ENCLOSURES AND RACKS
Re-Evaluating the Role of the Cabinet
Cabinet of Curiosities
By Mark Hirst, T4 Product Manager, Cannon Technologies
Introduction
Mark Hirst explains
why it’s time to go
back to basics
With the data centre industry often
focussing on issues such as power
management, server technology and
how to facilitate the cloud and the
Internet of Things (IoT), attention
has been diverted away from what’s
needed to protect an investment in IT
equipment. Walk into any data centre
and the first things that you are likely to
see are cabinets – probably quite a few
of them. For many people this fleeting
acknowledgment is about as far as their
interest in this fundamental aspect of the
data centre infrastructure goes. With the
focus on lowering power usage
effectiveness (PUE), operating the latest
server technology and working out how
to prepare for the vast quantities of data
that the Internet of Things (IoT) will
create, many owners, operators and
users of these facilities are failing to
appreciate the role the cabinet.
Forgotten Hero
We are all – to a greater or lesser extent
– guilty of creating this state of affairs.
It’s also quite understandable that with
the pressure for greater data centre
energy efficiency and cl [X]H