Inspired by the success of open source software, and aiming to encourage industry-wide collaboration around best practices for data center and server technology, Facebook has published technical specifications and mechanical CAD files for the Prineville data center's servers, power supplies, server racks, battery backup systems and building design.
Greenberg, S., Mills, E., Tschudi, B., Rumsey, P. & Myatt, B. Best practices for data centers: Lessons learned from benchmarking 22 data centers.
The face of IT is changing forever, thanks to agile business practices, software-defined data centers, flash and cloud.
During my first visit with him, he informed me that he had picked out a few of the most important ones for me to take home: papers on topics like microgeneration, "super-efficient" building practices, and data-center design were arranged in stacks that covered nearly the entire surface of a large dining-room table.
Greenpeace applauds Yahoo's practice of situating data centers near sources of clean energy.
In classic IT infrastructures security audits and penetration tests are used to document a data center's compliance to security best practices or laws.
Zheng and her colleagues are now working on building a prototype data center to put their solution into practice.
A data center generally relies on access control and other security practices to achieve the CIA.
The Big WHY: CyrusOne is one of the most profitable data center REITs that generates impressive returns through development and disciplined capital management practices.
Practice site personnel will enter and submit patients' clinical data electronically to a secure virtual data center.
