by Upsite Technologies | Jul 17, 2019 | Blog
Sealing the open gaps in server racks is a well-known best practice when implementing airflow management improvements in a data center. After all, sealing these gaps (both within and along the sides of cabinets) often provides the greatest return on investment of any... ![[VIDEO] PUE Levels of Measurement: What You Need to Know](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/pue-levels-of-measurement-what-you-need-to-know-1080x600.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog
The Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric is the most popular method of calculating energy efficiency in the data center. Although hotly debated for its limitations, its use is still very prevalent throughout the industry. Developed by the Green Grid, PUE is simply... ![[VIDEO] How Flow Network Modeling Can Pinpoint Data Center Efficiency Bottlenecks](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/how-flow-network-modeling-can-pinpoint-data-center-efficiency-bottlenecks-1080x675.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog
What does frying an egg have to do with data center efficiency? Well, nothing really, but when we’re looking at the concept of exergy, i.e. the measure of not only energy itself, but the usefulness of that energy, the example of frying an egg helps explain this... ![[VIDEO] The State of the Data Center Industry: Energy and Redundancy](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-state-of-the-data-center-industry-energy-and-redundancy-1080x675.jpeg)
by Upsite Technologies | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog
According to the most recent AFCOM State of the Data Center Industry report, organizations continue to invest in solutions which help improve overall redundancy levels. For power, N+1 is still primary, but N+2 redundancy designs are expected to grow by over 40% over... ![[VIDEO] Defining Liquid Cooling in the Data Center](https://www.upsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/defining-liquid-cooling-in-the-data-center-1080x675.png)
by Upsite Technologies | Jun 5, 2019 | Blog
What is liquid cooling? To put it simply, liquid cooling is when the removal of a heat source is done by a liquid. Pretty straightforward, right? It should be, but there’s actually quite a few misconceptions as to what solutions are considered ‘liquid cooling’ and...