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DCIM and Digital Twins – More Than Just Buzzwords
Digital twin is one of the top buzzwords in the industry today. In this blog, we will explore what digital twin really means, how DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) plays a role, and why it’s important.
Structured Data and Machine Learning for Enhanced Data Center Management
What is Structured Data? Data centers produce a wealth of detailed information in their day-to-day operations. Making the best use of this data will help operators run a tight ship. One of the ways data centers can make the best use of this data is by having it in a structured data format. Structured data is a data set that is stored in a manner that allows you to group, filter and correlate that data in different ways. An important aspect of structured data that maximizes its value is normalization of values and format. For time-series data − such as real-time collected values − the time markers should also be […]
Getting the Most Reliability from Your Assets with Remote Monitoring
by Max Hamner, Research and Development Engineer Ray Daugherty, Senior Services Consultant As a data center operator, the success of your business model is dependent on your uptime and SLA compliance – which are highly affected by your assets’ reliability and longevity. There is a direct correlation between reliability and your ROI. Power distribution and cooling gear (Generators, PDUs, UPSs, CRACs, CRAHs) for data centers are costly to purchase and maintain, but downtime and lost contracts are far more expensive. To maximize availably and SLA compliance, two of the top factors (above vendor quality) are the environmental conditions in which they operate, and the quality of power being provided. ASHRAE, […]
Critical Aspects of DCIM Security
A DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) solution communicates with your most critical networked assets – including your power distribution gear. Any application installed on your network can potentially impact your cyber security and could introduce new risks – your DCIM solution should help reduce cyber security risk in your infrastructure, not add risk. A 2022 survey quoted in Security Week indicated that the most common security breaches utilized weaknesses in field monitoring and control gear applications. This included breaches at government installations like U.S. Customs ports. Field monitoring and control gear include SCADA, DCIM, and IoT, making these solutions some of the highest risk applications as they are directly targeted […]
Infrastructure Efficiency Under Pressure
Data Center operators are under ever increasing pressure to optimize their infrastructure efficiency. This pressure now includes not just Power Utilization Efficiency (PUE) and cooling efficiency, but Water Utilization Efficiency (WUE), and even Gas Utilization Efficiency (GUE). A quality DCIM solution provides the key aspects needed to address improvements in efficiency – Data Visibility (monitoring), Efficiency Analysis, and metrics on efficiency gains (KPIs). A top tier DCIM solution provides the flexibility to rapidly adopt the latest equipment technology, without waiting on DCIM vendor updates – adding the advantages that cutting-edge hardware can provide in your battle for greater efficiency. Underlying Drivers The pressure for higher efficiency is ever present and […]
Cooling Challenges: A Hot Data Center Topic Made “Cooler” with DCIM
Cooling is a hot topic in data centers right now, and it can be challenging. To understand, manage, and optimize your cooling, you need to know where you stand in the overall utilization of cooling resources. Multiple cooling resources can contribute to a pool of capacity. Multiple CRACs, CRAHs, fan walls, and chillers can all contribute to cooling a data hall or a portion of a data hall. A cooling load consists of a pool of servers, network switches and a variety of power distribution gear. Aggregating these resources and determining cooling utilization is one of the more difficult aspects of managing a data center. In this blog, we highlight […]
Integration, Updates & Device Drivers? Feels like it should be yesterday’s problem.
Using device drivers in DCIM solutions is outdated as modern hardware’s network connectivity and standardized protocols allow monitoring of any device without drivers, giving end-users more control, better monitoring, and more profitable data centers. Modius® OpenData® has been a protocol-based solution since its inception in 2007. Device Drivers Served a Purpose in the Early Phases of DCIM For several years, the forerunners of full DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) solutions were built by vendors using device drivers to talk to the monitored hardware. This made sense at an early point in time − the hardware had not evolved to the point of robust connectivity and reporting. They often had to […]
DCIMリーダー・モディウス® オープンデータの新リーダーシップを発表® コピー・デイビスがチャネル・セールス担当副社長に就任
Copie Davis Joins to Head Growing Channel Sales Effort SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, January 24 — Modius Inc., a leading provider of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solutions, is proud to announce a new member of our Executive Team to help drive the continued growth of our flagship OpenData® product line. Copie Davis joins the Modius team as our Vice President of Channel Sales. He will lead revenue generation for the company’s channel efforts and further develop our reseller recruitment and support. He has focused the last 18 years on the Data Center Management space. Copie comes to Modius as a veteran technology sales professional with over 20 years of […]
The Alarm Chatter Challenge
Navigating the complexities of managing a data center, with its myriad devices and alarm definitions, presents the challenge of prioritizing efforts amidst a constant stream of alarm data (aka nuisance alarms). While DCIM products offer support for alarm severity, addressing other aspects of alarm management such as value normalization and noise suppression becomes essential. Leveraging calculated data points, particularly when implemented at the edge, proves to be a powerful tool in simplifying alarm challenges by combining multiple device statuses with severity levels. Modius® OpenData® can help you address these challenges by doing value normalization at the point of collection. Managing a data center translates to a world filled with thousands […]
Calculated Points Add Value to your DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) Solution
Efficient data center management confronts hurdles such as missing values from vendor choices and device disparities, while industry standards for network monitoring lack consistency in defining minimum device support values. Traditional alarms tackle first-level issues but fall short in detecting nuanced changes, prompting the need for advanced calculated points treated akin to native device points, thereby enhancing monitoring and problem-detection capabilities in DCIM systems. Some challenges subtract from your ability to manage your data center efficiently – such as missing “simple” values due to vendor choices, and lack of uniformity by nature of the gear type (like having volts and amps but not providing power). Devices may also lack complex […]
