Summary: Let’s get physical, Datanauts. Today we talk about the key elements of building a physical data center: data cabling, racks, HVAC, power, and then managing all of that stuff.<br> The death of the physical data center is greatly exaggerated, and today we build the perfect data center beast. Our guest architect is <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/packetsar" rel="noopener">John Kerns</a>, Principal Network Engineer for an IT professional services company. John blogs at <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.packetsar.com/" rel="noopener">PackeTsar</a> and co-hosts the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.infotrekpodcast.com/" rel="noopener">InfoTrek podcast</a>. He’s also an <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/PackeTsar" rel="noopener">active developer on GitHub</a>.<br> Show Links:<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/data-center-standard-overview/" rel="noopener">Explain: Tier 1 / Tier 2 / Tier 3 / Tier 4 Data Center</a> – NixCraft<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/unified-computing/white_paper_c11-680202.html" rel="noopener">Data Center Power and Cooling White Paper</a> – Cisco<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://packetpushers.net/back-basics-power/" rel="noopener">Back to Basics: Power</a> – John Kerns (via Packet Pushers)<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://packetpushers.net/back-basics-cooling-part-1/" rel="noopener">Back to Basics: Cooling – Part 1</a> – John Kerns (via Packet Pushers)<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://packetpushers.net/back-basics-cooling-part-2/" rel="noopener">Back to Basics: Cooling </a><a target="_blank" href="https://packetpushers.net/back-basics-cooling-part-1/" rel="noopener"> –</a><a target="_blank" href="https://packetpushers.net/back-basics-cooling-part-2/" rel="noopener"></a><a target="_blank" href="https://packetpushers.net/back-basics-cooling-part-2/" rel="noopener">Part 2</a> – John Kerns (via Packet Pushers)<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://packetpushers.net/datacenter-vanity/" rel="noopener">Datacenter Vanity</a> – John Kerns (via Packet Pushers)<br>
