Altruent Systems Resources

Whitepapers:

Re-examining the Suitability of the Raised Floor for Data Center Applications
The circumstances that gave rise to the development and use of the raised floor in the data center environment are examined. Many of the reasons for the raised floor no longer exist, and the problems associated with raised floors suggest that their widespread use is no longer justified or desirable for many applications.

Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure: Optimizing Business Value
To stay competitive in today's rapidly changing business world, companies must update the way they view the value of their investment in Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI). No longer are simply availability and upfront cost sufficient to make adequate business decisions. Agility, or business flexibility, and low total cost of ownership have become equally important to companies that will succeed in a global, ever-changing marketplace.

Standardization and Modularity in Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure
Failure to adopt modular standardization as a design strategy for Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI) is costly on all fronts: unnecessary expense, avoidable downtime, and lost business opportunity. Standardization and its close relative, modularity, create wide-ranging benefits in NCPI that streamline and simplify every process from initial planning to daily operation, with significant positive effects on all three major components of NCPI business value availability, agility, and total cost of ownership.

Essential Power System Requirements for Next Generation Data Centers
Effective mission critical installations must address the known problems and challenges relating to current and past data center designs. This paper presents a categorized and prioritized collection of power system challenges and requirements as obtained through systematic user interviews.

Essential Cooling System Requirements for Next Generation Data Centers
Effective mission critical installations must address the known problems and challenges relating to current and past data center designs. This paper presents a categorized and prioritized collection of cooling system challenges and requirements as obtained through systematic user interviews.

The different types of UPS systems
There is much confusion in the marketplace about the different types of UPS systems and their characteristics. Each of these UPS types is defined, practical applications of each are discussed, and advantages and disadvantages are listed. With this information, an educated decision can be made as to the appropriate UPS topology for a given need.

Presentations:

High Density Application Overview for InfraStruXure
Powerpoint presentation covering the application of APC's InfraStruXure line to High Density (ie. Blade Server) implementations.