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on 01/1/2008
The utilization of virtualization technologies through blade server deployment continues to increase at a rapid rate as organizations attempt to maximize server density per rack. Although these technologies optimize rack space, they also significantly increase the power and cooling requirements of the data center. Organizations are faced with a continuous struggle to provide ample power and cooling to support these high density server deployments on legacy data center infrastructures. This case study discusses the challenges Tele Atlas faced in meeting the power and cooling requirements of their blade server deployment. Tele Atlas was able to facilitate rapid growth by leveraging blade server technologies but quickly realized that their existing data center CRAC units were incapable of providing sufficient cooling to support their operation.
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