A new book, Meltdown by Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik, provides an explanation for the source of systems errors.
For the better part of a decade, operators have agonized over how to reduce energy waste. By and large, they have succeeded–the average PUE, the industry’s most common infrastructure efficiency metric, was a record low in this year ’s survey.
New Uptime Institute research data shows that downtime is common and may even be increasing, in spite of many advances. Complexity and extensive use of third parties has made life more difficult for management.