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Data Center Projects: Growth Model

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Overview Long term data center or network room capacity planning may seem impossible in the face of evolving IT technology and business requirements. Nevertheless, data center facilities have a lifetime that may span many generations of IT equipment, so planning - or lack of planning - can have a large impact on the effectiveness of investments. Many unnecessary costs can be avoided with simple planning strategies, and even uncertainty itself can be incorporated into a plan. This paper shows a simple and effective way to develop a capacity plan for a data center or network room.

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Publisher	American Power Conversion (APC)	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Data Center

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