FEATURE : DATA CENTERS go through a number of industry standard and internal tests . The ability for that cabinet to be able to support those loads , not only in the data center anchored to the floor but also in a dynamic environment , whether it ’ s being wheeled up a ramp or on the back of a delivery truck going across the country .
The integral bonding also has a safety aspect to it . The ability to present a frame to be always on or always bonded is a really important and often overlooked safety element as well .
How important is speed of deployment for data center operations ?
If not the most important , it ’ s right up there . It ’ s all about uptime and being online , having that capacity available and the ability for a data center to quickly take a cabinet out of service and replace it for refresh is critical . The time for that switchover is very important to the overall operation of the data center in the network .
Why is the cabinet ’ s ability to manage airflow so critical to efficient data center operations ?
If you look at a data center ’ s operational expenses , the electric bill is probably the number one and the biggest contributor to that is the conditioned air to support all the compute .
You can have the most efficient set up in your data center but if you ’ re ignoring the cabinet level and its efficiency then you ’ re really wasting money .
With respect to the cabinet and airflow management it ’ s really about taking best practices such as using blanking panels to fill up any unused rack space .
You need to properly seal the perimeter of your equipment mounting rails at the front to keep the conditioned air separated from your exhaust air . There are several ways to manage that exhaust air , whether by using different containment strategies or a vertical exhaust duct , for example .
What would be your best practice advice for data center managers for implementing an effective operations strategy ?
There are several things that we can address with that with ZetaFrame . One is simplifying your supply chain . We have the ability for customers to configure a cabinet exactly the way they want it under a single part number .
Everything is positioned exactly where they want it and has all the cable management accessories installed . It has all the PDU power installed as electronic access if customers want that monitoring .
It ’ s all assembled by our experts at our factory so that when the product arrives at either a data center site or at an integrator that might be off site , it ’ s ready to populate with your compute . Not only does that save an enormous amount of time , labor and costs with all of that installation and assembly , there ’ s also an environmental aspect .
It ’ s also the ability to remotely monitor , which is particularly important today . At the cabinet level and the outlet level of your PDU , being able to monitor that remotely without having somebody on site , unless it ’ s absolutely critically necessary .
That ’ s another powerful tool and an efficient way of running your data center operations .
How can data center managers ensure that their infrastructure is future-proof ?
For one , consider the cabinet ecosystem – there ’ s a lot on a data center manager ’ s plate and one thing that ZetaFrame and Chatsworth Products can do is simplify that process , at least when it relates to cabinet and monitoring and power .
The ability to wrap all that under a single partner simplifies the supply chain .
And then we have some capabilities with our power solutions and cabinet ecosystem that allow data center managers to monitor what ’ s going on at the rack level .
Ensuring that 1 ) everything is operating properly and 2 ) if an event does occur , that they can be notified quickly and can react to that incident as quickly as possible to keep things running efficiently . p
Duke Robertson , Sr . Product Manager of Cabinet Solutions , Chatsworth Products ( CPI )
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