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Data Center Efficiency (PUE) Best Practices

James Cerwinski
April 14, 2009

Google hosted a summit on Data Center Efficiency Best Practices with industry leaders on April 1, 2009. It was a day long event. You can watch videos with good information on how to make your data center more efficient. Data Center Efficiency Best Practices Summit

James Hamilton, VP and Distinguished Engineer Amazon Web Services, presented a strong case for his best practices. He explained that you can achieve a 2 times gain over current averages without advanced techniques. He proclaimed - “metrics drive behavior”. I fully agree with him on that point. He challenged data center managers to push the limits and to rely more upon control software. One of his many best practices is “Power Yield Management”. He explained that power is the most valuable resource. Therefore it should be over sold just as an airline sells more seats than the airplane holds to ensure a higher utilization.

Power Yield Management Chart

He also gave reasoning on why we should run data centers at a higher temperature. This one chart gives ASHRAEs’ recommendation, range most data centers operate and the Dell PowerEdge 2950 warranty level - a shocking 95 degrees. Temperature Chart

What is the temperature of your data center?

James Cerwinski

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Data center power efficiency information at this link.

Change Management

Minder Singh
January 3, 2009

Managing change in the data center can be painful. But relief is at hand.

Manage moves, adds and changes in your data center easily and efficiently with Raritan’s DCIM solution.

It’s no secret that data center operations are more complex than ever. There’s a constant stream of devices being added, removed, repurposed and reassigned at any given moment. This means data center operators are always dealing with questions like:

How do I manage a multitude of moves, adds and changes?
Who does the work?
How will I know when the work is done?
More importantly, how will I know if it’s done correctly?

Capacity Management

Minder Singh
January 3, 2009

Running out of power, space and cooling?
Now it’s easy to manage the resources you have left.

With Raritan’s DCIM solution, information is at your fingertips to easily see capacity in your data center.

The demand for resources is on the rise in data centers and IT labs around the world. But most IT facilities only have a finite amount of space, power, cooling and connections capacity to work with, so it’s critical to know:

How much you have
Where you can deploy new IT equipment
How you can better utilize it
When it will run out

Data Center Visualization

Minder Singh
January 3, 2009

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It’s no secret that managing a data center is tough. With all its complexity, just keeping track of your assets can be a full time job, not to mention finding opportunities to run it more efficiently.