CPI in the News
Intelligent PDUs Help K-12 Schools Integrate New Technology Solutions
By Doug Cofer, Technology Director for Oak Ridge Schools, EdTech Magazine, November 2018
For K–12 schools interested in integrating state-of-the-art education technology, IT teams would do well to first invest in power distribution units. These solutions will help handle the load of any new technology in the school, whether adding new whiteboards or executing an entire digital overhaul.
Data Centre Power, Cooling and Security: A Look Ahead
By Luca Rozzoni, Senior Product Manager for Europe, Chatsworth Products, Inc., Digitalisation World, December 2018
Computing at the edge is blurring the boundaries of the traditional data center. As the network spreads, such critical factors as power management, cooling and physical security are taking on expanded roles – and even greater importance – in network operations. As we look to 2019 and beyond, we forecast a more a holistic approach to data center operations, in which infrastructure, hardware and software are addressed as a unified system.
Wherever cabling goes, grounding and bonding requirements follow
Patrick McLaughlin, Chief Editor, Cabling Installation & Maintenance (CI&M) Magazine, October 2018
With cabling being deployed in industrial plants and other edge environments, grounding and bonding equipment remain necessities. CPI Product Manager, Sam Rodriquez, provides insight into cabling methods and requirements.
Like Data Center Environments, Cooling Approaches Run the Gamut
Patrick McLaughlin, Chief Editor, Cabling Installation & Maintenance (CI&M) Magazine
From Google’s high-profile liquid cooling approach to techniques employed at the edge, the options for keeping facilities climate-controlled vary.
Coming in from the Cold
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in September 2018 edition of Inside Networks.
Investing in tools that can provide the ability to analyse the thermal and environmental performance of the infrastructure is critical in making the right decisions at the design stage regarding the building of the rack infrastructure.
Considerations for Storing and Securing Emerging Technologies Outside the Telecommunications Room
Duke Robertson, CPI Product Manager of Open Systems. Featured in May/June 2018 edition of ICT Today Magazine.
Network densification is a key capability to enable increased network capacity and reliability, and the need for multiple access point architectures and Wi- Fi configurations is requiring some infrastructure to move outside the traditional telecommunications room. Thus, infrastructure must evolve along with these new technologies to meet the demands for data storage, transmission speed and computing power.
Understanding Data Security Concerns in Remote Data Centers
Raissa Carey, CPI Technical Writer. Featured in May 2018 edition of Cabling Installation & Maintenance (CI&M) Magazine.
With security breaches on the rise, compliance with regulations keeps a tight leash on enterprises. For data centers, privacy and physical security of servers and switches have always been a critical priority, but increased migration toward remote edge compute sites and multitenant data centers (MTDC) has made remote management and access control of the data center cabinet more complex and challenging.
Go with the Flow
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in June 2018 edition of Inside Networks.
The data centre market continues to grow and more demands are being placed upon facilities to increase energy efficiency and better manage operating costs. However, with the average head load per cabinet rising steadily and cooling already being one of the largest consumers of energy in a data centre, the task is clearly not an easy one.
Armored for IOT: Protecting Equipment in Nontraditional Environments
Raissa Carey, Technical Writer, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Data Centre Journal, April 2018
Expansion into mobility and demand for real-time data are pushing businesses in every sector to expand their network to the edge and rethink how to lay out their IT infrastructure to support the booming Internet of Things (IoT). The opportunities in IoT are tremendous (about $2 trillion, according to market-intelligence firm IDC), and to survive, companies will need to invest in IT for their digital transformation.
PDUs and the Colocation Challenge
Raissa Carey, Technical Writer, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Mission Critical Magazine, April 2018
Despite the higher upfront costs of deploying intelligent PDUs, colocation providers rely on remote power monitoring to better service and bill their customers. But it is still common to see sluggish buy-ins from tenants and endusers who take higher prices of intelligent PDUs at face value.
Is Your Data Centre Ready for GDPR?
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in Spring 2018 edition of Data Centre Management.
