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Singapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan

Network World

GW of data center capacity with at least 300 MW of additional capacity in the near term, with more to come through green energy deployments, it announced earlier this week. Singapore wants to go beyond that and reduce energy use for air-cooling by raising the temperatures at which servers and storage racks can safely operate.

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'Catastrophic' Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks » Data.

Data Center Knowledge

‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. ‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Modular Data Centers.

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Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics

Data Center Knowledge

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Director of Field Marketing at Virident , a performance leader in flash-based storage-class memory (SCM) solutions. Storage Causes the Bottleneck. We must dispel a myth about storage costs, particularly for flash.

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Facebook's Power Footprint Growing, Moving East

Data Center Knowledge

Facebook’s data center energy use grew 33 percent in 2012, as the company installed tens of thousands of servers in its new company-built data centers. Facebook has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in its ultra-efficient facilities in both sites, which can slash the energy bill for its vast armada of servers.

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Fountainhead: Energy efficiency and dynamic infrastructures

Fountainhead

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Energy efficiency and dynamic infrastructures. I just read an interesting blog by Rob Aldrich on the advantages of "unified fabrics" when pursuing energy efficiency. Its a fantastic complement to virtualization. Virtualization. (31).

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud Computing » Storage. Remote backup and storage. Storage systems have become more efficient and can now do offsite, cloud-based backup and replication. This is where cloud storage can really help. Utility Storage for Virtual and Cloud Computing. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate.

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Intel Rolls Out Development Kit for KVM Tools » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

The company announced Virtual Gateway, a cross-platform keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) software development kit (SDK) that aides solution providers offer enhanced capabilities for diagnosing and troubleshooting datacenter hardware. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting.