cabling, Enclosures,
Cabinets & Racks
BUCK THE TREND
When it comes to selecting the best IT infrastructure for your data centre, Luca Rozzoni, European business
development manager at Chatsworth Products, explains that it’s not always about the latest tech trend.
T
echnological trends will
always influence buying
decisions, as they are driven
not only by advancements in
technology, but the evolving
needs of the data centre itself.
As more demands are being
placed on the modern data
centre, the focus has been on
making purchasing decisions that
drive efficiency, resiliency and
redundancy, whilst still offering
greater flexibility in the future.
However, trying to decide on the
best data centre design and the
most appropriate products is not
always about the latest trend.
26 | April 2017
What is right for one
data centre might not
be right for another
Whilst it is important to adopt
the latest technologies, what is
right for one data centre might
not be right for another. It is
vital to understand the different
options available in terms of
server cabinets and racks and the
different advantages that they
can bring.
The drive for efficiency has
recently seen a decline in legacy
open frame racks, with a rise
in the adoption of enclosed
cabinets. However, open frame
racks still offer a perfectly viable
solution for many data centre
deployments, and address a
variety of applications, from
supporting active equipment
such as switches and servers, to
providing a straightforward cable
patching platform.
A key factor for choosing an
open frame rack is usually financial.
A complete rack solution, including
cable management accessories,
can reduce the cost by 50-75 per
cent of the equivalent enclosed
cabinet configuration.
Open frame racks also have the
benefit of providing straightforward