While security has always been a key consideration for the data centre industry, the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – a strict set of regulations set to protect data privacy – means that data protection and security policies have taken on a new level of priority
Reducing Data Center Cooling Costs through Airflow Containment
David Knapp, CPI Product Marketing Manager. Featured in the March 2018 edition of HPAC Engineering Magazine.
Implementing a containment solution in the data center costs much less than the alternatives of adding air handlers or other supplemental cooling equipment. Data center managers often configure cabinets in open hot/cold aisles and oversupply the room with cool air to keep equipment at operating temperature ranges. But that hurts efficiency and greatly inflates the energy bill.
Time to Get Rid of Mechanical Keys in Data Centers?
Ashish Moondra, CPI Senior Product Manager Power, Electronics & Software. Featured on Facilitiesnet, March 2018.
A recent security breach in the city of Austin, Texas, highlights the advantages of electronic user access management solutions in lieu of mechanical keys in commercial buildings, including data centers. Considering the security options available with today’s technology, organizations should consider replacing all mechanical keyed locks with electronic access control.
Improving Service Availability and Resilience When Selecting Rack Power Distribution Units
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in February 2018 edition of Data Centre Alliance.
Improving service availability and resilience is a never-ending quest for today’s data centres. However, to make real improvements there must be a change in the traditional approach to rack power distribution and monitoring. Integrating intelligent products into the data centre’s design is critical and, when selecting rack power distribution units (PDUs) for high-density applications, there are a number of key considerations which can directly affect future levels of service availability and resilience.
Comparing Containment Systems for Data Center Airflow Management
David Knapp, CPI Product Marketing Manager. Featured in January/February 2018 edition of ICT Today Magazine.
In the past decade, many companies have become aware of the advantages of data center airflow management practices that include containment systems. It is also now well understood that as the average heat load per cabinet rises, simply arranging cabinets in a traditional open hot aisle/cold aisle configuration is not an effective approach. This article examines and compares three data center containment systems and demonstrates that there are important differences that distinguish one system over the others.
Building a Data Centre Ecosystem
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in Winter 2017 edition of Data Centre Management.
Energy consumption continues to grow, data centre managers need to take a new approach, considering the data centre cabinet as the starting point of an energy-efficient strategy. A complete cabinet ecosystem approach supports the key elements of energy efficiency and more.
Mission Critical Earthquake Preparedness
Raissa Carey, Technical Writer, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Mission Critical Magazine, November 2017
For the first time since the early 2000s, a new colocation data center is planned for San Francisco. Given the space and power constraints in the city, it is unlikely there will be another one in the next 10 years. How can architects and designers guarantee they are specifying the right infrastructure elements, while making the best use of valuable real estate space?
Containment Systems
Victor Bañuelos, CPI's Technical Manager, CDCDP® and Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Designer writes for the November 2017 issue of PlugIT Magazine.
In this article for Plug IT Magazine—a digital magazine that covers the ICT industry in Spanish—Bañuelos describes a holistic approach with best practices and basic tips for data center managers to successfully achieve data center availability and efficiency.
Simplifying Data Center Operation in the Age of IoT
Ashish Moondra, CPI Senior Product Manager Power, Electronics & Software. Featured in November 2017 on Data Center Frontier
As IoT evolves, managing assets and white space remotely becomes more challenging. A comprehensive and reliable solution that works together to simplify operation, costs and labor, as well as allows for network expansion is key.
So, how do we make this simple?
Chatsworth Products' Motive™ Cable Management Wins Platinum Award
Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine, November 2017
Chatsworth Products (CPI) was presented the platinum-level award—the highest honor—for its Motive™ Vertical Cable Manager at the Cabling Installation & Maintenance (CI&M) Innovators Award.
Top Performance for Cable Management
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in June 2017 edition of Inside Networks.
High density deployments are rapidly becoming the norm rather than the exception. An increasing reliance on the infrastructure means that managing and maintaining the cables and patch cords that provide the critical support, reliability and flexibility of the network have never been more important. The way in which cables are deployed can play a key role in thermal efficiency.
