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Green Grid Releases Data Center Efficiency and IT Equipment Reliability ReportOct 29, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The Green Grid announced the availability of its Data Center Efficiency and IT Equipment Reliability report. According to a release, the report details the latest research on the robustness of modern IT equipment, along with new practices that enable data center operators to reduce and eliminate the need for mechanical air conditioning. The Green Grid shows how data centers can run at significantly higher temperatures and humidity levels without affecting overall equipment failure rates. "The common perception of the IT network, server and storage equipment is that it operates within very tight environmental tolerances, but this is a belief based on data center practices from the 1950s," said Harkeeret Singh, Global Head of Energy and Sustainability Technology for The Green Grid. "These practices are archaic, predicated as they are on maintaining constant and narrowly-defined temperature and humidity levels. In practice, modern equipment can tolerate periods of much greater heat and humidity, with no significant effect on failure rates." The new report is free to members of The Green Grid. It provides techniques for better temperature and airflow management in facilities as well as implications for data center design and operations. The Green Grid's Data Centre Efficiency and IT Equipment Reliability report is a step towards the goal of eventually eliminating the need for mechanical cooling, while enabling data center operators to make immediate savings in costs and carbon from their operations. The Green Grid is a consortium of companies, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals dedicated to advancing resource efficiency in information technology and data centers with a holistic approach. Report information: thegreengrid.org/en/Global/Content/white-papers/WP50-DataCenterEfficiencyandITEquipmentReliabilityatWiderOperatingTemperatureandHumidityRanges ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |