Being an active participant in data center planning can help you prove your worth as a VAR to your customer. By acting as a resource, sounding board or
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contractor, a solid relationship can be built and trust can be established. But before any of that can happen, you must have the best available knowledge and resources at your finger tips to make the best server room and data storage facility planning decisions. This guide will introduce you to server room design and storage room planning essentials to bring with you to your customers' shops.
Server room and data storage facility needs
Data center planning and design
Server room power and cooling considerations
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Storage
facility design services
Designing data center planning for a customer can be big business for VARs. In addtion to the
hardware alone, there is the opportunity for maintenance and support. But in order to land that
first contract, VARs need to be up to date on their knowledge of power, heating and cooling
technologies and techniques.
Storage
capacity planning: Managing storage inventory
Manage storage free-space and get insights into the efficiency of your customer's storage shop by
applying inventory management principals. Contributor Brian Peterson explains storage inventory
turnover and how to determine storage rate of consumption.
Server room planning:
Location, space, setup and environmental considerations
Before building or redesigning a data center server room, VARs need to take into account the
different aspects that will all be competing for space: hardware, components and interconnects. By
laying the proper foundation, on-going maintenance will be less difficult than it otherwise might
be.
Putting
the brakes on virtual sprawl
Virtualization will help address rising data center costs and server tracking issues, but virtual
sprawl is another dilemma altogether. Help your customers avoid virtual sprawl issues with the
advice in this Q&A.
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Server
room design first steps: A crash course
Planning and building a data center server room takes careful consideration and attention to detail
-- not to mention explaining the details to a customer. Before starting the project, it is worth
your while to check out these pieces of expert advice.
Learning
Guide: How to design a server room
It's not easy loose track of all the elements that need to go into a server room or data center.
This learning guide is a great place for VARs to make sure that all the loose ends are tied up
before proceeding with a data center planning project. From reserving a room to flooring
considerations, make sure that you don't over look anything.
ASHRAE
considerations for data centers
An often overlooked aspect of data center and server room design is sound. Acoustical noise
emissions can have a negative impact on employees at a company who can hear the data center humming
away. This chapter excerpt from ASHRAE helps VARs get the noise under control.
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Data center
infrastructure management: Power and cooling tips
Data center infrastructure management is a mission critical aspect of any company. Resellers who
support data center hardware give themselves the opportunity to be in front of customers regularly
to make sure the hardware is functioning properly.
Hot
opportunities in power and cooling for the channel
Server technology is constantly changing, but some VARs are still using old information and
techniques about cooling and idata center nfrastructure design. Being current and on the leading
edge of technology is very important to any VARs business. Check out the latest information on
cooling servers.
Crash
course on server room cooling
Cooling a server room isn't always dependant on the newest technologies or latest advancements in
servers. Sometimes knowing your equipment, how to set it up and how to run it efficiently is enough
to keep your data center chilled.
Overheating
server prevention
An experienced VAR who can help ease the mind of a server room manager who worries about
overheating servers is a valuable commodity. Knowing the how to set up racks and rooms could be the
first step in a long term, lucrative service deal for a VAR. Check out these cooling tips that will
help ease overheating worries.
This was first published in February 2007