Chapter 10Greening Other Business Practices

This chapter discusses additional green measures that a company with a Data Center can pursue to make its facility and operations greener.

Prior portions of this book focus on green strategies directly associated with the design, construction, and operation of a Data Center or with the evaluation and purchase of hardware hosted in such a facility. A final set of green considerations are those that are relevant to companies that have a server environment, although not as Data Center-specific as strategies for optimizing airflow and high-efficiency power distribution units.

Data-Center Consumables

Several consumable items are typically employed in the operation of a Data Center, and where there are ...

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