Since installing the racks, we have been working on beautifying the area, the control room has carpet tiles installed and furniture delivered, air conditioning was plumbed in. Tomorrow we have glass around the control room being installed.
The pipework running the floor for the data center air handling units and chilled water system has started to be laid.
Most data centers are located in places where particles and other contaminants are abundant. How to deal with this?
With cloud based services increasing in popularity, the demands for data centers is increasing, and with it energy use.
How are data centers adapting their DCIM monitoring for cloud based services? Find out more in this article.
AKCP, the world's oldest and largest supplier of networked wired and wireless sensor solutions, monitor Simon Fraser University data center.
The university recently updated their data center facilities, installing racks with rear door heat exchangers (RDHx) for high density computing. To guard against disasters caused by water leaks from the RDHx the data center administrators installed a leak detection system. AKCP rope and spot water sensors were deployed. Rope water sensors running down each aile under the rear doors will alert immediately should water leaks occur. This allows rapid response toguard against severe damage that water in the data center can cause.
