FEATURE : DATA CENTERS
ZetaFrame : Enabling fast and efficient infrastructure deployment
Chatsworth Products ( CPI ) has launched ZetaFrame Cabinet , delivering quick turn built-to-order configurability , industry-leading load capacity and scalability . Duke Robertson , Sr . Product Manager of Cabinet Solutions , Chatsworth Products ( CPI ), tells Intelligent CIO ’ s Jess Phillips about some of the changing customer requirements which have shaped the strategy of this innovative product , as well as how it can help data center teams efficiently manage their operations .
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How have customer requirements changed over the last year and how has the company responded ?
The last year has been challenging . Many workforces are now operating remotely , so that ’ s put a tremendous demand on networks , systems and , ultimately , data centers . For us , it ’ s resulted in an even higher recognition of the need for uptime and the ability to keep the network on and moving so
We ’ ve recognised that and recently released our latest data center cabinet product that will hopefully keep data centers up and running as efficiently as possible .
How has cabinet density changed and what is the impact of this on weight loads ?
We ’ ve noticed in the past five or six years an ongoing increase in density . If you think of cabinets or data center racks as real estate – which , in a lot of ways , they are – real estate is expensive .
The more area that you consume , the more expensive it is to maintain and it ’ s also generally cheaper to go up than out . We ’ ve seen an increase in average cabinet height . Even eight to 10 years ago , 42U was commonplace and it still is but , fast forward a few years , and we ’ re seeing 45U as the most common with
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