The introduction of 2011 ASHRAE’s TC 9.9 Expanded Thermal Guidelines brought forth a new awareness of being able to successfully operate new IT equipment in the expanded “Allowable” ranges, far beyond the previous 2004 -2008 ASHRAE “Recommended” environmental envelopes.
In mid-February HP unveiled their new G8 generation servers. While the announcement contained the usual PR messages (new, improved, better, faster, smarter, etc.), it did highlight some interesting technologies that will presumably help improve the energy efficiency within the data center.
Businesses today face a complex array of conditions, including ever-changing economic climates, technology trends, and other obstacles that thwart many less-than-solid companies.
In Mission Critical’s Jan/Feb issue, Bruce Myatt (Zinc Whiskers, p. 22) provides a concrete example of the data center industry re-inventing the wheel.
Not that I want to spend time doing so, but I would bet that if one performed a search to find out what are the two most over used words related to data centers and technology over the past several years, those two would be “Cloud” and “Green.”