The Raritan Blog

PDU Circuit Breakers and Branch Circuits: Why Monitor Both?

Henry Hsu
May 15, 2015

Many data centers rely on a building management system (BMS) to monitor the power being fed to their cabinets at the panelboard or branch circuit level.  On the surface, it would appear that monitoring the branch circuit at the floor panelboard is enough to avoid tripped circuits and to identify available power capacity.  But a closer look will reveal why it’s a better idea to monitor power at both the branch circuit level and the rack PDU circuit breaker level. 

Choosing a DCIM Services Vendor: What You Should Know

Paula Alves
April 14, 2015

Data center infrastructure management, or DCIM, is a category of solutions that extend the traditional data center management function to include physical assets and resources found in IT domains. It aims to integrate information technology and facility management disciplines to centralize monitoring, management and intelligent capacity planning of the critical systems within a data center. Complete DCIM services involve specialized software, intelligent asset tags and sensors, and power solutions.

New ASHRAE Study Will Encourage Data Centers to Operate at a Lower Relative Humidity

Mike Donoghue
April 8, 2015

For the last several years, ASHRAE has been advocating that data centers allow temperatures to rise in order to save money on cooling resources.  Now, an upcoming study will assert that data centers save even further by allowing humidity to drop to an RH of 8 percent.

In a recent interview with Data Center Dynamics, Dan Beaty, Cofounder of ASHRAE’s TC 9.9 said, “We ran a test with different types of floor tiles and clothing, and we found that between eight percent and 20-25 percent, the difference in static electricity is insignificant.”

Raritan’s Rack Transfer Switch and dcTrack DCIM Operations Named Award Finalists

Michael Bord
April 7, 2015

Today we’re proud to announce that two of Raritan’s flagship products have been named major award finalists in recognition of their excellence in design, quality, and innovation. 

Three Signs It’s Time to Upgrade Your Current KVM Switch

Richard Dominach
April 1, 2015

KVM switches have evolved from simple devices that allowed users to connect to a handful of computers within close proximity to powerful devices that offer IP access to thousands of multiplatform servers and serial-based devices half-a-world away.  If you’ve owned your current KVM switches for longer than five years, you may be missing out of some marquee features that can increase your MTTR, uptime, and productivity; and boost your security.  Here are three signs it’s time to upgrade your current KVM switch. 

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