The cost of power is an increasingly important consideration for the data centre manager. Accurate planning of power requirements is therefore essential to avoid the problems (and costs) of significant over or under specification. It is also known that power loads vary between the same make and model of equipment, depending on the specific internal configuration, applications running and even the time of day; making strategic planning very difficult.
2bm offers a range of intelligent power management solutions that help to: -
• Monitor power at cabinet entry and also at each outlet on a power strip up to 4000 times per second.
• Determine the inrush on a device when it starts up and running current.
• Report on power consumption over time to identify peaks at month end, Christmas etc; as well as peaks and troughs throughout the day.
• Sequenced start-up on the power strips so the outlets do not all turn on at the same time, allowing a much smoother power up and removing the need for manual intervention.
• Identify power hot spots
• Predict the impact of the new equipment installation
• Integrate with existing monitoring software
Above all they help increase management effectiveness during critical events and provide powerful fault finding and alarm handling to enable faults to be identified and rectified early, reducing the risk of network and system downtime.
2bm ~ helping you to hold the balance of power
