Higher education technology assets across data centers, IT closets, and campus networks of universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology enable breakthroughs in research, online education, administrative operations, and more.
But the varied applications of higher ed data centers can also make them complex and difficult to manage.
We hear that the most common challenges of managing higher ed data centers are:
- Constant change in the data center
- Lack of a common tool to understand operations
- High-density power and cooling requirements for high-performance compute
- Managers have to act as colocation operators with multiple tenants
- Sprawling IDF/MDF estate across campus
- Smallers teams with limited process maturity
- Wide range of equipment types with little standardization
These challenges are significant, but we have seen first-hand that with the right tools, information, and processes, they can be overcome.
In this eBook, we have compiled the five tips for managing higher ed data centers.