Alex Carroll

Alex Carroll

Alex, co-owner, is responsible for all real estate, construction and mission critical facilities: hardened buildings, power systems, cooling systems, fire suppression, and environmentals. Alex also manages relationships with the telecommunications providers and has an extensive background in IT infrastructure support, database administration and software design and development. Alex architected Lifeline’s proprietary GRCA system and is hands-on every day in the data center.

The Mystery of Data Center Regulations

Alex Carroll and Rich Banta from Lifeline Data Centers

When it comes to data centers, the words regulations and compliance are sure to follow in every conversation. Did you know that according to a recent independent survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute and Tripwire, Inc., the average cost of…

Best Practices for Designing N+1 UPS Configuration

Lifeline Data Centers Heat Exchanger

Editors note: Lifeline Data Centers uses N+N redundancy in construction of both power and cooling facilities. N+1 redundancy is less resilient. This post describes N+1 redundancy and its characteristics. N+1 (or parallel) redundancy is one method used to ensure system…