Virtualisation is only half the battle for efficiency
1 3 Principles of InfraStruXure 7 2 ® High Density-Ready Architecture... 6
1 Rack enclosures that are HD-Ready 2 Metered PDUs at the rack level 3 Temperature monitoring in the racks 4 Centralised Monitoring Software
5 Operations software with predictive capacity management
6 Efficient InRow cooling technology 7 UPS power that is flexible and scalable
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Virtualisation is here to stay. And it’s no wonder – it saves space and energy while letting you maximise your IT resources. But smaller footprints can come at a cost. Virtualised servers, even at 50% capacity, require special attention to cooling, no matter their size or their location.
1. Heat Server consolidation creates higher densities – and higher heat – per rack, risking downtime and failure.
2. Inefficiency Perimeter cooling can’t reach heat deep in the racks. And over- cooling is expensive and ineffective.
3. Power Events Virtual loads move constantly, making it hard to predict available power and cooling, risking damage to your network.
The right-sized way to virtualise. With the new HD-Ready InfraStruXure architecture, you can take on high density by cooling the virtualised high-density row, controlling power at the rack level, and managing the system with advanced software and simulation. Though virtualising saves energy, true efficiency also depends on the relative efficiencies of power, cooling, and servers. Right-sizing one and not the others (See Figure 1) leaves efficiency savings on the table. To right-size, depend on the efficient, modular HD-Ready InfraStruXure and neutralise heat at the source. Equipment will be safer and more efficient running closer to 100% capacity.
Don’t agonize, virtualise. What are you waiting for? With HD-Ready InfraStruXure anyone can virtualise… anytime, anywhere. Just drop it in and go.
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Deploy InfraStruXure as the foundation of your entire data centre or server room, or overlay into an existing large data centre.
SCHEMATIC LEGEND: CRAC UNITS STANDARD DENSITY RACKS CENTRALISED UPS INFRASTRUXURE HD-READY ZONES
Figure 1
Efficiency and Virtualisation Your servers are efficient, but is your power and cooling?
Correct-sized Power Correct-sized Cooling
Correct Server Utilisation
Correct-sized Power Correct-sized Cooling
COOLING USAGE/CAPACITY SERVERS POWER USAGE/CAPACITY
Pre-Server Virtualisation Big gains could be made with both server Correct Server Utilisation
and power and cooling.
Server Virtualisation with Power and Cooling Post-Server Virtualisation Grossly oversized power and cooling cancels
out potential gains made by virtualising.
29% 16%
Efficiency Efficiency
Right-sized power and cooling tip the balance back in your favor. Correct Server Utilisation
Correct-sized Power Correct-sized Cooling
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