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In response to a number of questions we have been receiving from Data Center Managers and IT heads, we are pleased to introduce ‘HOT AISLE FAQs’, an interactive section where our readers can send in any questions they have with respect to IT Infrastructure Management & Monitoring. These will be answered in the subsequent issues. |
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| Q1. What is PUE? How is it calculated? |
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| The Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric which was first introduced by The Green Grid™ in 2007 has become the de facto standard for measuring data center efficiency. But despite its prevalence, many data center operators are unclear on what PUE is, how it is calculated, and how it can be used to further energy efficiency initiatives. For instance, many data center managers know that their PUE readings should be as close to the number one as possible, but why? |
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| Are You Choosing The Right DCIM for CoLos |
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| Powered by phenomenal rise in mobile penetration, data and broadband services and riding high on demand for Cloud Services, India is a growing market for CoLocation Datacenters. Gartner predicts the colocation and hosting market in India will be worth $1.3bn by 2016. It is an emerging trend in multiple sectors with Banks and Government being two major sectors fuelling CoLocation Datacenter growth in India. While the upswing in demand provides unmatched opportunities to CoLo enterprises, the competition for the fast crowding market space is getting more intense. It is no more enough to offer price differential alone; clients are now demanding value beyond the proverbial dollar. |
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| E-bay data Center |
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| Dean Nelson, eBay's VP of Global Foundation Services, talks about eBay Inc's commitment to building cleaner, more efficient data centers, and gives a tour of their marquee facility outside of Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Data Center Industry: Poised for rapid growth |
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| The movement towards cloud computing, the rise of several content-heavy applications, and the exceptional demand for storage space, are some of the factors that are leading to the rapid growth of the data center segment. |
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Xiaomi plans to open a data center in India after the Indian Air Force expressed security concerns over its phones automatically sending user data to its servers in China. |
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AP government has granted 10 acres to the Pi Data Centre Private Limited to set up Rs.600 crore state-of-the-art data centre at Mangalagiri. |
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Microsoft has set up three data centers in India which will be operational by the end of 2015. |
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International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning an equity investment and debt funding of up to $20 million in NxtGen Technology Pte Ltd to expand existing data centre operations and services in Bangalore and Mumbai. |
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| Raritan’s smart rack controller is a central access point for all of Raritan’s environmental sensors such as temperature and humidity, and in conjunction with Raritan’s data center infrastructure management solution (DCIM) provides sensor readings and asset management. |
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