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Controlling, measuring, monitoring
DCS talks to Raritan’s Richard May, Country Manager UKI & Nordics, about the company’s solutions-led approach that is helping more and more customers understand and address inefficiencies surrounding data centre power consumption.
QWhat are the USPs that Raritan brings to the data centre market?
A Raritan has operated in the data centre market, and the rack in particular, for over 28 years, with technology installed in over 50,000 data centres. We have been controlling, measuring and monitoring power for many years and before it became fashionable. Our products have evolved to such an extent that we now produce the most secure, accurate and data rich solutions in the market. An open architecture, combined with our global custom build capability, means our customers receive a solution exactly tailored for their business needs.
QBearing in mind the above, how would you best summarise Raritan in terms of what it offers the data centre market – point
products or more of a solutions-based approach?
We are undoubtedly a solutions-led company, with the products and services capable of delivering a complete enterprise DCIM solution fed with highly accurate and granular data sets. Our build
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to order capabilities further refine the solution to meet exact project requirements. Point products are also a very important part of our business supporting customers who need products ranging from next day delivery of low cost PDU’s to our market leading range of terminal servers and KVM switches.
QWhat should end users look out for when looking to source intelligent PDU technology, and what is possible with iPDU
right now?
A The primary function of an intelligent PDU is to deliver power reliably 24/7/365. Hot isle temperatures are only increasing and PDU
ratings above 50°C are essential, as this dramatically affects the reliability of the PDU. The next important feature is the accuracy and richness of the data from the PDU. There are many recipients of this information, from billing to capacity planning and from risk analysis to Business Information tools. Other possibilities include WIFI, local webcam support for rack security and audit trails, asset management
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