When planning an IT budget, one of the biggest expenses a company will see is maintaining equipment. All data center companies should have a written hardware refresh policy that lays out a time frame in which to replace old equipment….
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What Does EIA Stand For? EIA is an initialization for the Electronic Industries Alliance. This alliance represented a group of trade associations for electronic manufacturers in the United States before its dissolution in 2011. EIA standards are still maintained by…
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Relocation or consolidation of a data center is a huge project that can take weeks, months, or even years to complete. Given that most companies rely on stable IT systems for their day to day operations, this is not a…
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Rack screws are used to attach equipment to the vertical uprights of a 19” rack. There is no universal standard thread type for server racks, however, there are three thread types that are most commonly used: 12-24, 10-32, and M6….
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