Aggregate Power Monitoring and Collection Throughout Multiple Facilities
Monitoring Power
A global stock trading company with office locations in Chicago, New York, and London has its servers stored in co-location facilities near major exchanges to minimize latency issues. The company is anticipating growth in the near future and would like to confirm that they have a reliable and efficient network before they undergo the expansion. They also want assurance that they are currently getting the most out of their racks. This company is currently seeking the capability to closely monitor power consumption, store and analyze power usage, monitor environmental conditions, and maximize circuit usage across multiple cabinets, in multiple rooms, at multiple sites at all their co-location facilities.
The solution that was right for this stock trader's initiatives involved three components: POPS (Per Outlet Power Sensing) PDUs, Smart Power Distribution Units (PDUs), and Sentry Power Manager (SPM).
To Monitor Power POPS PDU (CWG-24VYM311A1) was used in their test lab environment in order to determine actual power consumption for specific configurations of devices compared to the nameplate power consumptions. This information was then projected throughout the network and used to develop anticipated consumption figures for comparison with the actual PDU readings.
The IP-addressable Smart PDU chosen for each cabinet (the CS-24VYL30MA) provided a local LED power meter, a network interface with power, temperature and humidity, and email and SNMP based alarms for defined thresholds, as well as reliable power distribution. The PDUs were mounted in IMS-AMCO cabinets and utilize Server Technology's button mounting system with AMCO's optional power panel which provides many possibilities for mounting PDUs and cable management accessories.
The Sentry Power Manager was implemented to provide global aggregate power usage data for all the PDUs on the entire network. SPM is also capable of providing trend reports on power information including kW and kW-hour.
Today, with Smart PDUs, this company can monitor its environmentals and power while maximizing each power circuit by realizing the current draw. With the addition of Sentry Power Manager to their operations, they have the capability to easily monitor all of its power usage and environmental conditions across the globe, store that data, graph it, and trend it. The POPS PDU allows them to experiment and test power draw of the devices being used so they can fill equipment racks efficiently. As the trading demand increases in the future, this company now feels confident that their network can reliably and efficiently grow.
Solutions in this story: Sentry Power Manager, Smart PDUs, and POPS PDUs
