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Tier Certification for Modular and Phased Construction

Special care must be taken on modular and phased construction…

Arc Flash Mitigation in the Data Center

Meeting OSHA and NFPA 70E arc flash safety requirements while…

Failure Doesn’t Keep Business Hours: 24×7 Coverage

A statistical justification for 24x7 coverage By Richard Van…

Examining and Learning from Complex Systems Failures

Conventional wisdom blames “human error” for the majority…

A Look at Data Center Cooling Technologies

Sabey optimizes air-cooled data centers through containment By…

The Calibrated Data Center:  Using Predictive Modeling

Better information leads to better decisions By Jose Ruiz New…

Retainers Improve the Effectiveness of IEC Plugs

These small devices prevent accidental disconnection of mission…

The Making of a Good Method of Procedure

Good MOPs (method of procedure) help humans manage the complexity…

Improving Performance in Ever-Changing Mission-Critical IT Infrastructures

CenturyLink incorporates lessons learned and best practices for…

Data Center Cooling: CRAC/CRAH redundancy, capacity, and selection metrics

Striking the appropriate balance between cost and reliability…