by Ian Seaton | Sep 15, 2021 | Blog
Cages and containment don’t have to be mutually exclusive. If the cage is not compatible with containment, there will be a need for extra volume airflow and lower cooling unit set points, resulting in higher operating costs. Customer/client cages in colocation data... 
by Ian Seaton | Sep 8, 2021 | Blog
Best practice is to specify maximum allowable IT equipment inlet temperature and let mechanical plant find its own level. Managing temperature by thermostat set point frequently results in mechanical plant wasted energy and cycling or heating by cooling equipment.... 
by Ian Seaton | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog
Dramatic differences in required rates of temperature change could impact access to free cooling. Different RH requirements change access to free cooling and requirement for humidity management. Decisions about storage architectures are another IT management... 
by Ian Seaton | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog
Not doing so violates hot and cold aisle segregation, resulting in the need for lower set points and higher air volume delivery, and therefore reduced total and redundant cooling capacity and higher operating costs. Servers are not the only equipment IT management is... 
by Ian Seaton | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog
Different server classes operate at different maximum temperatures, resulting in more free cooling hours, significantly reducing operating cost. Different maximum server temperatures result in different chiller operating conditions and may mean no chiller is required...