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Selecting a Monitoring System Monitoring can range from electrical power equipment supporting critical load such as UPS systems, diesel generators, PDU/RPP’s down to individual branch circuits within power panels. When evaluating a monitoring system consider what type of graphics are desired and available.  Pictorial diagrams displaying individual monitored components are helpful, especially ones that change color or light up in...

Tips on Relocating a Data Center   Click here to view, print and share a pdf of this article. Data center relocations, consolidations and reconfigurations are becoming a common occurrence.  Making sure your next move isn’t a painful experience requires a lot of thoughtful planning and precise implementation.  Executing a seamless data center server room move involves coordinating transportation, labor...

Tips on Selecting Server Cabinets Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to be involved in both data center renovations and new construction, and one topic that seems to get little consideration, yet is critical to a data center’s success, is server cabinet selection.  While choosing cabinets to house server equipment may sound like an easy task, there is actually...