Issue 17
Publisher: Jack Burlin Editor: Patti Hammonds
November 3, 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
Your success story
Monthly product special
Kevinisms
Trivia "Bonus"
Photo
Articles of Interest: New Generation Cabinet Standards Part 17: "When is a toilet like a salt shaker?"
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New Generation Cabinet Standards
by Leo Choi
For the corporate CIO, Facility Manager or IT Manager,
it is
always a headache to find a suitable cabinet to fit their
Data Center. What are the key concerns to choose between cabinets for
today's Data
Center? There are many things
to consider when building a data
center. The key to getting it right, is to consider those criteria when
starting to design
the cabinet.
Safety, Cooling, Cabling,
& Compatibility are the four key criteria to include when choosing a cabinet for
your
Data Center. New generation cabinets must be more adaptable to
changing requirements, in order to improve
both availability and cost
effectiveness.
Safety
Restricting access to
your equipment is today as important as ensuring that the equipment is
operational in the
correct enclosure environment. Security, or limiting
access to your enclosures, is critical to the safe operation of
your
equipment and protection of mission critical data. The new generation
cabinet should provide high security
solutions for access management.
Locks – are the
most important things for basic access management. They should offer the option
of
having different
keys and a master key. This helps control the security
level of individual cabinets. Electronic or Biometric locks will
be available on fully IP compatible cabinets.
The Structure –
of new
generation cabinets provides high weight capacity and structural stability.
Cabinets are
tested
through sequential loading, to ensure they provide a safe working
environment for the higher density servers.
Other structural features include grounding studs, heavy duty casters,
lifting eyes, and bolt down kits.
Cooling
Today more than ever,
cooling is a critical concern due to the increasing density of high end
or blade type servers. A
fully populated rack of high end servers puts
out approximately 40,000 BTU’s or enough thermal energy to heat
an
average size home. Conventional cooling technologies and traditional
style enclosures are no longer sufficient to
stand up to this challenge.
The new generation
cabinet should be designed and engineered to provide absolute user
flexibility to meet these
emerging thermal challenges. The cabinet has
a broad offering of design features and sophisticated cooling solutions
to meet Data Center specific requirements. Significant
cooling efficiency is achieved through these outstanding design
and
engineering features:
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Perforated steel design of all enclosure doors ensures the ultimate in air pattern and air flow.
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Fully perforated top cover further enhances cooling capability for higher end severs.
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Optional fans for controlling and directing hot air exhaust
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Custom designed cladding such as exhaust duct, connected to the Data Center central cooling system.
Cabling
In today’s Data Center,
the use of enclosures not specifically designed for high density
equipment applications can lead
to unsightly, often incorrectly
installed or improperly managed cables. In the worst case, this can
affect data throughput
as well as causing maintenance and thermal
problems by blocking proper air flow.
The new generation
cabinet should provide an integrated cabling pathway within the cabinet
frame. The heavy duty
rack framework consisting of end frames,
verticals, horizontal panel mounting brackets, reduces the need for
add-on cable
channels and provides multi-directional cable pathways and numerous
efficient cabling options for
easy passage of large quantities of
cables. Specially developed cable bend radius protectors can provide
greater protection for the typical copper (Cat5e or Cat6) cable and Fiber
optic cable.
Compatibility
To accommodate today’s
ever-growing powerful computing hardware, blade servers and equipment
technologies,
the new generation cabinet is fully
compatible for a broad range of leading server manufacturers such as
IBM, HP,
DELL, and SUN. Even more important, any updated design features must be
in alignment with all 19”
rackmountable universal standards.
Summary
Safety, Cooling, Cabling
& Compatibility are the four key criteria when choosing cabinet for
your Data Center.
The cabinet selected needs to be more adaptable to
changing requirements. By meeting these criteria, the
New Generation cabinet provides improvements in availability and
cost
effectiveness.
ISC has the perfect solution for
organizing and protecting your new equipment.
The "West Coast" cabinet on special this month has all the features
listed above.
Don't put your hardware in danger, call the
rackmount ranger!
Call 800-458-6255 for help in selecting the correct product for your
application.
Here is another question from the golden days of television.
Q: Who was the voice of Underdog?
All correct answers will be placed into a pool for a
random drawing at the end of the month. The winner will receive a
free 25 foot reel of reusable velcro cable ties (part number
MD88-25RLBK), plus free ground shipping. Send your answers to:
Jack Burlin
See next month's newsletter for the winner and the correct answer.
Answer from October's Newsletter.
Q: Who sang "The man who shot Liberty Valance"? A: Gene Pitney
The winner was John Bojorquez. Honorable mentions to Roger Eastman and Duane Cathey.
A Kevinism is a funny or intriguing statement or idea from our Vice President of Sales, Kevin Hunt. Kevin is a big fan of Sandra Bullock, Pizza Inn black olive pizza, and Dr. Pepper (not necessarily in that order). He is not a big fan of Chinese food, seafood, or other types of "dead" stuff.
In the August article, I described how Kevin frequently goes "off on a tangent." See the August 2006 newsletter. One of the key indicators that Kevin has gone off on a tangent is that he creates new words or new definitions for words. Here are some recent gems.
Tragidity
Tragidity is the word Kevin came up with when we were going to eat lunch
at the Empress of China restaurant in Grapevine. I guess it
combines tragedy and rigidity into a single word. Kevin's dislike
of Chinese food is legendary, but Robin enjoys it occasionally. So
in this particular case, she took the opportunity to get Chinese for
lunch, since we had an errand to run in the same general area after
lunch. Just North of Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airport is where we
get the boxes used to ship our
flexible keyboards. The Empress of China was right on the way.
