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  1. KEN'S KORNER - The Devil's in the Details

    The Devil’s in the Detail The old saying "The Devil's in the Detail" can be related to almost every aspect of data center planning and execution. What detail has been the devil for you? Do you have maintenance outlets in your data center? If not, you should. Maintenance outlets are power receptacles that are NOT fed from the UPS and/or...
  2. KEN'S KORNER - Rules on the Floor

    Rules of the Floor Do you have rules for your critical raised floor? Implementation of this easy project can save time and money by avoiding problems that can occur in your data center. I found that floor rules are easily communicated by posting large signs on all the entrance doors to your critical raised floor, as well as providing small...
  3. KEN'S KORNER - Dangers Lurking Inside Server Cabinets

    Beware the Dangers lurking inside your Server Cabinets! You’re responsible for millions of dollars in equipment and infrastructure investments.  Success is measured in uptime and most people outside of the IT inner circle don’t even know you exist.  Failure is downtime measured in lost revenue, which can run into the millions of dollars per occurrence, and the notoriety that follows...
  4. KEN'S KORNER - Data Center Contamination

    10 Tips for Dealing with Data Center Contamination Click here to view, print and share a pdf of this article. Data Center contamination can lead to overheating, corrosion damage, electrical and mechanical failure of disk and tape drives, power supplies and circuit boards. Data Center Contamination - 10 Steps for Dealing with them As electrical components shrink, they become more...
  5. KEN'S KORNER - 20 Data Center Cleaning Tips

    20 Data Center Cleaning Tips Click here to view, print and share a pdf of this article. Contaminants in a data center can lead to overheating, corrosion damage, electrical and mechanical failure of disk and tape drives, power supplies and circuit boards.  Maintaining a clean data center is critical to its long term success and continued uptime. The sub-floor air...
  6. KEN'S KORNER - Cleaning a Raised Floor

    Cleaning a Data Center Raised Floor Beware Dirty Floors In most cases, a data center’s under floor is also its air plenum.  Not cleaning beneath a raised floor can result in contaminants being drawn into sensitive computer equipment, which can cause overheating and shorten their life. Under floor contaminants will also contribute to dirtier environment throughout the raised floor area...
  7. KEN'S KORNER - Cooling Tower Spring Time Start-Up

    Cooling Tower Spring Time Start-Up Typically in the northern climates cold winters reduce the need for cooling capacity permitting many data centers to take cooling towers off-line.  If you performed an off season lay-up of a cooling tower to help prevent corrosion and bacterial growth, then you are well on your way to a spring start up. Even though you’ve...
  8. KEN'S KORNER - Cooling Tower Off Season Layup

    Cooling Tower Off Season Layup “Chlorine is a deadly poison gas employed on European battlefields in World War I. Sodium is a corrosive metal which burns upon contact with water. Together they make a placid and un-poisonous material, table salt. Why each of these substances has the properties it does is a subject called chemistry.” ---Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: The...
  9. KEN'S KORNER - Dangers of Bacteria 2

    The Dangers of Bacteria in a Data Centers Cooling System – Part 2. Data Center Cooling Systems - Dangers of Bacteria In the first part of our discussion on bacteria in a data centers cooling system, we covered the health risk dangers of Legionella bacteria, the corrosive nature of slime forming microorganisms that contribute to microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), and...
  10. KEN'S KORNER - Dangers of Bacteria 1

    The Dangers of Bacteria in a Data Center Cooling System When it comes to water treatment programs, one of the biggest concerns in a data center is dealing with microorganisms and the biological controls within your open cooling tower systems. Why you ask? Because of the dangers of bacteria! Legionella Pathogenic bacteria, like Legionella, thrive in open condenser/tower systems.  Legionella bacteria...

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