| Avocent Power Manager Generates Higher Savings for High-Density Data Centres |
|
|
| Tuesday, 02 October 2007 | |
|
“Employing a three-phase power strategy is essential for enterprises to adapt to the data centre’s ever-evolving power requirements, particularly in our current environment, where power requirements are continuing their steep climb and data centre real estate is becoming increasingly scarce,” said Ashish Moondra, product manager for power management devices at Avocent. “We designed the new Cyclades PM to grow with the enterprise data centre, so it’s something IT managers can install today and rely on for years.” Combined with Avocent DSView® 3 management software IT managers in the data centre save time and money using the PM42 since they can remotely reboot or recycle power and monitor power currents. Automated monitoring allows IT managers to set thresholds that can, for example, turn off and lock power units if current goes beyond a set limit, preventing circuit breakers from crashing and bringing down servers. This “smart” metering capability allows businesses to stay “always on” and provides a major advancement over basic PDUs that can monitor power but lack the capability to actively control it. The Cyclades PM 42 is specially designed for racks using more than 5kW of power because rack densities are requiring substantially more power, rising from a former average of 3kW or below, peaking at 20kW to 25kW. The Cyclades PM 42 also makes better use of scarce data center real estate. The PM 42 can deliver up to 8.6kW of power and provide 42 outlets that can support 42 one-unit (1U) servers within a rack. Up to three PM 42s can be used in tandem and managed as a single entity, enabling IT managers to manage a total of 126 outlets through a single IP address – nearly twice the number of outlets of most competitive managed offerings. The PM 42’s compact size also enables it to be mounted within any rack, unlike wider power strips that can only be used on racks with a wide rear channel, giving it the flexibility to be implemented in any high-density data center environment. Similar to existing Cyclades PM power products the new Cyclades PM 42 is easily and remotely accessible through DSView 3 software. DSView 3 software consolidates management of servers and embedded technologies via KVM switches, serial console managers, power managers, service processor managers, and even third-party tools into a single interface, providing a complete infrastructure management solution for IT managers. Rather than having to run a separate management appliance for power issues, IT managers can directly monitor and manage power through the main management platforms they are already using. The integration with DSView 3 software also enables the power managers to integrate with enterprise authentication, authorisation and auditing (AAA) access servers to ensure data centre security. By integrating system access, power control and security into a single platform, Avocent delivers easier management and faster problem solving to data centres of any size. About Avocent Corporation Avocent delivers IT infrastructure management solutions that reduce operating costs, simplify management and increase the availability of critical, "always on" IT environments via integrated, centralised in-band and out-of-band hardware and software. Through LANDesk, Avocent also is a leading provider of systems, security, and process management solutions. Additional information is available at: www.avocent.com
Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now
|
Tags
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
