Tag Archives: capacity planning

Reducing IT Costs….Made Easy (with the Most Interesting Man in the World)

Reducing IT Costs….Made Easy (with the Most Interesting Man in the World)

By - September 13, 2017

As a manager, you are under pressure not to overextend your IT resources — but how can you do that when you don’t know what you have (and what you’re going to need)? The Most Interesting Man in the World is a minimalist: he likes one kind of beer, one outfit and one phrase. He…

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Define a DCIM Custom Object…in 60 Seconds

Define a DCIM Custom Object…in 60 Seconds

By - November 19, 2015

Almost every DCIM solution comes with standard objects such as model floors, racks, devices or power & cooling elements; many solutions will probably offer some virtual equipment, circuits and cables. There are even some vendors who may model less common things – such as panels or doors – but inevitably, you will need something modeled…

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The #1 Reason Your DCIM Tool May Not Deliver

The #1 Reason Your DCIM Tool May Not Deliver

By - October 26, 2015

Extra, extra! DCIM vendors recently discovered something earth-shattering: customers just need a tool that is easy to use and flexible so that it can adjust to a set of specific problems in their Data Center… Further, it seems that customers have been mostly unfazed by all the psychobabble, acronym changes and other gimmicks that DCIM vendors have been…

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Eyes on your data center operations

Eyes on your data center operations

By - September 8, 2014

Modern data centers have always faced problems of inefficiency, especially as they get larger, adding more and higher capacity hardware. Virtualization has further complicated these problems by adding layers of dynamic environment within a complex computational structure. The inefficiency means wasted capacity, even causing apparent lack of availability when in fact there is plenty. There…

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