Administering Data Centers

Administering Data Centers
Author: Kailash Jayaswal
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 668
Release: 2005-10-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0471783358

"This book covers a wide spectrum of topics relevant to implementing and managing a modern data center. The chapters are comprehensive and the flow of concepts is easy to understand." -Cisco reviewer Gain a practical knowledge of data center concepts To create a well-designed data center (including storage and network architecture, VoIP implementation, and server consolidation) you must understand a variety of key concepts and technologies. This book explains those factors in a way that smoothes the path to implementation and management. Whether you need an introduction to the technologies, a refresher course for IT managers and data center personnel, or an additional resource for advanced study, you'll find these guidelines and solutions provide a solid foundation for building reliable designs and secure data center policies. * Understand the common causes and high costs of service outages * Learn how to measure high availability and achieve maximum levels * Design a data center using optimum physical, environmental, and technological elements * Explore a modular design for cabling, Points of Distribution, and WAN connections from ISPs * See what must be considered when consolidating data center resources * Expand your knowledge of best practices and security * Create a data center environment that is user- and manager-friendly * Learn how high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery solutions can be deployed to protect critical information * Find out how to use a single network infrastructure for IP data, voice, and storage

Data Center Handbook

Data Center Handbook
Author: Hwaiyu Geng
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 720
Release: 2014-12-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1118436636

Provides the fundamentals, technologies, and best practices in designing, constructing and managing mission critical, energy efficient data centers Organizations in need of high-speed connectivity and nonstop systems operations depend upon data centers for a range of deployment solutions. A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes multiple power sources, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) and security devices. With contributions from an international list of experts, The Data Center Handbook instructs readers to: Prepare strategic plan that includes location plan, site selection, roadmap and capacity planning Design and build "green" data centers, with mission critical and energy-efficient infrastructure Apply best practices to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions Apply IT technologies such as cloud and virtualization Manage data centers in order to sustain operations with minimum costs Prepare and practice disaster reovery and business continuity plan The book imparts essential knowledge needed to implement data center design and construction, apply IT technologies, and continually improve data center operations.

Engineering and Management of Data Centers

Engineering and Management of Data Centers
Author: Jorge Marx Gómez
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2017-11-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319650823

This edited volume covers essential and recent development in the engineering and management of data centers. Data centers are complex systems requiring ongoing support, and their high value for keeping business continuity operations is crucial. The book presents core topics on the planning, design, implementation, operation and control, and sustainability of a data center from a didactical and practitioner viewpoint. Chapters include: · Foundations of data centers: Key Concepts and Taxonomies · ITSDM: A Methodology for IT Services Design · Managing Risks on Data Centers through Dashboards · Risk Analysis in Data Center Disaster Recovery Plans · Best practices in Data Center Management Case: KIO Networks · QoS in NaaS (Network as a Service) using Software Defined Networking · Optimization of Data Center Fault-Tolerance Design · Energetic Data Centre Design Considering Energy Efficiency Improvements During Operation · Demand-side Flexibility and Supply-side Management: The Use Case of Data Centers and Energy Utilities · DevOps: Foundations and its Utilization in Data Centers · Sustainable and Resilient Network Infrastructure Design for Cloud Data Centres · Application Software in Cloud-Ready Data Centers This book bridges the gap between academia and the industry, offering essential reading for practitioners in data centers, researchers in the area, and faculty teaching related courses on data centers. The book can be used as a complementary text for traditional courses on Computer Networks, as well as innovative courses on IT Architecture, IT Service Management, IT Operations, and Data Centers.

Energy Efficient Thermal Management of Data Centers

Energy Efficient Thermal Management of Data Centers
Author: Yogendra Joshi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 635
Release: 2012-03-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1441971238

Energy Efficient Thermal Management of Data Centers examines energy flow in today's data centers. Particular focus is given to the state-of-the-art thermal management and thermal design approaches now being implemented across the multiple length scales involved. The impact of future trends in information technology hardware, and emerging software paradigms such as cloud computing and virtualization, on thermal management are also addressed. The book explores computational and experimental characterization approaches for determining temperature and air flow patterns within data centers. Thermodynamic analyses using the second law to improve energy efficiency are introduced and used in proposing improvements in cooling methodologies. Reduced-order modeling and robust multi-objective design of next generation data centers are discussed.

Government Data Centers

Government Data Centers
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2003-05-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0309087422

Environmental data centers have been successfully acquiring, disseminating, and archiving data for decades. However, the increasing volume and number of data sets, coupled with greater demands from more diverse users, are making it difficult for data centers to maintain the record of environmental change. This workshop report focuses on technological approaches that could enhance the ability of environmental data centers to deal with these challenges, and improve the ability of users to find and use information held in data centers. Among the major findings are that data centers should rely more on off-the-shelf technology-including software and commonly available hardware-and should shift from tape to disk as the primary storage medium. Such technological improvements will help solve many data management problems, although data centers and their host agencies will have to continue to invest in the scientific and human elements of data center operations.

