White Papers

White papers discussing the history, role and improvement of data centers.

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  SYSTIMAX 360™ Ultra High Density Fiber Solution for Data Center Networks Application Guide

  Data Center fiber networks are evolving and can assist with data center concerns such as power, cooling, floor space, and equipment density storage and local area networks can vary in size, architecture, and platform and may be centrally located or scattered throughout a data center. The SYSTIMAX 360 Ultra High Density (UHD) solution was created to allow for maximum design flexibility while providing modular and scalable growth.
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  Zone Distribution In the Data Center

  Source: CablingBusiness.com

  As data centers face the continued need to expand and grow, the fundamental concerns and needs remain constant. Key concerns of the data cabling infrastructure in the data center must provide reliability, scalability, manageability and flexibility in order to meet the ever-changing requirements of the data center network.
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  Data Center Projects: System Planning

  Source: APC White Paper #142

  System planning is the Achilles' heel of a data center physical infrastructure project. Planning mistakes can magnify and propagate through later deployment phases, resulting in delays, cost overruns, wasted time and ultimately a compromised system. 
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  Fundamentals of Data Center Power and Cooling Efficiency Zones

  Source: The Green Grid

  Data center efficiency is impacted by physical infrastructure equipment residing both inside and outside of the physical data center. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of where the power and cooling efficiency losses are likely to occur and offers suggestions regarding how to correct the inefficiencies.
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  Short-Circuit, Coordination and Arc-Flash Studies for Data Centers: Best Practices and Pitfalls

  Source: Karl A. Homburg, PE, Staff Power Systems Engineer, Square D Engineering Services

  This paper describes the challenges that a typical data center presents to the system study engineer, common pitfalls that must be avoided, and describes how a well-performed system study is crucial to the successful performance of a data center power system.
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  Raised Floor vs. Overhead Cabling for Data Centers

  Source: CommScope

  With data center white space and servers driving such a significant part of the global IT economy, there is an increasing need to design in energy conservation and efficiencies within the data centers space.
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  Data Centers - Meeting Today's Demand

  Source: NECA

  Computer servers have become smaller and more powerful, but that doesn't mean businesses are devoting fewer square feet to them. In fact, data center construction is one of the biggest bright spots in today's commercial construction market.
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  Open Rack Approaches For Maximizing The Efficiency Of Equipment In A Cold-Aisle/Hot-Aisle Data Center Environment

  Source: Ortronics/Legrand

  It is a commonly held belief by IT and facilities managers that energy efficiency solutions in the data center can be costly. While it is critical to have an overall strategy for data center efficiency that includes some capital expenditures, there are many initiatives that can be implemented immediately and without significant cost impact.
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  SYSTIMAX® Solutions Data Center Planning Guide

  Source: CommScope SYSTIMAX

  The purpose of this Guide is to lead you through the steps of planning, installing and maintaining a data center. Both the theory and the practical issues of installation are described here.
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  Biggest Opportunity for Data Center Energy Savings

  Source: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
  

  It is time to finally get over the misconceptions generated by the loud and misleading rhetoric regarding the superior efficiencies of close-coupled and liquid cooled server cabinet solutions, as well as the supposed limits on power densities that can be effectively cooled by air.