The Raritan Blog

The Advantages of Metering at the Inlet, Outlet, and Branch Circuits of Rack PDUs

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Michael Bord

What are the features that separate Non-Intelligent from Intelligent Rack Power Distribution Units (iPDUs)? There are literally dozens of them. But, the single most important feature is metering. Intelligent metering has become pivotal to data centers' understanding of how much power is being used at the device, rack, row, or facility level. In turn, that information can helps data centers to become more energy efficient, increase uptime/availability, improve mean time to repair (MTTR), and do a better job at managing existing power capacity. So, let's explore some of the benefits of intelligent metering at the inlet, outlet, and rack PDU branch circuit level.

Data Center Operations Best Practices

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Paula Alves

Data Center operations best practices call for a strategic approach to balancing IT service delivery and cost efficiency. With the growing complexity of data centers from the demand for new service offerings and the sheer amount of physical compute, network, and storage required to provide those services, Data Center Managers are quickly realizing that manual tools, such as excel spreadsheets and Visio diagrams, are no longer an effective way to manage their Data Centers. Instead, sophisticated data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tools that measure, monitor, and provide a best practices operations framework are needed.

The Internet of Things Will Make a DCIM Solution a Necessity

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Michael Bord

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By now you’re no doubt aware of the hype surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) following this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Cisco’s CEO has estimated that its cumulative economic impact will be in the neighborhood of $19 trillion by the year 2020 (Yes, that is a 19 followed by a dozen zeroes). And as far as the cultural impact, predictions have it falling nothing short of turning what is currently considered science fiction into everyday reality. But what is IoT exactly, and how will it come to affect the data center over the next decade?

Raritan's DCIM Wins NetworkWorld Product Excellence Award 2013

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Paula Alves

Network World Asia Reader's Choice Awards

NetworkWorld Asia recently awarded Raritan their Readers’ Choice Product Excellence Award 2013 for Data Center Capacity Planning and Services. These awards are given to leading vendors for the innovative technologies and solutions they provide to Asia businesses. Awards are presented based on votes from the readers of NetworkWorld Asia magazine, and the Networks Asia, Security Asia and Storage Asia websites.