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Data Center Handbook : Plan, Design, Build, and Operations of a Smart Data Center, Hardcover by Geng, Hwaiyu (EDT), ISBN 1119597501, ISBN-13 9781119597506, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
"A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (., air conditioning, fire suppression) and security devices. During the 1980s, computers started to be deployed everywhere, in many cases with little or no care about operating requirements. However, as information technology (IT) operations started to grow in complexity, companies grew aware of the need to control IT resources. The availability of inexpensive networking equipment, coupled with new standards for network structured cabling, made it possible to use a hierarchical design that put the servers in a specific room inside the company. The use of the term "data center," as applied to specially designed computer rooms, started to gain popular recognition about this time"--
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