Case Studies
At Chatsworth Products we believe that success isn’t narrowly measured on an invoice sheet or an earnings report – it’s cultivated through the trust, reliability and satisfaction of each and every CPI customer and end-user.
That satisfaction is earned through a shared sense of purpose and commitment from CPI to delight the customer on each and every occasion, no matter the size, scope and time frame of the project at hand.
Over the years, we’ve had the pleasure of working with and providing optimised IT infrastructure equipment to large-scale global organisations and small-town operations alike. Through it all, we’ve come to value and appreciate your feedback, honesty, and above all else, trust in the quality and reliability of CPI.
The following case studies highlight much (but not all) of what CPI does so well – exceptional customer service, a diligent and committed sales force, expert technical support, reliable consultation services, state-of-the-art analysis, and of course, world-class customised products and solutions for infrastructure projects of all kinds.
From cost-cutting thermal management to highly customised solutions for tight spaces, CPI case studies run the gamut – big budgets/little lead time to little budgets/plenty of ingenuity, we find ways to get the job done and get the job done right. Take a look:
Shanghai Tobacco
Shanghai Tobacco, China’s largest manufacturer of tobacco products, set out to build its new disaster recovery data centre with one goal in mind— plan for the future. Not only did that mean deploying data storage cabinets that helped reduce power usage through green technologies like CPI Passive Cooling®, it meant avoiding downtime that carries a potential price tag of ¥190 million ($30 million) a minute.
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TeleCommunications Systems
TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) overcomes limited power availability and wins two ASHRAE awards with a data centre design that reduced power consumption and increased expansion capacity with CPI Passive Cooling® Solutions, white equipment cabinets and evaporative-only cooling.
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State of Montana
Trading in the wagon wheels of their ancestors for revolutionary new KyotoCooling® wheels and Passive Cooling® Solutions by Chatsworth Products (CPI), the State of Montana rolled into a new era of energy savings and security. This journey to become a model for green data centers across the nation has now reached a reality that few could ever dream of matching—a “cooling-only” power usage effectiveness (PUE) of less than 1.1.
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BendBroadband
BendBroadband wanted its colocation data centre to be one of the most sustainable, reliable and secure colocation facilities in the entire state. BendBroadband put together an ambitious plan for the Vault, one that relied on a “free cooling” wheel, renewable energy sources, carbon credits and a range of cooling, cabinet and security solutions from Chatsworth Products.
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Phoenix Children's Hospital
For its recent $538 million expansion, Phoenix Children's Hospital created a highly energy efficient data centre that complies with “Green Guide to Healthcare” principles. In addition to being “green,” it was critical that the data centre solution support the many diverse systems needed to support a complex, evolving healthcare facility. This was an opportunity to lay the foundation for many years of community healthcare support.
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King County
With Washington State's King County being the 14th most populated county in the nation and the home to Seattle, it’s no surprise that a state-of-the-art data centre is in demand. That is where King County IT (KCIT) used the industry’s latest data centre innovations, including custom made data cabinets, to help them meet rising demand in a fiscally and environmentally responsible manner.
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Orlando Health
The healthcare industry is on a mission. With healthcare reform on the horizon and the need for more efficient systems for patient records and billing, information technology has become essential to the industry’s success. Dealing with life or death situations, healthcare professionals have only one chance to get it right, so the systems that support this mission must include a solid, robust network infrastructure.
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TelecityGroup
As a company that is committed to minimising environmental impact, TelecityGroup wanted the new Powergate data centre to use the most
energy efficient design principles. Although their other data centre sites employed efficient practises using enclosed hot aisle solutions, they wanted the Powergate site to facilitate the use of high and low density equipment in a single environment.
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CDW
When designing the data centre facility for CDW’s new enterprise hosting centre, the most important issue that needed to be addressed, next to physical security, was the ability to provide adequate cooling to equipment in an energy efficient manner. When CDW learned about the innovative thermal management techniques that Chatsworth Products, Inc. could offer with the F-Series TeraFrame® Cabinet System, they were immediately interested.
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Coaxis
Coaxis wanted to create a workspace that was not only comfortable, cutting edge and energy efficient, but also contained a data centre that visibly displayed the high-tech direction and capabilities of the company. Coaxis purchased 19 F-Series TeraFrame® Cabinets to populate their new data centre.
