Bridging the gap between IoT and Asset Management Executive Summary The shift to distributed IoT architecture requires a new smart data center infrastructure management (DCIM) framework that extends traditional asset management to the edge. Key…
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Bridging the gap between IoT and Asset Management TL;DR: The explosion of IoT (projected at 50 billion connected devices) is forcing data centers to evolve from purely centralized architectures to distributed edge computing models. Massive…
Bridging the gap between IoT and Asset Management By Sean Gately Executive Summary Data centers evolved from simple mainframe housing to complex ecosystems requiring sophisticated infrastructure management. The microcomputer explosion of the 1980s created…
Executive Summary Data center equipment uses two primary management interface types: serial (RS232/RS485), which relies on vendor-specific ASCII command protocols and requires physical gateway conversion hardware, and LAN (Ethernet), which uses standardized protocols like SNMP…
PUE in an Imperfect World Last week I started discussing the instrumentation and measurement of PUE when the data center shares resources with other facilities. The most common shared resource is chilled water, such as…
Measuring PUE with Shared Resources TL;DR: Measuring PUE in data centers that share mechanical resources (such as a campus chilled-water system) requires allocating the shared cooling system’s power consumption proportionally. The ideal approach uses sub-metered…
