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DKX2-MCCAT Product Bundles Now Available

Hugo Lin
June 15, 2010

The new DKX2-CAT108 bundles provide an enterprise level KVM-over-IP  solution for the SMB market combining Raritan’s digital and analog products.  These economical bundles combine the benefits and advantages of the Dominion KX2-101 and Master Console CAT MCCAT18 products. It provides a low cost, full-featured solution for SMB customers.

 Benefits 

• Ease of install and use
• Low cost, full-featured KVM over IP solutions
• Ideal for SMB, ROBO and small labs and server rooms

 SKU information:

KVM Matters!

Hugo Lin

Data Center World - October 4-7 2009

James Cerwinski
August 13, 2009

AFCOM’s Data Center World is scheduled for October 4-7, 2009 in Orlando Florida.

The “Early Bird Rate Cut-Off Date” is tomorrow August 14, 2009.

I have found the educational programs to be well worth the investment.

Hope to see you there.

James Cerwinski

Power IQ Data Center Energy Management System is GA

James Cerwinski
August 10, 2009

Power IQ Data Center Energy Management System Release 1.4 is GA.

Power IQ 1.4 contains the following improvements over 1.3.1:

1. Multi-Vendor power control
   1. Remote power control of outlets, IT devices, groups of IT devices, and racks
   2. Scheduled power control operations
   3. Configurable on/off sequence and delay of IT devices within a device group
   4. Operation Confirmation & Reason
   5. Audit Log
2. Single pane of glass management of APC®, Avocent®, Cyber Switching, Geist™, HP®, Server Tech®, MRV®, and Raritan Ethernet enabled rack PDUs and in-line meters for power control and analytics reporting.
3. Easy and comprehensive user device grouping and permission management
4. Temperature charts support both Celsius and Fahrenheit
5. PX environmental sensors can now be charted in the analytics section
6. Calculate and chart active power, energy, and cost for in-line meters and rack PDUs that only provide Amps

Download Free Energy Management System - License Limited to 5 Devices

James Cerwinski

Data Center Energy Incentive - New York

James Cerwinski
August 4, 2009

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) offers a Data Center Energy Efficiency performance based incentive to offset the cost of projects that improve energy efficiency in Data Centers.

The Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) has approved funding of 93 million dollars for the period of 2009 - 2011. Their objective is to reduce the state’s consumption by 15% by 2015.

The incentive per kWh saved is $0.16/kWh for Con Edison customers and $0.12/kWh for upstate customers. Applicants are eligible for up to $5,000,000 per facility, not to exceed 50% of project cost.

Key project requirements are:

• measurement and verification
• persistence
• system benefit charge customer

Get started by submitting an application:

https://www.nyserda.org/programs/Existing_Facilities/industrial.html">Data Center Energy Incentive Application

My understanding is that applications can be processed within a week followed by the following five steps:

1. site visit for project screening
2. measurement and verification plan
3. install monitoring equipment
4. project installation and 60% incentive payout
5. post project verification and 40% incentive payout

Let me know if you have success with this program.

James Cerwinski

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PUE Reconsidered - AFCOM Regional Meeting

James Cerwinski
July 31, 2009

Data Center Efficiency Solutions Consultant - Henry Hsu - Presented an insightful take on the utility and the limitations of Power Usage Effectiveness (“PUE”) as a data center efficiency metric. His thought leadership presentation covers:

• Historical Basis for PUE – what is the problem?
• Strengths of PUE Metric – what does it measure?
• Weaknesses of PUE Metric – what does it omit?
• Bottom Line: How to be Strategic About Datacenter Efficiency

I suggest you view it to at least find out how HenryandhisCat.com achieved a prefect PUE of 1.0. Do you know the PUE of your lab or data center? if so what is it?

James Cerwinski

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