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Packet Technologies NZ to Offer Packet Power Solutions

Packet Technologies to bring Packet Power's advanced wireless data center monitoring solution to New Zealand data centres http://bit.ly/mvMeYc Read More

Lower Your Data Center Energy Costs by Raising the Temperature

Here's an excerpt from a brief article by Brian Renwick on how raising the ambient air temperature in your data center can significantly lower energy costs. Note that as the temperature increases, so does the need to closely monitor it. Do that... Read More

Know your Data Center Power, Part 3 - Single phase vs. three phase

Let’s use our water pipe analogy again: imagine an “AC water” system that delivers alternating pulses of water pressure and vacuum in a closed loop system, using two pipes. Water flows to the receiver (some sort of a hydraulic engine) through one... Read More

Know Your Power, Part 2 – AC/DC and the Power Factor

Most data centers today use AC (Alternating Current) power. The current within an AC system flows in one direction, reverses, flows backward and then forward again 50 or 60 times a second, depending on what country you’re in. That means that voltage... Read More

Know Your Power – The Basics

Power is an essential part of data center operations. Data centers must make sure enough power is always available. This has always been a challenge, but the challenge has grown as data center operators must not also contend with delivering far more... Read More