by Ian Seaton | Sep 18, 2019 | Blog
This is part 1 of a three part series on ASHRAE’s recommended vs allowable data center environmental limits. To read part 2, click here, and to read part 3, click here. Despite the ubiquity of references to ASHRAE TC9.9’s guidelines on data center temperatures,... 
by Ian Seaton | Aug 28, 2019 | Blog
Last week we left off with Maxwell just about to escape from the backpack: “Time loses its reference points in such circumstances but I could tell the backpack was moving around and just as I was beginning to feel at one with the strawberry pepperoni mash-up, the bag... 
by Ian Seaton | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog
Hey. Maxwell here. Maxwell Air, that is. But you can call me Max. Did you ever have one of those days? What kind of day, you might ask? Well, something like standing on a corner waiting for the light to change and then you go to step into the street and … poof … you... 
by Ian Seaton | Jul 31, 2019 | Blog
Ten months ago, when I started this project of producing a series on algorithms for managing or planning a data center’s mechanical infrastructure, my thinking was that I could demystify the mechanical plant by breaking it down into discrete elements and making the... 
by Ian Seaton | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog
A set of Excel tools will not make us a certified PE or replace the need for a PE or architectural engineer to design our data center. Or, obviate the need for a mechanical facilities engineer to oversee ongoing operation; however, such tools can provide us with a...