by Ian Seaton | Mar 26, 2025 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 6: Specifying Cages that Are Compatible with Containment 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... 
by Ian Seaton | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 5: Specifying Cooling Unit Set Points Best practice is to specify maximum allowable IT equipment inlet temperature and let mechanical plant find its own level. Managing temperature by thermostat... 
by Ian Seaton | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 4: Specifying Solid State Storage or Tape Storage Dramatic differences in required rates of temperature change could impact access to free cooling. Different RH requirements change access to free... 
by Ian Seaton | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 3: Specifying Equipment that Breathes from Front-to-Back Not doing so violates hot and cold aisle segregation, resulting in the need for lower set points and higher air volume delivery, and... 
by Ian Seaton | Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 2: Specifying A1, A2, A3, or A4 Servers Different server classes operate at different maximum temperatures, resulting in more free cooling hours, significantly reducing operating cost. Different...