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Overview
Power
and cooling are critical infrastructure
components to your datacenter
and facility environments. A
properly designed infrastructure
is necessary if Facilities and
IT Managers are to attain the
level of availability they require
for the systems that are built
upon this infrastructure. The
good news is that a wise selection
of power and cooling systems
can mitigate the risk of unplanned
downtime for your data and facility
environments.
Every
kW of load bearing equipment
you place within your datacenter
impacts directly upon your power
and cooling infrastructure.
One of the more common areas
overlooked in facility management
is the day to day oversight
of the power and cooling. Awkward
or poor systems integration
can result in difficult monitoring
and management procedures for
your power and cooling infrastructure.
This ultimately results in being
behind the "8-ball" one day,
where you very close to that
point of having an excess of
demand over supply. Do not make
the mistake many make in this
area by looking at systems monitoring
and management as an afterthought.
How easily you can monitor and
manage your power and cooling
will have much to do with how
effective these functions are
carried out. This will in turn
be a tool, or a stumbling block,
when it comes to looking at
the current health of your site,
as well as requisite planning
initiatives for future needs
in these areas.
There
are a multitude of questions
to be asked when looking at
an infrastructure development
project for your IT or facility
infrastructure. Rapid acceleration
in the development of technology
insures that we must look at
these questions more often than
we did fiften years ago. At
any point in time, however,
the issue is whether the right
questions are being asked. At
Potencia we strive to make sure
our customers are aware of the
questions that need to be asked
concerning their power and cooling
infrastructure. There are some
questions that remain constant
across all times, while there
are others that depend very
much upon your specific environment,
or the state of technology.
It is thusly our job to be aware
of current best practices, available
technology, and future trends
and developments.
At
Potencia Technologies we work
with a number of different manufacturers
in the areas of power and cooling.
The reasons for this are quite
simple...each manufacturer has
it's strengths, as well as weaknesses.A
big part of our job involves
being aware of the strengths
and weaknesses associated with
the different products on the
market. This is what will enable
us to recommend the right solution
for your needs, whether you
are looking at power protection,
distribution, cooling, or the
monitoring and management of
your datacenter and facility
infrastructure components.
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