by Ian Seaton | Oct 6, 2021 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 7a: Airflow Management Best Practices Adhering to airflow management best practices can reduce required airflow volume and allow you to increase cooling unit set points, lowering energy fan costs,... 
by Ian Seaton | Sep 15, 2021 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 6: Specifying Cages that Are Compatible with Containment Cages and containment don’t have to be mutually exclusive. If the cage is not compatible with containment, there will be a need for extra... 
by Ian Seaton | Sep 8, 2021 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 5: Specifying Cooling Unit Set Points Best practice is to specify maximum allowable IT equipment inlet temperature and let mechanical plant find its own level. Managing temperature by thermostat... 
by Ian Seaton | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 4: Specifying Solid State Storage or Tape Storage Dramatic differences in required rates of temperature change could impact access to free cooling. Different RH requirements change access to free... 
by Ian Seaton | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 3: Specifying Equipment that Breathes from Front-to-Back Not doing so violates hot and cold aisle segregation, resulting in the need for lower set points and higher air volume delivery, and...