Power Generation Equipment

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the key server components that influence power consumption. Get detailed guidance on data center planning, architecture, server implementation, and management so you can ensure maximum performance and power utilization.

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 | Published: 01 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: Most modern UPS systems do not include the internal transformers that were present in earlier designs. This evolution has increased efficiency while decreasing the weight, size, and raw materials consumption of UPS systems.

Posted: 09 Nov 2010 | Published: 09 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper, with embedded links and videos, will highlight the most essential points IT and facility managers need to know when evaluating the benefits and costs associated with powering and cooling their hospital's network closets.

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 | Published: 11 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: Important differences exist between precision cooling and building air conditioning (comfort cooling) in controlling these environmental conditions. In this paper, we compare both cooling systems’ ability to maintain favorable environmental conditions, and their energy efficiency and annual operating costs.

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 | Published: 11 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER:  Network closets in the healthcare setting are housing more powerful and critical equipment as hospitals and ambulatory offices rely on these spaces to support an increasing number of business-critical applications such as electronic medical records (EMRs), wireless communications and digital imaging.

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 07 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses some of the new approaches to power distribution including modular distribution and overhead power busway, and shows their advantages when compared to the legacy approach.

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: No one could have prepared the country for the wrath that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on the Gulf Coast of the United States. Why were businesses not more prepared to recover quickly and continue operating in the face of this disaster? Read this whitepaper to find out how a comprehensive disaster recovery plan could have helped.

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 | Published: 19 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: The obstacles for not measuring power consumption are real, but not having information often leads to major operational and strategic issues. Read this whitepaper to learn how to begin energy optimization and energy resource management with Viridity's EnergyCenter software.

Posted: 11 Aug 2010 | Published: 11 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: This Gabriel Consulting report research report focuses on the survey results and discusses IBM’s Power Systems virtualization milestones and touches on the implications for the Unix server market.

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 | Published: 16 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Fuel Cells and Micro Turbines are new technology alternatives for power generation for data centers and network rooms. This paper discusses the various modes of operation of these systems and examines benefits and drawbacks of the technologies when contrasted with conventional alternatives such as standby generators.

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 | Published: 06 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Many power-related problems are the result of inter-system ground noise. This problem cannot be corrected using typical AC-only power protection equipment. The cause and solution of inter-system ground noise problems are described.

Posted: 06 Apr 2010 | Published: 06 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Data Center carbon emissions are a growing global concern. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cites data centers as a major source of energy consumption in the United States. This paper introduces a simple approach, supported by free web-based tools, for estimating the carbon footprint of a data center anywhere in the world.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Small data centers and network rooms vary dramatically in the amount of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) runtime deployed. This paper identifies four steps to identifying if a standby generator is required.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Jul 2007

WHITE PAPER: Knowing the difference between Watts and Volt-Amps (VA) is crucial for UPS load sizing in data centers, but UPS vendors and manufacturers often use the terms interchangeably. Learn how to use these terms correctly in specifying power protection equipment.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Jan 2003

WHITE PAPER: Effective mission critical installations must address the known problems related to current and past data center designs. This paper presents a collection of power system challenges and requirements as obtained through systematic user interviews.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 04 Feb 2005

WHITE PAPER: Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) is often proposed as a key decision making criterion when comparing data center infrastructure systems. This paper explains how MTBF can be effectively used as one of several factors for specification and selection of systems, by making the assumptions explicit.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: The APC InfraStruXure product line offers an alternative architecture to the central UPS. This paper summarizes the key findings of MTechnology's quantitative risk assessment and discusses their implications for facility managers and designers.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: MTechnology, Inc. (MTech) performed a quantitative reliability analysis of the APC Symmetra MW UPS. The study used techniques of Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) to calculate the likelihood of over 680,000 potential failure modes.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Technology systems such as electronic medical records and digital imaging are revolutionizing healthcare. The continuous operation of these systems has become increasingly critical. Emerson Network Power has developed three centralized UPS configurations specifically for healthcare settings.

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 | Published: 21 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Today's IT, facilities and data center managers face the daunting challenge of maintaining a high availability data center while simultaneously increasing energy efficiency. Learn how Transformer-based UPS designs are proven topologies for achieving high efficiency without compromising availability in large enterprise data center applications.

Posted: 21 Jan 2010 | Published: 21 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: The commissioning process flow is described and critical success factors are discussed. The commissioning process inputs and outputs are also placed in context with other key data center project process phases and steps.

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 | Published: 02 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn the ways in which new technologies are impacting power demand patterns, explores the consequences of having too much power capacity or too little and then provides concrete advice on strategies for right-sizing your power systems.

Posted: 30 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: Developments in alternative energy technology are creating solutions that provide network operators with the ability to reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint. Read this short whitepaper for more information about alternative energy sources that can make your wireless network more eco-friendly and save you money.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: A data center's power availability has become essential to an organization's ability to serve its customers and to stay both competitive and profitable. This white paper will discuss 10 underutilized best practices for building and maintaining a highly available data center power infrastructure.

Posted: 01 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the advantages and disadvantages of EPO for protecting data centers and small IT equipment rooms containing UPS systems.

Posted: 10 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2005