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May 27, 2012

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ALSO CALLED: Surge Protectors, Suppressors DEFINITION: See also Uninterruptible power supply .A surge suppressor (sometimes optimistically called a "surge protector") is a device inserted in the alternating current ( AC ) utility line and/or telephone line to prevent damage to electronic equipment from voltage "spikes" called transients. A more accurate term for this type of device is "transient suppressor." A typical surge suppressor is a small box with … Definition continues below.
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3 Business Workload Challenges Met Dell PowerEdge 12th Generation Servers sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Companies that do not have the right hardware in place typically struggle to manage virtualisation and collaboration, let alone realise benefits from these technologies. This resource discusses the latest servers that can help you successfully leverage these IT models without creating new complexity in your data centre. Posted: 13 Apr 2012 \| Published: 13 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Collaboration \| Hardware \| Rack Servers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Tower Servers

A Comparative Study of Microsoft® Exchange 2010 on Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720xd with Exchange 2007 on Dell™ PowerEdge™ R510 sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Exchange has changed dramatically over the last few years, but so have the servers that supported it. This white paper explores the recent developments businesses will find most beneficial and offers advice for matching hardware capabilities to user requirements. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Email \| Hardware \| Memory \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Performance Testing \| Server Hardware

AC vs DC Power Distribution for Data Centers sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: In this paper, you'll learn why high-efficiency AC will likely emerge as the dominant choice for data center power distribution. Topics covered include a review of the characteristics of AC & DC distribution, A mathematical model of the efficiency of two different AC distribution systems, and Why many of the DC benefits are unfounded. Posted: 10 Jul 2008 \| Published: 10 Jul 2008 TOPICS: AC Power Supplies \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| DC Power Supplies \| IT Management \| Network Management \| Power Consumption Monitoring \| Power Generation Equipment \| Power Supplies

Avocent Universal Management Gateway - Delivering Confidence through Connection sponsored by Avocent WHITE PAPER: You need to maintain control over your data center as it expands, regardless of where it is physically located. This white paper describes a management tool that can assist you in this process by gathering real-time data, enhancing infrastructure efficiency, and more. Posted: 27 Apr 2012 \| Published: 27 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Software \| Storage Appliances

Avoidable Mistakes that Compromise Cooling Performance in Data Centers and Network Rooms sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive resource to learn how to avoid mistakes when installing cooling systems and racks in data centers or network rooms. This paper examines these typical mistakes, explains their principles, quantifies their impacts, and describes simple remedies. Posted: 29 Apr 2009 \| Published: 29 Apr 2009 TOPICS: Buildings and Facilities \| Cooling Capacity \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Fault Tolerance \| Load Balancing \| Network Capacity \| Network Management \| Power Generation Equipment \| Rack Enclosures \| Rack Servers \| Systems Design and Development

Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: By using the Oracle Exadata Database Machine as a data warehouse platform you have a balanced, high performance hardware configuration. This paper focuses on the other two corner stones, data modeling and data loading, providing a set of best practices and examples for deploying a data warehouse on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Posted: 12 Mar 2012 \| Published: 12 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Data Modeling \| Data Warehouses \| Database Performance Management \| Database Performance Management Software \| Databases \| Hardware \| Hardware Management \| OLTP \| Oracle (Product)

Cloud Design and Deployment: A Reference Architecture sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This reference architecture is intended for data center administrators and enterprise IT professionals who seek power management solutions to achieve better efficiency within new or existing data centers. Posted: 23 Mar 2011 \| Published: 23 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Power Supplies

Considerations for Deploying Deduplication in a Small Business Environment sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: Deduplication has been one of the hottest technologies in the storage industry for almost three years and has grown into a mainstream technology from the large enterprise down to the small business and remote office. Read this white paper to learn the important questions for SMB managers to ask. Posted: 10 Dec 2010 \| Published: 10 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Enterprise \| Hardware \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Storage Industry

Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets and Small Rooms sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the science and practical application of an improved method for the specification of cooling for wiring closets. Posted: 01 Oct 2010 \| Published: 01 Oct 2010 TOPICS: Computer Room Air Conditioning Units \| Cooling Capacity \| Cooling Equipment \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Fans \| Heat Sinks \| High Availability \| IT Best Practices \| Power Supplies

Customers Achieve Extreme Performance at Lowest Cost with Oracle Exadata Database Machine sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper contains a sampling of real business results that organizations in a variety of industries worldwide have achieved by implementing Oracle Exadata. Read now to learn more. Posted: 26 Mar 2012 \| Published: 26 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Hardware \| Oracle (Product) \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| Scalability Testing \| Software \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Storage Strategy for Virtual Data Centers

Dell PowerEdge R515 Servers Delivered High-Availability Performance for 500+ Users With Plenty of Room for Growth sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This test report underscores the need for a highly available data center to support applications running on virtual machines. Access a sample server and processor architecture and obtain detailed instructions for enabling it. Posted: 24 Apr 2012 \| Published: 24 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Management \| Downtime \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization

Dell PowerEdge R515 servers delivered high-availability performance for 500+ users with plenty of room for growth sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the key components of a highly available architecture. Find out how one specific configuration performed and discover the essential steps required to implement it. Posted: 16 May 2011 \| Published: 16 May 2011 TOPICS: Clustering \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Switches \| Virtual Machine

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720xd with PERC H710P: A Balanced Configuration for Microsoft® Exchange 2010 Solutions sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Email is already critical to business communications, and its importance is only expected to grow exponentially. This white paper compares two server architectures so you can identify the best platform to support your Exchange environment. Posted: 16 Apr 2012 \| Published: 16 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Email \| Hardware \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Performance Testing \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware

