Thoughts on thermal management for data centers

Widespread heat waste recycling around the corner
Greater implementation of heat waste recycling has had a major influence on the thermal management conversation. Since the earliest days in the data center, IT experts have focused exclusively on moving hot air out of the data center and into the atmosphere. Now the industry has shifted focus toward recycling this heat and resolving heat waste with a sustainable approach. For instance, Amazon recently erected an office building in Seattle which will be heated by a next-door data center's excess heat, according to InformationWeek. Data center companies in Europe are already working to power local residents with data center heat - the trend could spread in the United States even more quickly if heat waste recycling gains popularity overseas.

New heat controls track energy waste
Data Center Knowledge pointed out that facilities can reduce their energy costs by up to 40 percent by simply upgrading their temperature controls. Heat monitoring devices are more easily networked to hardware and each other thanks to the use of serial to Ethernet solutions, and are programmed to limit interference. New temperature controls also give users more precise information about the biggest sources of energy waste. This information goes a long way when optimizing a data facility.

Perle's serial to Ethernet converters connect serial based equipment across an Ethernet network. The Perle IOLAN range of Console Servers, Device Servers and Terminal Servers feature built-in support for IPv6 along with a broad range of authentication methods and encryption technologies.