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Server room cooling choices



When working with your customers to bring their server room cooling costs under control, there are a number of factors that can affect your approach, some of which you have influence over and some of which you don't. Find out what the key decisions are, how high-density hardware such as blade servers fit into the equation, and how to work with a customer who is at the whim of their landlord.

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CONTAINING COSTS IN SERVER ROOM COOLING

The most important goal in any server room facilities project is to get a handle on skyrocketing energy costs. There are techniques to contain server room cooling costs, but they're not painless. Find out what factors come into play -- such as raised flooring, cable positioning, air flow, cabinetry choice, installed hardware and, finally, customer budget -- as well as how to work with those factors to drive down energy costs.
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BLADE SERVER COOLING

Blade server cooling requires special considerations compared with cooling standard racks. Find out how to properly cool your customers' blade servers, with tips on air flow modeling, in-row cooling and water cooling, plus formulas for calculating blade server cooling power needs and info on blade technologies from the big hardware vendors.
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COOLING SERVER ROOMS AT SMBS

Cooling server rooms can be an expensive and complicated process, even more so when dealing with SMBs, with their limited resources and technological and business constraints. Learn about some of the best techniques for cost-effective server room cooling at SMBs.
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