Energy Efficient Servers

Energy Efficient Servers
Author: Corey Gough
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2015-04-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1430266384

Energy Efficient Servers: Blueprints for Data Center Optimization introduces engineers and IT professionals to the power management technologies and techniques used in energy efficient servers. The book includes a deep examination of different features used in processors, memory, interconnects, I/O devices, and other platform components. It outlines the power and performance impact of these features and the role firmware and software play in initialization and control. Using examples from cloud, HPC, and enterprise environments, the book demonstrates how various power management technologies are utilized across a range of server utilization. It teaches the reader how to monitor, analyze, and optimize their environment to best suit their needs. It shares optimization techniques used by data center administrators and system optimization experts at the world’s most advanced data centers.

Data Center Fundamentals

Data Center Fundamentals
Author: Mauricio Arregoces
Publisher: Cisco Press
Total Pages: 1114
Release: 2003-12-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1587140748

Master the basics of data centers to build server farms that enhance your Web site performance Learn design guidelines that show how to deploy server farms in highly available and scalable environments Plan site performance capacity with discussions of server farm architectures and their real-life applications to determine your system needs Today's market demands that businesses have an Internet presence through which they can perform e-commerce and customer support, and establish a presence that can attract and increase their customer base. Underestimated hit ratios, compromised credit card records, perceived slow Web site access, or the infamous "Object Not Found" alerts make the difference between a successful online presence and one that is bound to fail. These challenges can be solved in part with the use of data center technology. Data centers switch traffic based on information at the Network, Transport, or Application layers. Content switches perform the "best server" selection process to direct users' requests for a specific service to a server in a server farm. The best server selection process takes into account both server load and availability, and the existence and consistency of the requested content. Data Center Fundamentals helps you understand the basic concepts behind the design and scaling of server farms using data center and content switching technologies. It addresses the principles and concepts needed to take on the most common challenges encountered during planning, implementing, and managing Internet and intranet IP-based server farms. An in-depth analysis of the data center technology with real-life scenarios make Data Center Fundamentals an ideal reference for understanding, planning, and designing Web hosting and e-commerce environments.

Data Center Management

Data Center Management
Author: Mohammad Nawaz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2019-07-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781086506204

I have written this book solely keeping in mind the issues and challenges being faced during my 15+ years of tenure as Data Center manager and share my experience and expertise to the professionals who are already managing the Data Centers or aspiring professionals who are looking for the career in the Data Center operations. I have attended various Data Center workshops, seminars, trainings and certifications but feel there's no consolidated and complete user friendly study material available which can provide the insight on the various Data Center discipline such as Civil/Architecture, Electrical, Mechanical, Telecom, Safety & Security, IT and other miscellaneous technologies and methods being used. This book will provide the details of managing the day to day operations of the Data Center to achieve high availability, fault tolerent, reliability and resiliency. It covers People, Process and Technologies. I hope readers will find this book useful and very much affordable since the idea to write this book is to spread the awareness and knowledge.

Handbook on Data Centers

Handbook on Data Centers
Author: Samee U. Khan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1309
Release: 2015-03-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1493920928

This handbook offers a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art research achievements in the field of data centers. Contributions from international, leading researchers and scholars offer topics in cloud computing, virtualization in data centers, energy efficient data centers, and next generation data center architecture. It also comprises current research trends in emerging areas, such as data security, data protection management, and network resource management in data centers. Specific attention is devoted to industry needs associated with the challenges faced by data centers, such as various power, cooling, floor space, and associated environmental health and safety issues, while still working to support growth without disrupting quality of service. The contributions cut across various IT data technology domains as a single source to discuss the interdependencies that need to be supported to enable a virtualized, next-generation, energy efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly data center. This book appeals to a broad spectrum of readers, including server, storage, networking, database, and applications analysts, administrators, and architects. It is intended for those seeking to gain a stronger grasp on data center networks: the fundamental protocol used by the applications and the network, the typical network technologies, and their design aspects. The Handbook of Data Centers is a leading reference on design and implementation for planning, implementing, and operating data center networks.

Information Storage and Management

Information Storage and Management
Author: EMC Education Services
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1118236963

The new edition of a bestseller, now revised and update throughout! This new edition of the unparalleled bestseller serves as a full training course all in one and as the world's largest data storage company, EMC is the ideal author for such a critical resource. They cover the components of a storage system and the different storage system models while also offering essential new material that explores the advances in existing technologies and the emergence of the "Cloud" as well as updates and vital information on new technologies. Features a separate section on emerging area of cloud computing Covers new technologies such as: data de-duplication, unified storage, continuous data protection technology, virtual provisioning, FCoE, flash drives, storage tiering, big data, and more Details storage models such as Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN), Object Based Storage along with virtualization at various infrastructure components Explores Business Continuity and Security in physical and virtualized environment Includes an enhanced Appendix for additional information This authoritative guide is essential for getting up to speed on the newest advances in information storage and management.