Avoiding Costs for Oversizing Data Centre Infrastructure

Posted: October 28, 2009 in White Papers
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ABSTRACT

The physical and power infrastructure of data centers and network rooms is typically oversized by more than 100%. Statistics related to oversizing are presented.

FULL DOCUMENT

The physical and power infrastructure of data centers and network rooms is typically oversized by more than 100%. Statistics related to oversizing are presented. The costs associated with oversizing are quantified. The fundamental reasons why oversizing occurs are discussed. An architecture and method for avoiding oversizing is described.