Cloud Computing and Its Impact on the Data Center Industry
David Knapp, CPI Product Marketing Manager. Featured in May 2017 on Data Center Frontier.
The Data Center Frontier Executive Roundtable features a variety of topics. In this edition, David Knapp discusses cloud computing, effects of data center mergers and aquisitions, site monitoring trends and supply chain demands.
Buck the Trend
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in April 2017 edition of Data Centre News.
When it comes to selecting the best IT infrastructure for your data centre, Luca Rozzoni, European business development manager at Chatsworth Products, explains that it's not always about the latest tech trend.
Aisle Containment
Raissa Carey, CPI Technical Writer
Featured in March/April 2017 edition of Networks Europe Magazine
As data center hardware increases to handle the inevitable growth in data caused by new technologies the case for airflow containment for energy-efficiency increases.
The Cabinet is Critical to Managing Edge Compute Sites for IoT
Ashish Moondra, CPI Senior Product Manager Power, Electronics & Software. Featured in February 2017 on Data Center Frontier
The Internet of Things (IoT) is progressively being adopted and is expected to be one of the biggest waves in the world of computing over the next few decades. A primary enabling technology for IoT is Edge computing, which pushes applications, data and computing services away from centralized data centers to the logical extremes of the network for better latency and faster processing. Three key elements of remote management at the cabinet level include: power management, environmental management and physical access control.
Intelligent Power Management Within High-Density Deployments
Ashish Moondra, CPI Senior Product Manager Power, Electronics & Software. Featured in January/February 2017 edition of ICT Today Magazine.
With the rise in the amount of processing being done at every cabinet, attention must be paid to the cabinet power distribution strategy required to achieve the highest levels of availability and efficiency with minimum management overhead.
Racks versus Cabinets
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in January/February 2017 edition of Networks Europe Magazine
Choosing the right option for an installation often comes down to a balance between efficiency and the specific requirements of individual projects. While there is no true right or wrong decision when it comes to choosing an enclosed cabinet versus an open frame rack, it's worth considering the pros and cons of both.
Ready to Reshape
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in November 2016 edition of Data Centre News
As technologies surrounding cloud computing and convergence continue to evolve, the data centre industry is increasingly being tasked with supporting these platforms and the way data centre resources are being utilised is changing. Data centres are having to reshape their strategies to allow for greater capacity and to ensure they can provide the highest quality, uninterrupted service that is being demanded of them.
20 Most Promising IT Infrastructure Solution Providers 2016
Mike Custer, CPI President and CEO. Printed in September 2016 Special Edition of CIO Review
As organizations worldwide rush towards adopting virtualization and cloud storage systems, the need for supporting IT infrastructure is reaching its pinnacle. In this article Mike Custer discusses CPI's "Built-to-Order IT Infrastructure" capabilities and a holistic approach to data center management.
Four Trends Driving Intelligent PDU Market
Ashish Moondra, CPI Senior Product Manager Power, Electronics & Software. Featured in October 2016 on Data Center Frontier
The modern data center requires intelligent products that not only meet the minimum market requirements but exceed expectations in reliability, capability and quality. Ashish Moondra explains the top four trends driving today's intelligent PDU market.
Cooling and Climate Management
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in September 2016 edition of Inside Networks
Luca Rozzoni explains why it is vital to be aware of the new thermal management strategies and intelligent technologies that can proactively create efficiency and impact data center optimization.
The Case for Three Phase PDUs
Luca Rozzoni, CPI Senior Product Manager for Europe. Featured in July 2016 on Data Center Frontier
The data center of the future requires an infrastructure that is agile, scalable and flexible. Since power is what keeps equipment running, it is important to deploy a rack-mount PDU that supports such high demands.
Data Center Game Changers
Brian Barth with contributions from Sam Rodriguez, CPI Product Manager. Printed in the May/June 2015 edition of GBD Magazine.
