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We can really provide the information detailing what ’ s going on within the cabinet to ensure uptime and address problems quickly .
How far does real time monitoring reduce the risk of downtime and what tools can data center managers use to assist with this ?
Real time monitoring can refer to power , but it can also be environmental – we know there ’ s a focus today on saving money , and saving money is saving power . That can be within the cabinet and it also can be within your cooling infrastructure . For example , we have a number of customers that are running at higher temperatures . The advantage of that is you don ’ t have to provide as much cooling , so you save power , but if you have a problem with your cooling system it ’ s critical that you know right away .
With
switched intelligent PDUs , like the ones we provide , we have sensors for temperature , humidity , differential air pressure , water and contact closure . And various other things .
It allows confidence to know when there is a problem and that you can react before you have downtime or before you have a critical issue , ensuring that it doesn ’ t daisy chain within the data center .
We have everything from devices that are measured at the in-feed for capacity planning to devices that measure at the outlet which is at the device and server level . We can really provide the information detailing what ’ s going on within the cabinet to ensure uptime and address problems quickly .
Can you introduce us to the PRO3X PDU and the challenges it aims to address ?
The
PRO3X PDU is really a hybrid design , taking some of the best Server Technology features and some of the best Raritan features . One of the things that we ’ ve done is integrate mechanical locking for every outlet , which means no more sourcing locking cables in different lengths and different colors – it ’ s inherently built right into the PDU itself .
That really helps as we know that the more people that are in the data center , frankly , the more problems you ’ re going to have . With locking outlets , cables can ’ t be bumped or pulled by accident , as an example .
We ’ ve incorporated our HDOT and our
HDOT Cx technology , which is a custom outlet that we ’ ve patented and allows for a lot of flexibility as the hybrid Cx outlet can act as a C13 or a C19 outlet . This helps to future proof your cabinet configuration and make it much easier when there are equipment upgrades or cabinet refresh .
Could you share some use cases of how this technology is being used ?
Looking at a cloud application , for example , behind that environment , there is a PDU . Power and environmental monitoring is going on behind the scenes in a cloud environment .
When you get into a data center application , whether it ’ s a typical data center that you own or a colocation , the same technologies are being used , but in a different way . In a colocation facility , we find a lot of focus on monitoring , making sure the colo meets its SLAs .
In a lot of regular data centers , power monitoring is key , right down to the device level .
It really comes down to what the customer wants to focus on – what is important to them , what their SLAs are and what they ’ re trying to accomplish . We really do everything from very basic PDUs , all the way up to the most intelligent monitoring .
How does this technology ultimately enable the likes of Smart Cities and emerging technologies such as Edge Computing ?
If you look at Edge Computing and Artificial Intelligence , you ’ re really bringing the compute closer
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