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Strategies for Deploying Blade Servers in Existing Data Centers
sponsored by APC
Posted:  04 Jun 2007
Published:  01 Jan 2005
Format:  Paper
Length:  14   Page(s)
Type:  White Paper
Language:  English


ABSTRACT:
The installation of blade serversâ??which drastically increase the electrical power used per rack and heat generated per rackâ??into an existing data center is guaranteed to stress existing power and cooling systems. To use blade servers, the power and cooling infrastructure in a data center must be upgraded, or the blade server loads must be spread out over multiple racks. Compounding this problem, operational data centers typically cannot be shut down to perform installations and upgrades.

Learn about five methods to deploy blade servers and avoid these common pitfalls. This paper provides guidelines for determining the appropriate power and cooling strategy, based on the needs and constraints of a specific installation.



Author

Neil Rasmussen
Founder and the Chief Technical Officer ,  American Power Conversion
Neil Rasmussen is a founder and the Chief Technical Officer of American Power Conversion. At APC, Neil directs the world's largest R&D budget devoted to Power, Cooling, and Rack infrastructure for critical networks, with principal product development centers in Massachusetts, Missouri, Denmark, Rhode Island, Taiwan, and Ireland. Neil is currently leading the effort at APC to develop modular scalable data center solutions.



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