In pictures: ASX Liquidity Centre
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) took the media on a tour of its Australian Liquidity Centre data centre in Gore Hill, Sydney.
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) took the media on a tour of its Australian Liquidity Centre data centre in Gore Hill, Sydney.
Rising energy costs and increased spending on server hardware could mean more power and cooling strains put on data centre facilities over the next four years, according to an analyst from Gartner.
Server virtualisation can reduce IT costs, enhance performance and improve data centre space utilisation, but it can also introduce power and cooling challenges than can limit an organisation's ability to realise the opportunities.
Data centre infrastructure has changed dramatically over the past few years. While there are still many firms that use large-scale servers, the movement has been toward a scale-out deployment of servers using hundreds, if not thousands, of blades and racks. Additional equipment such as storage systems, network devices, and power and cooling equipment add to the complexity and cost of the growing size of data centre infrastructure. Data centre managers and chief financial officers are facing highly increased complex IT environments. Issues of power and cooling and how costs can be reduced are the ‘hot’ topics of the day. Coupled with this is the increased importance of sporting a ‘green” corporate image. Aging data centres are structurally outdated and inefficient, costing thousands — if not millions — of dollars extra to maintain each year.
Canberra Data Centres (CDC) has launched a big iron modular pod service on non-raised flooring as it rolls out the set up before Christmas for Federal Government agency Centrelink.
With energy costs rising and data centers at the core of IT strategy for many companies, cooling the growing number of computers jammed into data centers is an issue that has taken center stage.