by Shane Henson — February 27, 2012—Facilities managers given oversight for their building’s data centers may be able to improve their energy efficiency through a new integrated data center power monitoring and analytics solution offered through Power Assure Inc., a data center energy management solutions provider.
According to the company, the solution leverages Power Assure’s secure cloud-based EM/4 Energy Management software and intelligent power monitoring products offered through Raritan. Unlike alternative approaches that are more expensive and less reliable, the integrated solution provides accurate, real-time information on infrastructure performance, so that customers can manage their data centers more efficiently and reduce costs, say both companies.
Power Assure’s secure cloud-based EM/4 Energy Management software collects power usage and temperature data from Raritan’s branch circuit monitoring product and Raritan’s intelligent rack power distribution units including switched, non-switched and metered power distribution units (PDUs) and inline meters. An Ethernet connection passes power data via Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to Power Assure.
Power Assure energy management solutions then analyze that data, helping data center managers use power resources more efficiently, improve uptime and reliability, reduce capital expenditures and save on operating expenses, and provide accurate power usage effectiveness metrics and drive green data center initiatives.