Chatsworth Products is refining the art and science of keeping critical IT. When Seattle-based TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) began drawing up plans for a new data center several years ago, they ran into a slight problem. The local utility company said the grid didn’t have enough available power to support the expansion. It is exactly this equation that Chatsworth Products specializes in solving.
Protecting Telecommunications Equipment in Seismic Areas
Sam Rodriguez, RCDD, CPI Sr. Product Manager. Printed in the November/December 2014 edition of ICT Today Magazine.
Planning a data center in a seismically active area
requires careful consideration on many levels. Though seismic events are more
common in the state of California, there are other parts of the United States
where earthquakes are not uncommon. It is much easier to prepare for the next
earthquake, than to predict when it will happen.
The Airflow Containment Thermal Revolution
Raissa Carey, eContent Specialist, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Mission Critical Magazine, July/August 2014
Airflow containment — the ability to isolate, redirect, and recycle hot exhaust air has revolutionized the idea of “free cooling” within the data center. The energy saving benefits are so convincing, new laws are being passed requiring the use of airflow containment to comply with strict energy efficiency guidelines for data centers.
The Changing Data Centre
Denise Deveau, with contributions from CPI Global Technology Manager, Ian Seaton, and CPI National Sales Manager for Canada, Stew Munns. Printed in the July/August 2012 edition of CNS Magazine.
Trade costs have skyrocketed, virtualization is driving up energy consumption and generating more heat, certification requirements are increasingly stringent, permit requirements more prolific, and uptime expectations higher. It all adds up to a close look at today's data center in a state of flux and how to address the changes.
Embracing the Benefits of Data Center Containment
Ian Seaton, Global Technology Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in BICSI News, July/August 2012
Data center airflow containment is the most cost-effective and least disruptive path toward maximizing efficiency gains and reducing data center operating costs. However, there is one slight paradigm shift that, while not necessary, can significantly help with embracing data center containment—the data center can be viewed, not as a room full of computers, but as an industrial process.
Data at its Centre
Daniel Shane, Editor, Network Middle East Magazine. Printed in the February 2012 Edition of Network Middle East Magazine.
CPI Regional Sales Manager for the Middle East, Sundeep Raina, joins three of the region's most prominent IT vendors to discuss data center trends for 2012 and beyond in this thought-provoking and informative piece from Network Middle East Magazine.
Understanding How Cabinet Door Perforation Impacts Airflow
Travis North, Thermal Design Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in BICSI News, September/October 2011
There's long been a debate that the higher you climb in cabinet door perforation percentage, the better your airflow, and in turn, the better your ability to support high-density heat loads (30 kW and beyond). This has helped push the envelope towards 80 percent perforation in some cabinet models. But is it true? Does a higher cabinet perforation of 80 percent really optimize airflow that much better than a closer-to-standard 64 percent cabinet door? Read on to find out.
Network Middle East - CPI Regional Sales Profile
Daniel Shane, Editor - Network Middle East Magazine. Printed in Network Middle East Magazine, July 2011
Since opening a Chatsworth Products, Inc. international office in Dubai three years ago, CPI's presence in the Middle East has grown an astounding 380% by way of regional sales. With such success, the Middle East IT and data center market have taken notice. In its July 2011 issue, Network Middle East magazine, one of the region's foremost authorities on the IT market in the Middle East, features this profile of Sundeep Raina, CPI Regional Sales Manager for the Middle East.
Airflow Containment: The Road to Data Center Efficiency
by Chris Jaggers, Director of Design Engineering and Travis North, Thermal Design Engineer, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in BICSI News, July/August 2010
As compute capability and power density continue to rise with each generation of server products, the requirement for traditional data centers to efficiently support increased rack density becomes critical. To place this in perspective, a study by Intel illustrated that the same compute capability in 2002 that required 25 racks and consumed 128 kilowatts(kW) of power (5.1 kW/rack) could be replaced in 2008 by a single rack of servers requiring only 21 kW of power (21 kW/rack). Download entire article.
