All Research Sponsored By:Schneider Electric

WHAT IS A MODULAR DATA CENTER?
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you will discover a framework for modular data center architecture. Read on to learn how you can reduce total cost of ownership, increase flexibility, reduce deployment time, and improve efficiency with a modular, scalable data center design.
Posted: 20 Nov 2013 | Published: 21 Nov 2012


High Efficiency Indirect Air Economizer-based Cooling for Data Centers
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details how indirect air economizer-based cooling will lower the cost of running your data center without the same risk as directly exposing your infrastructure to the outdoor air.
Posted: 18 Nov 2013 | Published: 18 Nov 2013


Classification of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents a classification system for data center infrastructure management tools, enabling IT pros to determine which physical infrastructure management tools they need and which ones they don't.
Posted: 12 Jun 2013 | Published: 12 Jun 2013


InfraStruxure for Small IT Spaces at Schneider Electric
VIDEOCAST: Access this video to discover a comprehensive solution that brings together UPS, power distribution and cooling offerings to help you manage small data centres, IT rooms, enterprise branches or network closets. This video outlines a solution that uses virtualisation, unified communication and cloud technologies to simplify these environments.
Posted: 05 Nov 2012 | Premiered: Nov 5, 2012


Avoiding Common Pitfalls of Evaluating and Implementing DCIM Solutions
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover tips for choosing the right data center infrastructure management tools. This resource describes the common pitfalls to avoid when choosing a DCIM solution and provides practical guidance to help you pick a toolset that is a better fit for your data center – and shows you how to implement it properly.
Posted: 13 Jul 2012 | Published: 13 Jul 2012


Economizer Modes of Data Center Cooling Systems
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to learn how your data center can reduce energy costs by using the right economizer mode. This resource provides definitions for the various types of economizer modes and compares their performance against key data center attributes.
Posted: 13 Jul 2012 | Published: 13 Jul 2012


Creating Order from Chaos in Data Centers and Server Rooms
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover innovative approaches to eliminating chaos in your data center or server room. From quick fixes to long term solutions, this resource has it all.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012


Ten Cooling Solutions to Support High-Density Server Deployment
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to discover ten cooling solutions to support high-density server deployment. Read on to learn how your organization can increase cooling efficiency and more.
Posted: 01 May 2012 | Published: 01 May 2012


Smart-UPS Features and Benefits Overview
VIDEO: Access this video to learn about the benefits of using an effective UPS to protect your servers and other network devices from surges, spikes, blackouts and more.
Posted: 25 Apr 2012 | Premiered: 25 Apr 2012


Virtualization Energy Cost Calculator
ASSESSMENT TOOL: Access this virtualization energy cost calculator to compare the cost of virtualized and non-virtualized IT environments. Input information about data center capacity, load, energy cost and view the percentage savings that virtualization can bring to your annual electric bill.
Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 18 Apr 2012


Energy Impact of Increased Server Inlet Temperature
WHITE PAPER: Learn how your business can promote data center energy efficiency by finding the optimal temperature range where the combined IT and cooling load is minimized.
Posted: 17 Apr 2012 | Published: 17 Apr 2012


Impact of Hot and Cold Aisle Containment on Data Centre Temperature and Efficiency
WHITE PAPER: Access this exclusive resource to discover the efficiency benefits of containment and learn about the differences between hot-air and cold-air strategies.
Posted: 09 Dec 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2011


Guidance for Calculation of Efficiency (PUE) in Data Centres
WHITE PAPER: The efficiency ratings of a data centre can vary substantially depending on what methodologies are applied. Access this exclusive resource to discover the importance of measuring data centre efficiency and learn about the issues companies face when establishing the PUE of an infrastructure.
Posted: 09 Dec 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2011


Schneider Electric Delivers StruxureWare™ for Data Centers
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This essential resource explores the top IT and business drivers for data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) software, definitions of DCIM, how it can solve data centre challenges, and presents the main benefits of DCIM.
Posted: 26 Oct 2011 | Published: 17 Oct 2011


Standardization and Modularity in Data Center Physical Infrastructure
WHITE PAPER: This paper examines how failure to adopt modular standardization as a design strategy for data center physical infrastructure (DCPI) is costly on all fronts, unnecessary expense, avoidable downtime, and lost business opportunity. Standardization and modularity, create wide-ranging benefits in DCPI that streamline and simplify every process.
Posted: 26 Jan 2011 | Published: 26 Jan 2011


How Monitoring Systems Reduce Human Error in Distributed Server Rooms and Remote Wiring Closets
WHITE PAPER: Surprise incidences of downtime in server rooms and remote wiring closets lead to sleepless nights for many IT managers. This paper analyzes several of these incidents and makes recommendations for how a basic monitoring system can help reduce the occurrence of these unanticipated events.
Posted: 26 Jan 2011 | Published: 26 Jan 2011


Estimating a Data Center's Electrical Carbon Footprint
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


Rack Powering Options for High Density
WHITE PAPER: In this APC whitepaper, alternatives for providing electrical power to high density racks in data centers and network rooms are explained and compared as well as defined guidelines for rack power systems that can reliably deliver power to high density loads while adapting to changing needs.
Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 09 Jul 2009


Solutions for Network Closets
WHITE PAPER: Convergence, consolidation, virtualization - today's IT trends have turned the network closet into a mission-critical environment. APC solutions give you the level of control, monitoring, and management that today’s more critical systems demand.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009


Solutions for Small to Medium Data Centers
WHITE PAPER: APC® by Schneider Electric enables you to adapt your data center to the changing needs of a business. With the same InfraStruXure® HD-Ready architecture, you can start out with a low-density data center, and later scale up to high density as needed without picking up the phone to call for more capacity, engineering or quotes.
Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Published: 23 Oct 2009


A Quantitative Comparison of High Efficiency AC vs. DC Power Distribution for Data Centers
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains why a move to a DC-based architecture is unwarranted on the basis of efficiency by comparing the most efficient DC and AC power distribution methods.
Posted: 10 Jul 2009 | Published: 07 Jan 2007


The Green Data Center: Energy-Efficient Computing in the 21st Century, Chapter 3, 2009 Update
EBOOK: This chapter is a primer on energy efficient cooling and power distribution principles and best practices in data center.
Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009


A Guide to Systems Planning for Data Center Management
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, you will learn how to eliminate systems planning problems with an orderly sequence of tasks that progressively transform and refine information from initial concept to final data center design.
Posted: 04 Feb 2009 | Published: 03 Feb 2009