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Lucian Lipinsky: Measuring data center energy consumption in watts per logical image
You can't manage what you don't measure." This is especially true when it comes to energy consumption. In automobiles, miles per gallon (MPG) very clearly identifies fuel efficiency. In the data center environment, there are metrics that can be adopted to measure computational power efficiency in a similar way that MPG measures automotive fuel efficiency. The Green Grid has proposed the use of power usage effectiveness (PUE) and data center efficiency (DCE), or data center infrastructure efficiency (DCIE), to measure data center energy efficiency. But concerns about the effectiveness of PUE and DCE as true measures of efficiency highlight the need for a better metric.PUE is a ratio of the total power a data center facility consumes versus how much of that power is consumed by IT equipment. An average data center should measure 2.0, meaning that only half of all the power consumed is used by non-IT equipment. A data center that measures greater than 2.0 needs to investigate its power inefficiencies. The Environmental Protection Agency recently stated that it will use PUE as an Energy Star rating for data centers. The EPA's endorsement should rapidly expand adoption of PUE.
SearchDataCenter article
Is you data center a TIA 942 compliant data center?
Is you data center a TIA 942 compliant data center? TIA 942 was developed by the Telecom Industry Association to define standards for building mission critical facilities like telecommunications hubs and data centers.TIA 942 is about uptime, maintenance, and scalability in your mission critical facilities. With the cost of data center downtime rising for most companies, companies that adopt standards like TIA 942 reduce the risks of lost revenue, lost credibility and lost customers.
TIA 942 compliant data centers have the following features:
- Minimized single points of failure to reduce or eliminate data center downtime
- Architectural and hardened design considerations
- Multiple entrances for people, power and telecommunications
- Cabling system infrastructure for redundancy and scalability
- Redundant power feeds, generators, UPS systems
- Scalable, redundant cooling systems
- Fire suppression standards
- Security standards
Understanding the value of standards is part of an effective CIO strategy. Companies that standardize on TIA 942 compliant data centers reduce the risks of data center downtime.
Lawrence Walsh: Managing the Mass of Clouds
Solution providers are getting nervous about their future in a world dominated by cloud computing services that, in many cases, won’t need a middleman. Perhaps the opportunity for solution providers isn’t in selling the cloud, but rather managing the mass of clouds on clients’ behalf.You can’t open a browser without hitting some report on cloud computing. Every vendor—IBM, Microsoft, Google, HP, Cisco, Dell—either has or is launching a cloud computing initiative, which promises to deliver applications directly to users via the Internet. And that, frankly, has many solution providers nervous.
Channel Insider article
Chicago colocation needs? Midwest colocation in Indianapolis may be your better choice
If you're looking for outsource data center facilities in Chicago, Chicago colocation may not be your best bet. SearchData Center.com's Mark Fontecchio writes about The Boyd Company's 2008 data center location evaluation. Midwest colocation ranked at the top. Smaller cities with low power costs and good telecom access are best.Power provider Duke Energy states on their website:
For the past five years, central Indiana has ranked first in high-tech job growth in the Midwest and fourth nationwide. This growth not only means greater connectivity and state-of-the-art information services for area business, but it also provides more opportunities and economic incentives for high-tech companies who are looking to start or expand their business in Indiana.
Do the math. If lower costs and higher uptime appeal to you, give the Chicago colocation alternative a call.
Jacob Gsoedl: Outsourcing disaster recovery services vs. in-house disaster recovery
Whether to create a disaster recovery (DR) site in-house or to outsource disaster recovery is a fundamental decision that needs to be made when creating a disaster recovery strategy. The in-house approach may be tempting, with the assumption that the work related to DR can be performed by existing staff. Unfortunately, experience shows that in-house disaster recovery is more likely to fail than outsourced DR services.According to an IDC study, enterprises that didn't outsource lost on average $4 million per disaster incident across a variety of business functions (e.g., sales/marketing, financing, e-commerce). In contrast, enterprises that outsourced to a third party lost an average of $1.1 million per incident. The study adds that companies that leverage an in-house model spend 32% more than those opting to outsource.
The study further shows that outsourcers can provide a shorter window of recovery, as measured by recovery time objective (RTO) over in-house operations by a reduced factor of 0.62. The study concludes that primary and DR data centers are more likely to get out of sync if disaster recovery services are performed in-house
SearchDisasterRecovery article
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- How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?
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- What is your greatest strength?
