Intelligent Rack Pdus Put It On The Green Radar

Many small to medium sized companies are seeking ways to upgrade their data centers and get green at the same time. Data centers have been around for a long time, and many are at the end of their useful lives. This need for an upgrade is having many IT managers seeking green alternatives via remote console servers and intelligent rack PDUs.


A new awareness of the high costs and limited power associated with rapidly-expanding data centers and console server rooms is putting them on the green radar, with IT professionals seeking more environmentally-friendly data center. The benefit of green technologies (like virtualization) is that it makes many data center revamp projects possible with ROI times so short as to seem almost immediate. For instance, if you go from ten servers to one your data center is instantly greener.


Because IT professionals and business owners are beginning to realize that there are too many servers that are doing too little, many find virtualization to be a wise choice. For larger projects, it also makes it easier to pack more computing power into a smaller space than ever before with the installation of remote console servers and intelligent rack PDUs. By adding these units, data centers can deliver five times the power of their current systems. And rather than building brand new facilities, IT managers can expand and improve their current computing capacity.


As power costs continue to increase and tight budgets are the norm, businesses are wasting money by not applying progressive thinking to their data centers. And aside from cost issues, other problems can result from failing to update your data center, such as the ability to support denser data center loads. It is critical that IT professionals find ways to deliver the necessary power and cooling services in their data center infrastructure. One such way is the installation of intelligent rack PDUs.

Intelligent rack PDUs which can be controlled remotely via a Web browser meter power at both the PDU level and the individual-outlet levels. These units also support alerts based on user-defined thresholds and provide security in the form of formidable passwords. Options include all the features of switched devices plus real-time environmental data, standards-based management, integration with existing directory servers, enhanced security and rich customization. Although the cost is higher relative to basic and metered PDUs, IT professionals are realizing that if they dont spend the money now, theyll surely spend it later.

These units will help IT administrators:
Efficiently utilize power resources by keeping outlets off and provisioning outlets only when needed, which prevents IT equipment from being plugged in to circuits that are already heavily loaded and are at risk of tripping circuit breakers.
Save power and money by using outlet-level power monitoring, combined with trend analysis, and providing the ability for remote reboot, which saves money as IT managers can quickly reboot servers and IT equipment without having to incur the cost of site visits.
Take a step towards becoming a greener data center via the use of temperature and humidity sensors to help optimize their air conditioning and humidification settings and improve efficiency.