Grow a Greener Data Centre
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Author(s): D. Alger
Publisher: Cisco Press
ISBN: 9781587051821
Format: softback
319pp
Price: $45.00, Canadian $54
Review Date: 24 August 2009
Review: Data Centers of companies and other organizations now have power consumption that have risen so dramatically that the US and European governments have issued standards to reduce their energy usage. Data Centers now are moving to centre stage in a company’s showpiece of its operations. It is not only electricity they consume but water and emit pollutants via standby generators and disposal of outdate computing equipment and batteries. The author maintains it is now possible to design more cost-effective Data Centers with superior availability, reliability and with more concern for the ecology. Chapter contents are as follows: 1. Going greener in the Data Center, 2. Measuring green Data Centers, 3. Green design and build strategies, 4. Powering your way to a greener Data Center, 5. Cooling your way to a greener Data Center, 6. Cabling your way to a greener Data Center, 7. Refrigerants and fire suppressants, 8. Choosing greener gear, 9. Greening your Data Center through consolidation, virtualization and automation, 10. Greening other business practices, Appendix Sources of Data Center green information.