How to Evaluate Your Cooling System Using Benchmarks & Airflow Assessments to Determine Cooling Performance
John Consoli, chief technology officer at AFCO Systems (www.afcosystems.com), says administrators should understand their overall cooling strategy, whether it is a hot aisle/cold aisle layout, aisle containment, in-row cooling, or active airflow management. Each of these approaches, says Consoli, has positives and negatives, so administrators should become familiar with the …
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AFCO CTO Discusses The Power of Power Monitoring with Processor Magazine
In the article, “Get A Better Handle On Data Center Costs”, AFCO CTO John Consoli discusses the benefits and necessity of taking a granular approach to power monitoring:

Want to get a grip on energy costs? IT managers will need to monitor energy use and record it for each piece of …
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AFCO CTO Describes Benefits of CFD Modeling for Processor Magazine
In the article, “Use Computational Fluid Dynamics To See How Changes To Your Data Center Will Affect Cooling”, AFCO CTO John Consoli discusses the merits of CFD modeling:
Because data center conditions can be so complex and variable, data center managers need all the help they can get. Without sufficient visibility, …
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Xnth’s Ed Koplin Interviewed by Accenture about Datacenter Power and Cooling
Ed Koplin, a Principal in X-nth’s Mission Critical line of business, has more than 26 years experience in data center electrical and mechanical design. He was recently interviewed by Rami Rihani, a consultant with Accenture, for his views on datacenter power and cooling. In this interview, Koplin points out that …
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AFCO Systems CTO Discusses Cooling Small Datacenters with Processor Magazine
It may be more important to ensure good cooling in small data centers than in big ones. John Consoli, CTO at AFCO Systems (www.afcosystems.com), draws an analogy to protecting fine cigars. “The cigars I keep at my cigar club are preserved in a big, walk-in humidor. I have never had …
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AFCO CTO Comments on Datacenter Temperature at Processor Magazine
Temperature is a critical factor in the modern data center, and it is only becoming more so. Increased processor speeds, smaller server form factors, and higher server rack densities have all contributed to tremendous challenges for data center administrators in the areas of cooling and air movement.

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Purchasing Magazine Discusses Online Education with AFCO Purchasing Specialist
Online education provider gets high marks from buyers

AFCO Systems purchasing guru, Francis DiMotta discusses the value of online education with Wayne Forrest at Purchasing magazine.

Francis DiMotta certainly knows that the art of purchasing has changed considerably over his 20-plus years in manufacturing, serving in various procurement, warehouse supervision and materials …
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AFCO Systems Introduces Rack-Level Physical Remote Access Security for Datacenters via Resource Manager Monitoring and Management Platform
Enables Datacenter and Co-Location Facilities to Provide Physical Security at the Datacenter Enclosure Level

Farmingdale, NY — September 15, 2009 — Physical security inside datacenters and co-location (co-lo) facilities is extremely important to ensure data integrity as well as privacy and compliance with industry and government regulations such as HIPAA. And …
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Processor Magazine Interviews AFCO CTO John Consoli about “Getting Ready for Datacenter Virtualization”
Server virtualization has been the big buzz in data center operations for only about four years. But today, virtualization is going beyond servers. Costs have dropped markedly, making the price tag on virtual servers lower than physical costs.

However, John Consoli, chief technology officer at AFCO Systems, warns: “Don’t …
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