Smaller is almost always better, the sages among us sometimes say. This was the case when a facility near St. Louis run by Schneider Electric and its American Power Conversion subsidiary created a new data center, using a little common knowledge to make it better, faster and smaller. This data center is now a mostly empty building. And it was used as a test bed to show IT managers how to reconfigure their own data centers. Chances are that most IT executives are working with an over-sized and inefficient facility.
For more on developing smaller data centers:
- See this Baseline.com article [1]
More tech stories from the FierceCIO network:
> Windows Mobile 6.1 arriving next week? Article [2]
> AMD to lay off 5 percent of workforce? Article [3]
> Verizon reveals open development plans. Article [4]
Links:
[1] http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/Infrastructure/A-New-Kind-of-Data-Center-Testing-Facility/
[2] http://www.fiercemobileenterprise.com/story/windows-mobile-6.1-next-week/2008-03-26
[3] http://www.fiercecio.com/techwatch/story/amd-layoff-5-workforce/2008-03-25
[4] http://www.fiercemobileenterprise.com/story/verizon-reveals-open-development-plans/2008-03-19