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DCIM: Managing Power and Cooling and Improving Resilience
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DCIM: Managing Power and Cooling and Improving ResilienceDCIM: Managing Power and Cooling and Improving Resilience

With annual data center traffic expected to reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes by 2016, DCIM has become a “must-have” component to any well-run data center.

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