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DBG
DBG decided to move their IT and finance departments to their Shawson facility. The building’s second floor had to be renovated to accommodate the added office space and IT equipment.This was the perfect time for DBG to expand and upgrade the building’s small data centre with a fresh and innovative approach. DBG decided to move forward and implement a ducted exhaust solution even though their data centre is small.
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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame constantly faces the tasks and challenges associated with maintaining a current network infrastructure and planning for future changes. To meet the goals of higher education along with a continuously IT driven world, Notre Dame is wiring and installing IT infrastructure equipment in many newly constructed buildings while also re-wiring existing academic buildings and residence halls.
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Craven Community College
Craven Community College’s training facility used for their Cisco Academy and other IT training courses was over crowded with a variety of racks, cabinets and cable management products from various manufacturers. Instructors felt that the data centre environment, if better organised, could provide a more real-life work experience for students. The college was given a variety of CPI products including cabinets, cable tray, cable managers and more.
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Los Rios Community College District
In early 2004 Los Rios embarked on a multi-million dollar building project that includes the building, enhancement or modernization of facilities at all four campuses, as well as establishing four additional outreach centres – all in a 10-year time frame. Such aggressive growth requires well-thought out plans, especially in the area of technology.
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Pacific Sunwear
In addition to the tremendous capacity and performance, PacSun wanted cleanliness — “a sterile environment,” says Dwayne Russell, PacSun’s Director of Technical Services. Nothing scattered all over the computer room floor here. Even the closets (IDF locations) are well-organised. To accomplish his goal, Russell chose the comprehensive family of products from Chatsworth Products, Inc.
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Sun Microsystems
The Sun project team found CPI offered the best infrastructure support system to accommodate not only the open mounting architecture that was used in the showcase exhibit, but throughout the entire campus as well. With more than 500 miles of cabling installed throughout the facility, organisation was essential.
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Arizona State University
ASU’s University Technology Office faced with the challenge of planning and executing infrastructure and active voice and data component systems for campus, satellite, leased and commercial locations. Not only has this involved updating and maintaining four campuses IT infrastructure, but also equipping new and renovated buildings with the applications required to be successful.
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Office Depot
With all of these communications channels to manage and keep connected, system interruptions can be devastating. Just one minute of downtime can create great concern since company-wide transactions top more than $12 billion annually. Precise planning for a standardised approach to the network support system was mandatory from the centre's outset.
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Hillsboro, Oregon, School District
A top concern of this rapidly growing school district was to organise the equipment in the best manner in order to support current and future requirements. What was needed was a structural support system that would accommodate the greatest variety of equipment, a framework that would accept cable routing from any direction, and an equipment mounting and housing system that would adjust to any combination of telecom and IT applications.
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Oregon Mutual Insurance
OMI is committed to deploying the most effective technologies to enhance the services, security and satisfaction of their growing policyholder and agent base. OMI was faced with the challenge of overcoming large amounts of heat in data centre cabinets generated from servers and other IT equipment.
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Lucent Technologies
Lucent's newest research and design centres in the neighbouring techno-communities of Naperville and Lisle, Illinois (west of Chicago) comprise six buildings housing 20 telecommunications closets. Each of the two campuses has more than 650,000 square feet of space and contains nearly 5,000 workstations. With such a massive undertaking, harnessing all the technology (and all of the cable management) proved daunting.
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iLink, Hong Kong
iLink is a $35 billion dollar corporation with the vision to be the leading commercial Internet traffic exchange centre in all of Asia Pacific. Serving ISPs, eCommerce enterprises, Internet content, multimedia and application service providers, but with only 422 square miles and 6.5 million people, to say real estate is scarce in Hong Kong is quite the understatement. Developing new facilities is not even an option.C iLink found CPI to be the source that would satisfy the unique requirements of iLink's downtown Hong Kong data centre.
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Advanced Power Technology
When overheating in existing cabinets became a concern for Bend, Ore.-based Advanced Power Technology (APT), the company was forced to find alternate cooling sources to lower critical server temperatures. APT currently used CPI's MegaFrame® Cabinets and wanted to maintain the clean professional appearance of their server room. CPI's Delphi ECS Enclosure Blower provided the answer they needed.
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