White Papers

Below is a list of the white papers available for download. Click on the title to start the process.

Licensed To Kill?
In the current climate, license management and optimisation has become an increasingly important issue facing IT decision makers, thanks to its ability to lower overall software spend and reduce compliance risks. Most companies could quickly reduce software maintenance costs by around 5% simply by identifying surplus licenses and eliminating unused products. This paper from Kosten Metreweli of Tideway looks at how this can be achieved, and the processes that IT directors can put in place to quickly realise true cost savings.
Owner: Tideway
doc type: Word | size: 75 KB

CPI Passive Cooling Solutions: A path to higher density and lower cost
This paper from Ian Seaton of Chatsworth Products looks at the misconceptions surrounding passive cooling. In addition the paper will explore the reasons for these beliefs and explain how an intelligently engineered passive air cooling solution not only overcome these mythological obstacles, but leads to a solution that effectively cools heat loads well in excess of 20 kW per cabinet, while reducing energy costs and the resultant carbon footprint of a data center.
Owner: Chatsworth Products Inc.
doc type: PDF | size: 1.2 MB

Multi-Domain CMDB System White Paper
This paper offers an introduction to the kind of robust CMDB that IT organizations need today; one that allows them to maintain control and share knowledge across all IT silos; one that takes an holistic approach, and works as an open-object system to exponentially expand the possibilities of configuration management as a discipline. It will explore the necessary components of a CMDB built to empower all IT groups, making sure they are all aware of all the information needed to be aligned with their company’s business objectives. And, it will explain how the N(i)² Multi-domain CMDB system can help an organization bring such control and certainty to ICT infrastructure management and change management, whatever the business model and objectives.
Owner: N(i)2
doc type: PDF | size: 1.2 MB

IT And Change Management
For IT, deploying a Change Management system and implementing change processes are part of the foundation for effective IT services delivery and management. This White Paper gives IT managers and business executives an overview of the business benefits of Change Management with insight into the technical concepts and processes that are needed to effectively manage change.
Owner: N(i)2
doc type: PDF | size: 147 KB

Executive Summary - Reducing Bypass Airflow Is Essential for Eliminating Hotspots
On average, computer rooms have nearly three times more cooling that required - yet many are still having hot spot problems. This executive summary looks at bypass airflow as the main culprit in causing this problem and offers recommendations for addressing this growing, yet easy-to-solve problem.
Owner: Upsite Technologies
doc type: PDF | size: 141 KB

Green Data Center and Virtualization - Reducing Power by up to 50%
This white paper from Fujitsu Siemens Computers takes a look at the green data center and virtualization and how power consumption can be reduced by up to 50%.
Owner: Fujitsu Siemens Computers
doc type: PDF | size: 1.35 MB

Administration Made Simple: How Utility Storage is Using New Virtualisation Technologies to Help Organisations Uncover Resources They Never Knew They Had
Breakthrough hardware and software innovations based on virtualisation and a utility-type approach to data storage are enabling datacentres and their staffs to overcome the cost, complexities and functional limitations of traditional storage arrays. By deploying the right storage solution, organisations can free up their storage administrators and other IT staff to pursue higher value activities and uncover resources they never knew they had. Find out how in this paper from Craig Nunes, VP of Marketing at 3PAR.
Owner: 3PAR
doc type: PDF | size: 140 KB

Optical Fibres In Geo's Networks
This paper briefly explains the main types of single mode optical fibre that are currently deployed in telecommunication networks, together with their relative strengths and weaknesses and how the different types are used within Geo’s network.
Owner: Geo
doc type: PDF | size: 108 KB

The High Performance Data Center: The Role of Ethernet in Consolidation and Virtualization
In today’s high performance data center, where information transformed into answers is the currency, information technology is regaining its role as a strategic asset that enables competitive advantages. This white paper from Force10 Networks explores the technologies needed to ensure businesses are prepared to meet the new challenges and opportunities of the emerging “answer economy”.
Owner: Force10 Networks
doc type: PDF | size: 1.09 MB

The Importance of ‘Partial Load’ Efficiency for Power Systems in Critical Data Centre Applications
Despite the overriding need for ‘high-nines’ Availability, operators of mission-critical data centres are increasingly being made aware of the energy losses (cost and environmental impact) in providing critical power and cooling to the computer-room space. With the increasing instance of dual-cord loads and adoption of advanced power system topology (e.g. Tier IV of The Uptime Institute) the normal running load of power systems rarely exceeds 40% of the equipments’ rated capacity. Hence the efficiency at partial-load is becoming more important than the full-load efficiency. This white paper from Active Power reviews the losses in a critical power system for competing UPS topologies; double-conversion static UPS supported by lead-acid batteries Vs line-interactive static UPS supported by medium-speed flywheel energy storage.
Owner: Active Power
doc type: PDF | size: 139 KB

Smart Load Shedding Ensures Uptime
Smart Load Shedding is a radically new product developed by Server Technology allowing the UPS and PDU to communicate. This technology lets the PDU shed non-critical devices based on the UPS going on battery, temperature conditions and current load. This white paper discusses this technology.
Owner: Server Technology Inc.
doc type: PDF | size: 160 KB

High Density Rack Configurations and Their associated Cooling Issues
This in-depth white paper from IXEurope on High Density Solutions covers in some detail their beliefs on the evolution of the Data Centre market
Owner: IXEurope
doc type: PDF | size: 1.8 MB

The Advantages Of Row And Rack-Orientated Cooling Architectures For Data Centres
The Advantages of Row and Rack-Oriented Cooling Architectures for Data Centers Room cooling is an ineffective approach for next-generation data centers. Latest generation high density and variable density IT equipment create conditions that room cooling was never intended to address, resulting in cooling systems that are inefficient, unpredictable, and low in power density. Row-oriented and rack-oriented cooling architectures have been developed to address these problems. This paper contrasts room, row, and rack architectures and shows why row-oriented cooling will emerge as the preferred solution for most next generation data centers.
Owner: APC
doc type: PDF | size: 975 KB

Case Study: Pomona Valley Medical Center
When Pomona Valley Medical Center initiated a four-year project to implement the Siemens Soarian workflow management platform, the main obstacle was the increasing heat loads in the hospitals data center which were threatening current operations and the ability to grow. Read this case study by Emerson Network Power on how they solved the problem by implementing the Liebert XD cooling system.
Owner: Emerson Network Power
doc type: PDF | size: 337 KB

Case Study: Cooling The Supercomputer At Virginia Tech
When Virginia Tech initiated plans to build a supercomputer by clustering hundreds of desktop computers, it had ambitious goals for the performance of the new system - including being one of the five fastest supercomputers in the world. But how do you keep the cluster cool? This case study from Emerson Network Power tells you how.
Owner: Emerson Network Power
doc type: PDF | size: 721 KB

Will Liquid Cooled Solutions Save Energy?
Recent technology advancements by IT equipment manufacturers have resulted in high heat-producing hardware that pushes the envelope of traditional air cooling methodologies. In response, various infrastructure vendors have introduced “liquid-cooled” cabinet solutions that can accommodate as much as 30 kW per cabinet or more. Here, we examine the energy efficiencies of the various cooling solutions available today and some possible cooling solutions that may be introduced in the near future.
Owner: Syska Hennessy Group
doc type: External Link | size: N/A