Quickly Enabling DCIM to Optimize Your Data Center Operation

A typical use case for a fully-fledged DCIM solution: One of the leading fabless semiconductor companies in Taiwan that manufactures system-on-chip products for wireless communications, HDTV, DVD devices, and Blu-ray required a solution that would allow it to monitor all assets in its new mid-sized enterprise datacenter. That included power, cooling, door access, environmental measurements, logic controllers, and IT equipment. The data center’s PUE was also identified as a critical metric the company needed to monitor. In addition to these power and environmental aspects, asset information was also required within the same platform.

With its needs, the Operation Platform, PUE Energy, and Asset modules of Delta’s InfraSuite Manager were installed, uniting the traditionally separate domains of Facilities and IT to create a central repository of information for a holistic view of the entire data center. A virtual power meter was created to calculate chiller water energy in kWh. Mean time to repair (MTTR) was shortened considerably as a result of the new DCIM implementation, while the availability and sustainability of the datacenter were increased.

Tata is a global colocation center operator with eight sites, each consisting of four floors with two rooms each and 200 racks per room. Consequently, having a central repository for asset data and comprehensive real-time dashboards to monitor power facility devices in the data center is mission critical. Tata also needed to calculate energy consumption (kWh) and real-time power (kW) for each rack.

The global telecommunications provider chose to install the Operation Platform, PUE Energy, and Asset modules of the InfraSuite Manager at its datacenters. With this comprehensive DCIM solution from Delta installed, Tata was able to calculate energy consumption based on which racks its customers are renting. The system is now capable of generating individual power usage reports for each customer by rack, power source, and in aggregate. Tata now possesses the granular reporting and monitoring capabilities it was looking for.

Bytesnet is a regional provider based in Holland Rotterdam that provides state-of-the-art data center solutions including network services, housing and colocation, and cloud services based in Groningen and Rotterdam. Bytesnet started on its path to data center infrastructure management by first focusing on its power infrastructure. The provider sought to gain the ability to calculate PUE for its entire data center and use that data to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.

With the InfraSuite Manager and its Operation Platform and PUE Energy modules installed, Bytesnet was able to successfully integrate a number of different devices (vendor-agnostic) into its real-time data center management. With the system’s flexible and ergonomic interface, staff now enjoy outstanding usability when monitoring the data center’s day-to-day operations. PUE data provides actionable information that Bytesnet uses to optimize efficiency and lower operating costs. With real-time information on critical loads for the cooling system and data from UPS systems, power meters, and more, the provider is now able to safeguard availability as well.