Data Center Thermal Management A Holistic Approach to Energy Efficiency
by Ian Seaton, Technical Applications Development Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in BICSI News, July/August 2009
How important is data center thermal management energy efficiency? How about cashing in a 50% reduction in cooling energy on a one megawatt data center for $1.9 million savings over the life of the data center? (Savings based on fifteen year life of data center, $0.08 per kilowatt hour electricity cost and power usage effectiveness improvement from 2.0 to 1.63.)
A Band Called Bent Metal
Paul Barker, Editor - Cabling Networking Systems (CNS) Magazine. Printed in CNS Magazine, March/April 2011.
During the 2011 BICSI Winter Conference in Orlando, FL., Chatsworth Products, Inc. stole the show with a special evening performance by Bent Metal, an all CPI-employee rock band with plenty of musical skill and a special nod towards IT infrastructure in the lyrics and songwriting department. Since then, many new fans have been won over by Bent Metal's infectious brand of "rack n' roll," including Paul Barker, the Editor of the Canadian-based Cabling Networking Systems (CNS) Magazine. Read his take on the evening, Bent Metal, and CPI's unique brand of company identity and ownership in the article link below.
Executive Roundtable: Driving Data Center Efficiency
Business Management Magazine, January 2008
A new wave of storage solutions is emerging that offer greener, more energy efficient approaches to IT. Business Management spoke to Bruce Shaw, Director of Server and Workstation Marketing at AMD, Ian Seaton, Technology Marketing Manager for Chatsworth Products, and Lorie Wigle, Director of Server Technology and Initiatives Marketing for Intel, to find out how companies can reduce their energy costs and improve data center efficiencies.
High Performance Data Centers Call for Innovative Cooling Techniques
by Brian Donowho, Senior Product Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Mission Critical Magazine, February 2008
Over 80% of today’s data center managers identify thermal management as their greatest challenge. This is no surprise considering the average heat load generated per cabinet by new equipment has doubled since 2000. This excess heat generated by equipment can concentrate within the cabinet and cause equipment to critically overheat and shutdown, costing companies large amounts of time and money.
Hot Air Isolation Cools High-Density Data Centers
by Ian Seaton, Technology Marketing Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Business Management Magazine, January 2008
Contrary to some beliefs, air is quite capable of dissipating heat loads in excess of 30 kW per rack, and can do so quite economically. This is great news to the 92% of data center managers who have not yet tried liquid cooling and the 65% who said they would never use liquid cooling in their data centers, according to a SearchDataCenter.com survey.
Hot Air Isolation Enables Air Cooling in High Density Data Centers
by Ian Seaton, Technology Marketing Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine, September 2007
"The first paragraph of an article on cooling data centers will give away its age. When I first started writing and speaking about thermal management in data centers some seven to eight years ago, I always felt compelled to open with a review of the heat density forecasts from ASHRAE and the Uptime Institute with the motive of scaring the reader or listener into staying with me to the end. Such rhetorical ploys are no longer necessary, so instead I can get right to the point: Contrary to some well-intentioned and much self-serving sound and fury, air is quite capable of dissipating heat loads in excess of 30 kW per rack, and doing it quite economically. That will be good news to the 92% of data center managers who have not yet tried liquid cooling and the 65% who said they would never use liquid cooling in their data centers, according to a SearchDataCenter.com survey.¹"
How to Decrease Data Centers Cooling Costs up to 40%
by Ian Seaton, Technology Marketing Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Communication News Magazine, March 2008
Case studies have shown that by employing passive cooling technology to overcome thermal challenges, you can decrease data center cooling costs up to 40%. The basic principle of passive cooling technology involves using the equipment cabinet as an architectural feature in the data center that secures the isolation between chilled supply air and heated return air. When using a ducted exhaust cabinet, this isolation can effectively cool heat loads in excess of 20 kW per cabinet, while maximizing cooling unit efficiency and allowing the air temperature in the data center to be increased.