Kevin was commenting on Robin being unrelenting, as she refused to eat
lunch somewhere else, and his being forced into an unacceptable
situation. He was experiencing a tragidity.
Recumbesize
Back in May I purchased a recumbent bicycle. A recumbent bicycle has a lower seat with a back rest, and the pedals are higher and much more forward than on a regular bicycle. Here is a photo:
This type of bicycle is significantly better on your knees and back than is a typical bicycle. You can ride in a reclining posture, and there is plenty of back support. You are also much closer to the ground, so being able to put your feet down on the ground when stopped is much easier. There are three gears in front and eight in the rear, for a total of 24 gear ratios. The bike is a little unstable at very low speeds and takes a little getting used to. It climbs hills nicely, but slowly, and goes downhill great.
During the Spring and Summer I tried to ride every other day. I have a figure eight course comprised of local streets in my neighborhood. There are two hill climbs and one long descent that takes about 3.5 minutes per circuit. I try to ride eight or ten circuits per ride. This provides a pretty good workout.
I don't know how the Fall and Winter months are going to work out. Perhaps I will be limited to weekends only.
Anyway, whenever Kevin wants to know if I have been riding, he says, "Did you recumbesize?"
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Part 17 Continued from October
Since the October 2005 issue
the following personality types have been defined:
| The men who prefer the toilet seat up are: | Macho Men |
| The women who prefer the toilet seat up are: | Fairy Godmothers |
| The men who prefer the toilet seat down are: | Men of Leisure |
| The women who prefer the toilet seat down are: | Queens of the Realm |
| The men who prefer the lid down are: | Paleolithic Men |
| The women who prefer the lid down are: | Interior Decorators |
| The men who have no preference are: | Philosopher Kings |
| The women who have no preference are: | Warrior Princesses |
In the July issue, we used the chart below to
address the conflicts that can arise when different personalities
interact within the same household. Conflict is inevitable when
multiple personalities interact, although the level of conflict differs
depending on which of the four types of men are interacting with which
of the four types of women. We have already gone over the
intersections where no conflict exists (NC).
This month we are going to cover the instances of possible conflict,
represented below by the + OR - symbol.
| Macho Man | Man of Leisure | Paleolithic Man | Philosopher King | |
| Fairy Godmother | NC | + OR - | + OR - | + OR - |
| Queen of the Realm | ++ | NC | + | + |
| Interior Decorator | ++ | + OR - | ++ | + |
| Warrior Princess | NC | NC | NC | NC |
Here is what the symbols in the above grid represent:
NC
= no conflict, + OR - = possible
conflict, +
= minor conflict, ++
= major conflict
Conflict Resolution
This section addresses the ultimate goal of this book. Once people understand which personality types are represented in their homes, they can take steps to reduce or eliminate the conflicts that exist. It can also be important for people to understand why they may not have any conflict, if in fact none exists.
We can review the last three issues in order, and examine the best ways to eliminate the conflicts that exist. Keep in mind however, that this book is not designed as a highly detailed psychoanalysis of anyone. Even though there are generally four personality types for each sex, there are probably multiple gradations within each type. Just keep things light and remember to have some fun. If all else fails, at least you will understand your partner and their motivations a little better.
Conflict Resolution - Possible Conflicts
The Fairy Godmother has possible conflicts with the Man of Leisure, the Paleolithic Man, and the Philosopher King. However, resolving these possible conflicts is fairly simple. Since the Fairy Godmother really wants to do whatever the man wants, she can quickly transition into a Cinderella. Living with a Cinderella might be OK for the man, as far as the toilet etiquette is concerned, but is probably not a very good thing when the relationship as a whole is considered. The best solution is for the Fairy Godmother to take on the "role" of the woman that most closely matches that of her man. If the man is a Man of Leisure, the Fairy Godmother acts like a Queen of the Realm. If the man is a Paleolithic Man, she acts like an Interior Decorator, except that she has not truly become one, so she does not have the same conflicts that a real Interior Decorator would have with a Paleolithic Man. If the man is a Philosopher King, then the Fairy Godmother assumes the role of a Warrior Princess. Ultimately, the Fairy Godmother might actually change into one of these other types, but she can easily retain her basic personality by simply acting like them. Since all she wants to do is agree with the man of the house, this is a fairly simple thing to do.
The possible conflict between the Interior Decorator and the Man of Leisure is also a fairly simple one to resolve. However, it starts with the understanding that the Interior Decorator likes the toilet environment to be "pretty" and, that she is not going to change. The Man of Leisure needs to accept these two facts. This should not be news to the Man of Leisure. Frequently, the Interior Decorator's personality trait extends well beyond the bathroom to encompass the entire house. The Man of Leisure can react in a similar way to that described above for the Fairy Godmother. He can retain his main traits but adopt the role of the Paleolithic Man. This will allow him to accept the toilet lid being down. He cannot truly become a Paleolithic Man, as that might lead to conflicts over the role of the toilet once the lid is down. So the best thing is to calmly accept the fact that the Interior Decorator wants the lid down. He will then benefit from a more blissful and more relaxed life.
Continued next month with the resolution of minor conflicts
between different personalities in the same house.
Bonus Photo of Jack ("Captain Jack") on Halloween, direct from
Aaaarrlington, TX
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