Holistic circular economies needed by IT departments to fight climate change.

Staff Writer/ June 12, 2022/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, circular economies, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center ops, monitoring and management, Data Center Outsourcing (DCO), Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre cooling infrastructure, Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, IT Managed Services, IT Management

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWith sustainability moving up the boardroom agenda, IT managers should revamp procurement strategies to align with the principles of the circular economy, but what does this mean for managing the IT lifecycle? By Sebastian Klovig Skelton Enterprises must build holistic circular economies around their operations to address every source of emissions and waste if the IT sector is to tackle

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Computer Room Air Handler (CRAH); an expert’s explanation and system planning considerations in your data center.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ February 19, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, computer room air handler (CRAH), Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre cooling infrastructure, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA computer room air handler (CRAH) is a device frequently used in data centers to deal with the heat produced by equipment.  By Paul Kirvan Unlike a computer room air conditioning (CRAC) unit that uses mechanical refrigeration to cool the air in a data center, a CRAH uses fans, cooling coils and a water chiller system to remove heat. A typical rack of servers can

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8 (eight) of the best green computing practices

Tekmart Data Center Team/ September 27, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center design and facilities, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre cooling infrastructure, Datacentre energy efficiency and green IT, Datacentre performance troubleshooting, monitoring and optimisation, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs climate change becomes a more pressing issue, these sustainability best practices can help your data center go greener, which benefits both your business and the environment. By Julia Borgini Making a data center more environmentally friendly means studying your facility’s power and resource usage and learning what potential changes can make a difference. You can take steps such as

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Five tips for N+1 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) design

Staff Writer/ February 26, 2021/ Data Center Hardware, Data center systems management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre cooling infrastructure, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Timeless Tips, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), UPS Systems in the Data Center

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCritical infrastructure calls for redundancy in the form of N+1 uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems. Here are some handy N+1 UPS design tips. By Robin Roy N+1 redundancy (or parallel redundancy) is a safeguard to ensure a UPS system’s availability in the event of component failure — especially in a tier 2 or a tier 3 datacenter. When considering an

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