Improve energy-efficiency, uptime and capacity management now with a smart-rack management solution from Raritan.

Data centers have evolved into complex ecosystems that require a high level of monitoring and care. This means data center managers need solutions that can effectively manage IT assets, capacity, changes, events, the rack environment, power, energy usage and carbon footprint, all while maintaining server uptime.

The smart rack
Raritan now offers a smart-rack management solution consisting of the following components:

• A rack controller and/or intelligent rack PDUs with sophisticated controller boards which support power metering and control at various levels
• Environment sensors such as temperature, humidity, air pressure and airflow
• Other sensors such as contact closure and webcam
• Electronic asset tracking
• Energy management and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software

This solution allows you to monitor your operation's health, maintain a holistic view of your data center and quickly take corrective action when necessary.

Working together, these devices enable you to:

• Capture and record detailed power consumption statistics at the room-, zone-, row- or rack-level on a continuous basis
• Track and visualize data center assets
• Collect a wide range of data types – current, voltage, kW, kVA, kWh, temperature, humidity, airflow and differential air pressure
• Collect data at many points: at outlet level, circuit breaker level, PDU level, cool-air inlets at ASHRAE-recommended rack heights, hot-air exhaust for Delta T, containment aisles, subfloor air pressure and perforated tile airflow
• Generate billing-grade energy consumption data at +/- 1 percent accuracy
• Interoperate within product suite and other vendors products, as a result of supporting open standards, such as SNMP, ODBC and Web services APIs
• Gather and access information over almost any network, including wired and wireless networks
• Deliver multiple layers of security – including SNMPv3, HTTPS, SSL, AES and SSH

Smarter racks mean your data center management is timely, right sized, energy efficient, highly productive and ready to take on utility and cloud computing. Only Raritan can help you add this much intelligence to your racks. Take our solution for a test drive today.