Problems Diagnosing Zinc Needles in High-Tech Environments via Sterile Environment Technologies The issue of Zinc Needles (or Zinc Whiskers) has been plaguing data centers worldwide for almost 50 years, causing catastrophic downtime in high-tech environments. For the past decade, disaster recovery c…Read More
Data Center Access Floor Cleaning: Best Practices via Sterile Environment Technologies Data Center Facility Managers all over the world are unknowingly causing downtime or dramatically increasing risk to sensitive equipment in data centers every day with improper cleaning protocols and staffing. Rea…Read More
Zinc Needle Remediation Best Practices via Sterile Environment Technologies The issue of Zinc Needles (or Zinc Whiskers) has been plaguing data centers worldwide for decades, causing catastrophic downtime in high-tech environments. For the past decade, disaster recovery companies have been stepping …Read More
Contamination Issues from Belts in Air Handlers via Sterile Environment Technologies Dedicated air units are supposed to be feeding clean “filtered” air into data centers, computer rooms, network rooms and other raised floor centers. However, recently a contamination phenomenon has been realized…Read More
Sun Microsystems recently published a Planning Guide discussing data center best practices. via Sterile Environment Technologies Even a perfectly designed data center will require continued maintenance. An effective cleaning schedule must consist of specially designed short−term and long−term a…Read More
Upsite Technologies recently published a White Paper discussing how a cooling capacity factor revealed stranded capacity and data center cost savings. via Sterile Environment Technologies Computer rooms today, on average, have cooling capacity that is nearly four times the IT load. With data from 45…Read More
While Google does occasionally allow tours of its Californian Googleplex HQ, the Internet giant ain’t so hot on letting you roam around its myriad of data centers, for obvious reasons. That privilege lies with a handful of Google employees. Now, however, Google is inviting the world inside its …Read More
One company peddling products that keep servers cool in liquid, Green Revolution Cooling, expects two webscale companies to make announcements soon about production-scale plans. The company’s chief executive sees wider adoption down the line. Read Full Story Here Source: Gigaom…Read More
A few days after tech giant Hewlett-Packard unveiled its idea for a fundamental rethink of the server, chip giant Intel, which often has a way of setting the agenda on these things, has floated a concept for a rethink of the server rack. Read Full Story Here Source: All Things D …Read More
Keeping cool is the number one cost for data centers. With rows and rows of servers and equipment producing heat, data centers have traditionally been cooled by using air conditioning. This is an inefficient way to cool data centers and consumes a lot of power. As energy costs continue to rise,…Read More