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HP unveils new data center design methodology

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BANGALORE, INDIA: HP today unveiled 'Multi-tiered hybrid design', an approach to critical facilities design that, according to HP, can increase data center efficiency and reduce customers’ capital costs by 15 to 25 per cent.

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This new offering enables customers facing the challenges of today’s economic climate to cost-effectively invest in building the foundation to thrive in tomorrow’s recovery, said a press release.

When building or redesigning to create multi-tiered data centers, most businesses today operate under the assumption that more availability is always better.

As a result, they build entire data centers based on the highest availability required by their most business-critical applications.

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Consequently, they invest in expensive, unnecessary redundant infrastructure along with specialized mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, the release added.

Under HP’s approach to facility design, customers can significantly reduce capital and operating costs by designing data centers with multiple tiers, it said.

Each tier matches the availability requirements for a range of business applications.

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“A monolithic approach to data center design drives up construction and operating costs. Adopting a multi-tiered approach scales back capital investments and operating expenses because it right-sizes facility infrastructures," said David J. Cappuccio, vice president and chief of research, Gartner.

Building a combined tier II and tier IV facility instead of a facility with a single level IV tier saves an organization millions of dollars, said HP.

The HP multi-tiered hybrid design cost analysis tool demonstrates how adjustments in facility design can impact capital costs.

“Customers can save millions of dollars by building multi-tiered data centers that are scalable, efficient and predictable,” said EE Chye Chuan, director, Asia Pacific and Japan Data Center Services, EYP, Education, Pursuit and Engagement, HP.

Multi-tiered hybrid design is offered as part of HP’s Critical Facilities Services delivered by EYP MCF.

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