SMART POWER MANAGEMENT FOR DATA CENTERS - Nov 22 Knowledge Sharing Article

Supervising dynamic use of business computer servers in large data centers is a daunting task. Real-time power monitoring is essential for power management, intelligent cooling and is encouraged by the fact that the operational costs for many server components now exceed the capital investment of server hardware. Installing Power Distribution Units (PDUs) on all servers in the data center is a must for flexible power monitoring systems, a frustrating and expensive undertaking when new data centers are available on thousands of servers. Allocating a large amount of space for PDUs in a congested data center also necessitates interference with key business servers to attach to PDUs, further reducing data center reliability (adding layers of network hardware with servers can slow down service). Smart power solutions allow administrators to run power cycle servers remotely from devices and provide solutions, reducing server downtime by using a straight-forward approach to power management. Key features such as smart load shedding, intermediate management capacity, branch circuit protection, and three-phase power can help extend uptime and enable productive power management.

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