April 14, 2009
We often receive questions from folks in the industry about our products and solutions. Bill Watts, CPI Sr. Data Center Architect, responds to one.
Question: Is there a need to "balance" the air volume with the chimney solution when racks utilize different kW? Can I use chimneys on some cabinets and allow other cabinets to function without chimneys?
January 16, 2009
With all this talk about data center cooling, obviously where most of the power consumption is, what is being considered for smaller telecom rooms? IE, 1-4 Cisco 3750's in one TR. When you have 100 rooms of this size on a campus, power is still a concern. What mitigating factor, aside from turning down the A/C, is there available? Is anyone looking into it?
November 07, 2008
September 12, 2008
July 25, 2008
For customers using Microsoft® Visio for equipment layouts and creating network diagrams, CPI has teamed up with NetZoom, Inc. to create shapes of popular CPI products. These shapes are compatible with Visio versions 5/2000/2002/2003/2007 and available to you free of charge.
May 16, 2008
Did you know that CPI has 10 team members who are Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD®) Certified? Should you even care? When I joined CPI’s marketing department more than eight years ago I had a lot to learn about CPI