The Raritan Blog

Understanding the Four Categories of KVM Switches

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Gento

A KVM Switch is a hardware device that allows you to control multiple computers via a single keyboard, monitor and mouse (KVM).  The first KVM switch was created as a testing tool for motherboard and production server quality tests, and only supported video and keyboard since the mouse hadn’t been invented at that time.   And as computer technology continued to evolve, so did KVM switches which led to the development of a variety types for different systems and applications. Here are the four categories of KVM switches. 

Raritan’s DCIM Software is Up for the 2014 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Product!

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Gento

Raritan’s dcTrack® DCIM Operations Software has been nominated for the 2014 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Product!  If you’re a satisfied DCIM customer, vote for dcTrack by visiting this link.  Now, if you’re unfamiliar with Raritan and dcTrack, you may be wondering what makes this DCIM solution, among so many solutions on the market, such a powerful resource for data center operators. Three reasons data center operators have had so much success with the tool are that it provides them with better capacity management and accurate asset management, and automates manual processes. 

Three Places Rack PDUs Capture Power Data From and Why You Should Care

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Gento

One aspect of intelligent rack PDUs that’s often poorly understood is where the devices are actually capable of capturing power data from;  And more importantly, the distinct advantages to monitoring the power drawn from IT devices, PDU breakers, and branch circuits that can help you to develop energy efficiency standards and lower the risk of unplanned downtime.  So when monitoring power via rack PDU, consider the advantages of monitoring at the outlet-level, PDU breaker, and PDU branch circuit. 

How the Internet of Things Will Drive the Need for Capacity Management

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Gento

The Internet of Things (IoT)  , the concept of virtually every gadget and appliance we own being interconnected via the Internet, continues to make great strides, and in the words of Gartner is “promising to transform the data center market.”  If and when that transformation does take place, data centers will be faced with an overwhelming amount of data that will need to be synthesized, analyzed, and stored. That “big data” will push the need for additional storage, network, and computing resources to unprecedented heights.

On Switched Rack PDUs and Decreasing Energy Consumption in the Data Center

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Gento

There are a lot of ways to decrease energy consumption in the data center; everything from building hot/cold aisle containment systems, to distributing higher voltages at the rack, to eliminating voltage step-downs, to building a brand new facility in a Scandinavian country and using airside economizers to cool equipment.  The obvious downside with any of these is that they may require a big overhaul of your existing infrastructure, disrupt operations, or be too costly to undertake.

Switched PDUs are a lower cost solution that can easily fit into an existing infrastructure or be a part of a new data center build. Most importantly, they tackle several issues in one shot.  

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