The topics of availability, security and energy optimization of a data center are still perceived as competing requirements. If you look at data center operations in the last century, this was reality. Lots of cold air, security gates in the entrance area and within the data center space, and an awareness that IT is so valuable that the energy expended justifies the data center operation.

The times of 18 grädiger air from floor plates without an air duct, a physical security that cannot be measured as well as UPS systems that are not operated at an optimal operating point are far from being a thing of the past. The consistent further development of the OT layer of a data center makes it possible to view the conflicting areas of availability, security and energy optim ...