How to Properly Manage Network Switch Equipment in Cabinet Spaces
by Nicole McLawhorn, Public Relations/Advertising Specialist, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Thermal News Magazine, Winter 2007/2008
The heart of your network infrastructure is based on the survival of your core network switches. When employing side-to-side airflow, network switches located in cabinets positioned in a hot aisle/cold aisle layout run the risk of re-consuming hot exhaust air, causing elevated intake temperatures which ultimately results in equipment failure. Network switches, specifically Cisco 6500 and 9500 series, utilize this side-to-side airflow pattern by drawing cold air in through the right side of the chassis and releasing hot air out of the left side. The hot exhaust air from one switch will repeatedly flow into the air intake of the adjacent switch, creating problems, especially when these switches are installed in a typical cabinet.
Rack 'em Up: Proper cable management is key to network survival
by Nicole McLawhorn, Public Relations/Advertising Specialist, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Electrical Contracting Products Magazine, January 2008
Without proper cable management your network has little chance for survival. Cables are frequently required to change direction and incorrectly doing so can cause sharp bends or kinks, which can modify the electrical properties of the cables by altering the size, twist rate, relative proximities or lengths of the individual conductors. In addition, tight bundling or improper support of cables can deform, stretch or add tension to the cable, negatively affecting the overall performance and ultimately creating costly downtime.
Streamlining the Data Center with High-Density Cabling Solutions
by Brian Donowho, Senior Product Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. and Alan Ugolini, Corning Cable Systems Printed in Business Management Magazine, April 2008
Enterprise data centers are undergoing a transformation driven by the need to reduce operating costs and increase performance. This can be in direct conflict with strategic business requirements reflected on the data center to increase the ability to adapt to rapid market changes. Data center growth and systems turnover driven by events such as consolidation, disaster recovery, application growth and digital data growth, increase data center cost and complexity. New technology solutions such as server virtualization, storage area networks (SANs), 10 Gigabit Ethernet and InfiniBand are being deployed throughout the data center to address business needs and meet data center requirements of reducing operating costs and increasing performance.
The Data Center Cooling Problem Solved
by Ian Seaton, Technology Marketing Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Thermal News Magazine, Winter 2008/2009
Passive air cooling solutions not only offer the most efficient way to cool today's increasing density requirements, but present huge energy saving and a lower initial investment compared to close-coupled and liquid cooled solutions. Passive air cooling can successfully dissipate as much heat as can be generated by commercial servers that fit into a 42 to 45 U cabinet, and in fact more than most close-coupled and liquid-cooled solutions. Based on complete isolation between hot exhaust and cool supply air, passive air cooling solutions provide access to lower data cente cooling, which translates into increased supply air temperatures and decreased energy consumption.
Passive Cooling Solution Reduces Energy Expenses
by Nicole McLawhorn, Public Relations/Advertising Specialist, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine, February 2009
CDW Corporation is a leading provider of technology solutions, including unified communications, security, remote managed services, informationworker solutions, and virtualization and optimization. The company’s high-tech data centers deliver hosted applications, co-location and managed services to clients nationwide. To sustain current and future growth CDW recently built a new enterprise hosting center located just outside of Madison, WI that provides customers with a state-of-the-art facility for securing and managing their mission-critical information technology (IT) infrastructure equipment.
Specifying Equipment Racks for Seismic Environments
by Alan Taft, Senior Product Manager, Chatsworth Products, Inc. Printed in Equipment Protection Magazine, March 2009
What constitutes a potential seismic environment? Well, just about anywhere on earth is subject to seismic events. It has happened in the past and will definitely happen again in the future, it is just a matter of time and pressure. On any given day, per the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) the earth experiences approximately 25 earthquakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or above on the Richter scale. They may not all be felt but with today’s seismic instrumentation most are measured and recorded. The NEIC now locates approximately 14,000 earthquakes per year. Of those, approximately 18 per year are expected to be in the major earthquake category of between 7.0 to 7.9 and 1 catastrophic earthquake per year above 8.0.