Dell™ PowerEdge™ R720xd: An Energy- Efficient Datacenter Building Block for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: As new messaging requirements emerge, companies are quickly realizing the limitations of their server and storage infrastructure. This white paper showcases a hardware configuration that improves energy efficiency while providing the capacity, density, data throughput, and availability needed to support Exchange 2010. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 \| Published: 17 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Email \| Energy Efficiency \| Hardware \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Server Hardware

Four Bottom-Line SMB Benefits of Upgrading to Next-Generation Servers sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Without up-to-date servers in place, it is difficult for organisations to progress beyond a certain point in their virtualisation initiatives. This white paper explains how you can take your virtualisation project to the next level by deploying high-performance hardware created with this technology in mind. Posted: 16 Apr 2012 \| Published: 16 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Networking \| Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Hardware Load Balancing for Optimal Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Performance sponsored by F5 Networks WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 offers improved support scalability, reliability, and availability, but its changes do impact existing installations. Learn how to make a smooth transition and optimize performance based on Microsoft recommendations for highly available deployments. Posted: 14 Feb 2012 \| Published: 14 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Hardware \| Load Balancing \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Remote Access Software

Imagination to Insight: Accelerating Discovery with the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Under-performing processors can limit the potential of HPC applications and interfere with an organization's ability to run simulations and solve problems in a timely manner. This solution brief discusses the latest processor developments that optimize performance, strengthen security, and enable parallelism in business infrastructures. Posted: 17 Apr 2012 \| Published: 17 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Data Center Management \| Hardware \| High Performance Computing \| Performance Testing \| Processor Architectures \| Research and Development \| Security

Increasing Energy Efficiency Through Modular Infrastructure sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Growing power costs are making energy efficiency a top priority for today's IT professionals. This white paper explores the latest hardware and software developments you can leverage to directly address this concern, drive performance, and improve resource utilization. Posted: 06 Mar 2012 \| Published: 06 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Power Supplies \| Server Hardware

Integrating Desktop Virtualization into Your Cloud Strategy sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Desktop virtualization and cloud computing are two initiatives that are gaining popularity among the IT industry. This white paper highlights ways you can build a more stable, secure, and efficient computing environment around a virtual desktop infrastructure. Plus, learn how cloud and VDI work together to help you become an efficient business. Posted: 17 Jun 2011 \| Published: 17 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Desktop Virtualization \| Hardware \| Hardware Management \| Software \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| VMware \| VMware Server

Machine manufacturer cuts power consumption by approximately 30 percent with virtualized Dell infrastructure sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Machine manufacturer Hennecke wanted to boost enterprise efficiency but was constrained by its IT infrastructure. Guided by Dell consultants, the IT team chose virtualized Dell servers and Dell/EMC centralized storage. This case study examines this transition and the benefits achieved. Posted: 06 Apr 2011 \| Published: 06 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Power Management \| Power Supplies \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management

Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Dell Systems: Simple Distributed Configurations sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses various options for properly configuring Exchange 2010. Determine which architecture is best for the number of mailboxes you must support, your average user profile, and more. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Email \| Email Management \| Hardware \| Microsoft Exchange \| Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 \| Server Hardware \| Storage Appliances

Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010: Small Farm with Dell PowerVault Storage - Performance Study sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: This white paper underscores the importance of SharePoint and details its unique hardware and workload requirements. Obtain exclusive advice to help you design an architecture that will increase performance and response times in your SharePoint environment. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 25 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Hardware \| Performance Testing \| Processor Architectures \| Server Hardware \| SharePoint \| Storage Architectures

Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010: Virtualized Small Farm with Dell PowerEdge 12th Generation Servers - A Performance Study sponsored by Dell and Microsoft WHITE PAPER: SharePoint 2010 has many uses that should be taken into account when designing and configuring its technical components. This white paper examines the key findings from a recent hardware performance assessment and offers advice for incorporating virtualization into your deployment. Posted: 27 Apr 2012 \| Published: 27 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Hardware \| Performance Testing \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| SharePoint

Network Best Practices: Prepare For The Future sponsored by Quest Software WHITE PAPER: This white paper delivers best practices for helping you with network planning and expansion. From design considerations to business needs, get the information you need to build a successful network plan. Posted: 10 Feb 2012 \| Published: 10 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Ethernet Networks \| Gigabit Ethernet \| Hardware \| Network Appliances \| Network Architectures \| Network Best Practices \| Network Design \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Security \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| VPN \| WAN

Oracle x86 Rack Servers Optimized for Rapid Deployments and Operational Efficiency sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper reveals key factors to consider when selecting a server and explains why more and more organizations are relying on x86 platforms. Access key findings from your peers concerning their spending on servers, power and cooling expenses, and more. Posted: 07 Oct 2011 \| Published: 07 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Security \| Server Hardware

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SURGE SUPPRESSORS DEFINITION (continued): … several utility outlets, a power switch, and a 3-wire cord for plugging into a wall outlet.In most countries where electronic equipment is used, the effective AC utility voltage is 110 to 120 volts; the peak voltage is on the order of plus-or-minus 160 to 170 volts at a frequency of 60 hertz . But transients, which arise from various causes, commonly reach peak levels of several hundred volts. These pulses are of short duration, measured in microseconds (units of 10 -6 second), but in that time, they can cause hardware to malfunction. The worst type of transient occurs when lightning strikes in …
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