FEATURE : DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
To confirm an asset ’ s location , they no longer have to either physically visit the data center , wait on slow and clunky first-generation DCIM , or rely on manual and error-prone spreadsheets .
Second-generation DCIM enables an alwaysaccurate view of what ’ s in the data center and where it is . With modern DCIM , Metronom spends 90 % less time checking equipment and UF Health Shands improved asset tracking efficiency by 50 %.
Organizations are also significantly reducing operating expenses by identifying and utilizing stranded capacity .
By getting the most out of their existing resources , they can defer buildouts of new server-ready cabinets that cost US $ 15 – 20,000 each .
Customers are achieving this by leveraging Auto Power Budget , a second-generation DCIM feature that automatically calculates an accurate power budget number for each make and model instance of a device based upon the actual measured load of that device in its environment running its applications .
With this feature , Comcast gets 40 % more utilization out of its existing resources . eBay can deploy projects with 33 % fewer cabinets , saving it US $ 120,000 in a single project .
Finally , data center managers are leveraging secondgeneration DCIM to help meet their corporate sustainability goals . For example , Vodafone uses DCIM to accurately measure , monitor and document the environment and power telemetry in its data centers .
It is then able to intelligently implement strategies like raising cold aisle temperatures to save large amounts of energy and money . p
SECOND-GENERATION DCIM COMES WITH FREE APIS AND CONNECTORS THAT MAKE IT EASY TO
DRIVE AUTOMATION VIA INTEGRATION WITH
OTHER TOOLS .
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