centre of attention
READY TO RESHAPE
Luca Rozzoni of Chatsworth Products discusses best practice approach to thermal
management and optimising your data centre for the future.
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s technologies
surrounding cloud
computing and
convergence continue
to evolve, the data
centre industry is increasingly
being tasked with supporting these
platforms and the way data centre
resources are being utilised is
changing. Data centres are having
to reshape their strategies to allow
for greater capacity and to ensure
they can provide the highest quality,
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uninterrupted service that is being
demanded of them.
Data centre decision makers
must work to identify where their
resources are currently allocated
and how they can best be optimised.
Key to this is embracing the latest
thermal efficiency and power and
environmental monitoring strategies.
New kinds of cooling technologies
and power systems aim to create an
even healthier data centre ecosystem
capable of evolving with new trends.
Data centre managers must be
careful not to limit themselves with
architectures that specify limited
power capabilities. It’s important
to define power requirements and
monitor power use, not only to know
how much power is being used,
but to make the environment more
efficient, and identify ways to save on
power based on requirements. For
example, certain power heavy racks
may need to be distributed more
efficiently and, as space becomes a