by Ian Seaton | Feb 8, 2023 | Blog
Some data center airflow containment is better than no containment at all. Usually. Under the right conditions. I have always been a proponent of maximizing cold and hot air separation in data centers. After all, a mere 10% loss in full containment could cost a couple...
by Ian Seaton | Dec 7, 2022 | Blog
We have talked about data center airflow management for high and low-density deployments, for raised floor and slab floor data centers, for legacy servers and newer heat tolerant servers, and many other applications and scenarios. Simply put, we have covered many...
by Ian Seaton | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog
First and foremost, we should never have to choose between good cable management and good airflow management. After all, poor cable management may produce poor airflow management, and therefore, effective cable management is a critical contributor to effective airflow...
by Ian Seaton | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog
There is still only one generally applicable explanation for the convergence of tech whereby IT and facilities are coming together: someone upstairs dictated it. Granted, there are some variations on this theme. Where the core business is turning a profit from...