Yarra Valley Water simplifies IT with Oracle Exadata, Exalogic
11 March, 2013 by Andrew CollinsYarra Valley Water (YVW) has replaced a series of Sun servers with a ‘black box’ approach involving Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic. The new system can spin up environments in hours rather than weeks and provides easier management, allowing staff to focus on other projects.
The quest for a rock solid data centre
28 February, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaWith the increasing demands by businesses and consumers for more data, it’s the data centre that’s feeling the squeeze. What’s it take to create a rock solid data centre?
Why are we building data centres?
21 February, 2013 by Anthony Caruana | Supplied by: Emerson Network PowerYou’d think that with the consolidation of computing driven by blade servers and virtualisation that the number and size of data centres would be shrinking. But the opposite is true.
Auckland University outfits data centre with bespoke cabling solutions
15 January, 2013 by Andrew Collins | Supplied by: AFL Telecommunications Pty LtdAuckland University has implemented several cable management products and techniques in its new data centre, allowing for more efficient use of rack space and giving the university a means to audit its fibre cables.
Day of the Trifid: high-performance computing and education
07 November, 2012Researchers can’t afford to be slowed by technology - they need to process large batches of research calculations quickly or they risk a rival publishing a finding first. As such, researchers who need to perform complicated calculations on giant datasets rely on high performance computing (HPC) facilities - systems that are capable of processing many trillions of calculations per second.
Macquarie Telecom reduces running costs at flagship Intellicentre 2 data centre with server automation
14 August, 2012Telecoms and managed hosting provider Macquarie Telecom has deployed server and network automation in its new $60 million Intellicentre 2 data centre to manage, and reduce, the costs of rapid ongoing growth.
Metronode opens direct free air cooling data centre
01 August, 2012Metronode, a subsidiary of Leighton Contractors, today opened what it terms a “large-scale, energy-efficient data centre” in Derrimut, Victoria. The facility uses direct free air cooling and modular plant systems to help increase power utilisation efficiency.
Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.2 Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software
16 July, 2012The StruxureWare Data Centre Operation v7.2 Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software identifies underutilised servers, enabling the optimisation of IT equipment within the data centre.
Schneider Electric StruxureWare Data Centre Operation Suite v7.1 DCIM software
17 May, 2012Schneider Electric has released v7.1 of its StruxureWare Data Centre Operation Suite, featuring updated and flexible change management with a customisable approach to workflow management and maintenance processes.
Fujitsu upgrades Melbourne data centre to the tune of $60 million
11 May, 2012Fujitsu today reopened its Melbourne data centre, which the company recently upgraded in a $60 million program. According to the company, the upgrade has improved the centre’s security, connectivity and availability, to provide its 2000 Australian enterprise and government customers with increased access to secure hosting services.
Hitachi Unified Storage
08 May, 2012Hitachi Unified Storage helps users meet application availability requirements and performance requirements with a lower investment.
How Fire & Rescue NSW deployed EMC technology and built a cloud for NSW emergency services
15 April, 2012Fire & Rescue NSW, one of the world’s largest urban fire and rescue services, has deployed several EMC CLARiiON devices in a managed data centre. This has enabled the agency to double its storage efficiency and provide cloud services to other government agencies.
Rittal air/water heat exchangers featuring eco mode controls
27 February, 2012Rittal has added Intelligent Eco Mode controls to its air/water heat exchangers for increased energy efficiency. The Comfort units have cooling outputs of 500 to 5000 W and turn the fan off or on as needed, depending on the temperature in the enclosure. The company has also made improvements to assembly and water connections.
Rittal modular safe with direct free cooling
12 February, 2012Rittal has launched the Extend modular safe with direct free cooling to provide users with economical and energy-efficient cooling, using outside air. The modular safe offers sensitive IT hardware system-tested protection against fire, smoke gases, fire extinguisher water, dust and unauthorised access. Alongside the servers and storage solutions, other components such as system controls, fire alarm and extinguisher system and busbars supplement the security safe and make up a fully equipped compact data centre.
How to remotely reboot after a system lock-up
07 February, 2012Remotely administering switches, servers, telecoms equipment and the like can be difficult, especially when a device locks up and requires a cold boot. In these circumstances, a ‘remote power reboot switch’ can help get that obstinate piece of kit up and running.