- -Listening and understanding the business issues that companies face
-Providing computer colocation facilities and data center services to companies who bet their business on their computer systems
-Maintaining a trusted network of professionals to provide a broad range of services to my clients
-Optimism about the future of Indianapolis and the technology sectors
- What are you working on?
- -Delivering flexible, cost-effective data center facilities and services
-Transforming Indianapolis into a national presence for data center services
-Reaching more people who can benefit from the services my company provides
-Studying and learning to improve my professional knowledge and skills
-Volunteering to help the community
- How big is your business?
- small company
- What is your Job Title
- Executive
- What is your Company Website?
- http://www.lifelinedatacenters.com
- What is your Personal Website?
- http://www.teamraggedglory.com
- What is your alma mater?
- Purdue University
- Why join Smaller Indiana? What are you hoping to experience here ?
- Joining a network of like-minded business people to help each other and create a better future for our city, our state, and our children.
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The Chain Continues: 7 Things about Doug Theis
1. I’m a tail end baby boomer – born to the son of a poor Minneapolis immigrant family and the daughter of a successful northwest Florida farmer. My parents met during World War II. I have one sister who's 13 years older than I am. That's old.
2. I’m an Indiana state high school soccer champ – I played for Heritage Christi… Continue
Posted on January 22, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment
Smaller Indiana helps dog find new home
Shortly thereafter, Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler, blogged on Smaller Indiana that his dog, a seven year old female black Lab mix named Bailey, needed a new home. Scott was moving t… Continue
Posted on December 1, 2008 at 6:04pm — 4 Comments
Why I Love Adventure Racing
About ten years ago, one of my running buddies, Leslie Shafer (now Thompson) told me about a race her boyfriend had done the previous year. He and a team of three others raced together through a course on foot, in canoes, and on bikes for about four hours. They didn’t kno… Continue
Posted on November 4, 2008 at 9:00pm — 8 Comments
Requiem for our cat George
Posted on November 2, 2008 at 6:30am — 6 Comments
The transformation of Eastgate Mall by Lifeline Data Centers
Work progresses well as we have removed about 10 40-ton dumpsters of trash with another 20 or so dumpsters to go. Job one is converting the old Burlington Coat Factory into hardened computer room facilities. We will have that data center space avai… Continue
Posted on May 28, 2008 at 8:30am —
Comment Wall (46 comments)
- At 11:04pm on March 20, 2009,
Stephanie Daily said… - Hi Doug, Thanks for friending me - great to meet you today, looking forward to more Hole in the Wall lunches, Bob Dylan discussions, and perhaps that outrageously fantastic burger joint, or sushi.
Cheers! Steph
- At 11:44pm on March 17, 2009,
Brandon Bauer said… - Hello, I am new to Smaller Indiana and thought I would reach out to connect and say hello. My name is Brandon and I am the Director for Musical Medicine. We build music libraries for hospitals.
Are you planning on attending the Chocolate Blues and Business Networking Festival next Thursday? I hear it's going to be huge, they expect about 1,500 people to attend. It should be a great networking day! I have free tickets, if you need a ticket, let me know and I'll email you one. If you want more details about it, it's listed under events on the 26th.
Have a good day and I look forward to networking with you. Please let me know if I can ever do anything for you,
Brandon
- At 9:26pm on January 20, 2009,
Casey Mullins said… - Thanks again for walking me to my car yo, you THE IS the man.
- At 11:52am on January 16, 2009,
Mike Tollar said…
- Fantastic. Keep building. We need more successful network marketers out there.
- At 11:44am on January 16, 2009,
- Let me know how Zrii is going for you!
- At 9:34pm on January 7, 2009,
Amy Stark said… - Hey--- ID Ten T Error on my part. The Tweet up is on Friday 1-9-09 At Hubbard and Cravens. It is correct in the event listing. Sorry for the mix up.
- At 11:49am on January 6, 2009,
Bob Burchfield said… - I was delighted to share a little conversation with you last night and to put a face with a name. Let's do a Burger Quest real soon!
- At 8:13pm on January 1, 2009,
Genie Goykhberg said… - Happy New Year, Doug!
I am looking for a web-designer with an artistic vision, do you have any recommendation by chance?
Thank you.
- At 6:18pm on December 29, 2008,
Laura Duncan said… - Tell me more about this and I will definitely try and get a sub for the day.
- At 1:26pm on December 18, 2008,
Brian Huff said… - Hey Doug, what sort of info can you give me on adventure racing? I've got a colleague who is intrigued and wants to us to see how we can get involved.
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