Data Centers in a Box

摘要

What's the best way to cool a large data center that's currently only partially filled with servers but is expected to near capacity over time (a common problem as servers have gotten larger and denser)? A good approach, according to Glen Seimetz, director of portfolio strategy for data center and security services at Siemens IT, is to use containers. "When you have incremental growth, you either have to buy extra space - which is expensive because now you have unused space - or have an architecture that's modular that allows you to build in little chunks as you grow," he says. "This is probably the best way to do it, power-wise and equipment-wise."