Category Archives: Availability
N Plus One is on hiatus
The N Plus One blog is currently on hiatus. We encourage you to visit other Uptime Institute and The 451 Group offerings at the following sites: Uptime Institute Blog – interviews, videos, news and commentary on issues of concern to … Continue reading
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Disconnect your datacenter for Earth Hour
It’s Earth Hour time again. Tomorrow night (Saturday 8.30 to 9.30 pm, March 26th) we are all being encouraged to switch off our lights, and other household appliances, for an hour to help save energy, and the planet to boot. … Continue reading
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Does cloud really have a green lining?
At a recent client meeting, a couple of colleagues and I were asked our opinion on the best data models to prove that cloud computing is an inherently greener approach to IT provision. That question obviously comes pre-loaded with the … Continue reading
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US Navy fires a broadside at datacenter sprawl
Energy efficiency measures are one way to meet the rising costs from data center infrastructure. A lot of effort goes into analyzing heating and cooling alternatives, and innovative approaches to datacenter design, to make them as cost efficient as possible. … Continue reading
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EU Adopts ‘Yes Minister’ Model To Highlight Cloud Security Risks
Data security and cloud computing may not be the most obvious subjects for a comedic skit. However someone at the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is obviously a big fan of the UK TV series Yes Minister (and … Continue reading
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Datacenters, Tractor Sheds And Flooding
The news that Microsoft is planning to build its next significant datacenter in a building approximating a tractor shed could be taken as a sign that Redmond’s coffers aren’t as deep as they once were. However it seems that rather … Continue reading
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Energy impacts of putting data center cooling on the UPS
Posted by John Stanley Putting critical data center cooling on a UPS system protects the cooling against “power blips” the same way that IT equipment is typically protected. When utility power fails, it can take anywhere from a few seconds … Continue reading
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The Line-up for Uptime’s IT Symposium on Data Center Efficiency and Green Enterprise IT
We haven’t by any means completed our work on this, but today we are formally unveiling the core line-up for our annual flagship conference on Data Center Efficiency and Green Enterprise IT. Please look out for more because this event is taking on a life of its own. Continue reading
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Welcome to N Plus One
Welcome to this, the first posting in the new 451 Group and Uptime Institute blog, N + 1. This blog will cover topics in which we have deep knowledge and interest, including data centers, eco-efficient IT, corporate energy management, cultural change in enterprise IT, and carbon legislation. These topics and more will be addressed at our upcoming Symposium 2010 (May 17-19, 2010; Hilton New York). Please make plans to join us! Continue reading
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