Data Center Knowledge Resources

Data center Types:

According to Cisco, three distinct types of server farms exist: Internet, Extranet, and Intranet. All three types reside in a Data Center and often in the same Data Center facility, which generally is referred to as the corporate Data Center or enterprise Data Center. If the sole purpose of the Data Center is to support Internet-facing applications and server farms, the Data Center is referred to as an Internet Data Center. Server farms are at the heart of the Data Center. In fact, Data Centers are built to support at least one type of server farm. Although different types of server farms share many architectural requirements, their objectives differ. Thus, the particular set of Data Center requirements depends on which type of server farm must be supported. Each type of server farm has a distinct set of infrastructure, security, and management requirements that must be addressed in the design of the server farm. Although each server farm design and its specific topology might be different, the design guidelines apply equally to them all. (Source: Ciscopress.com)

Excerpt form Data Center Design Overview Chapter in Cisco Data Center Fundamentals. The chapter can be accessed at: http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=102268

Data Center Knowledge resources:

The following sites offer extensive knowledge about Data centers and various Technologies.

Cisco Data Center Technologies

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns949/index.html

Networkworld.com – Data Center

http://www.networkworld.com/topics/data-center.html

Datacenter Knowledge

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/

The Uptime Institute

http://blog.uptimeinstitute.com/tag/data-center-knowledge/

Data Center Journal

http://www.datacenterjournal.com/

Green Data Center

http://www.greendatacenternews.org/