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.

How Energy Audits Can Improve Your Facility’s Efficiency

Alex Carroll and Rich Banta from Lifeline Data Centers

Controlling data center costs presents ongoing challenges for facility managers. One of the biggest expenses incurred is power consumption. The need for improving energy efficiency in data center facilities has become a top priority. One of the smartest steps you…

Business Continuity Plans vs. Disaster Recovery Plans

Lifeline Data Centers

Neither big or small organizations can afford downtime in their data center operations. The losses due to downtime has jumped to almost $138,000 on an hourly basis in 2012, which is 3 times more than the loss calculated in the…

How to Minimize Human Error in a Data Center Facility

Alex Carroll and Rich Banta from Lifeline Data Centers

Without a doubt the biggest contributor of downtime in a data center is human error. If you are finding it hard to believe, then take a closer look into the insights delivered by Enlogic from their study pertaining to downtimes…

Are There Advantages to a Midwest Data Center?

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The debate on the geographic location of a data center is an interesting one. Some companies prefer a colocated datacenter close to their IT staff, while for others, data center related costs motivate them to choose a Midwest data center away from…