Raritan recently introduced Power IQ energy management software that helps data center and lab managers to better understand environmental conditions at the rack in order to use power and cooling resources optimally without compromising performance.
Power IQ 2.0 provides Thermal Analytics for monitoring rack temperatures based on industry guidelines, including ASHRAE (American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers). It provides a comprehensive solution to: inform users if a data center or lab is within these recommendations and how much energy could be saved by increasing temperature to meet these new recommendations; alert users if temperature exceeds threshold conditions; and, provide long-term trend charts. The solution also enables graceful shut down of underutilized Windows and Linux servers.
Power IQ 2.0's unique agent-less approach enables shut downs and start ups of servers connected to any rack power distribution units (PDUs). It does not require additional software to be loaded on the target server and leverages standard operation system scripts and commands. Energy can be saved by scheduling automatic power cycling of an IT device group when not needed.
"Data center and lab managers are having difficulty keeping up with the increasing demand for power. Customers tell me they are running out of power and need a way to manage this resource more efficiently,” said Sanjay Motwani, Regional Manager India and Middle East, Raritan. "Power IQ provides them a comprehensive solution to obtain the most out of their existing power supply and infrastructure. Power IQ provides the information and control to be more energy efficient and find stranded power capacity in areas, such as over cooling and running underutilized servers."
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