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Power quality and infrastructure determines the performance of your IT system. IT racks provide reliable housing for servers, data storage and networking devices. Backup power solutions, such as a UPS, protect IT equipment from all types of power fluctuations, while power distribution inside of racks needs to be flexible and easy to implement, monitor and manage.
Paired with IT and data center monitoring and management software, power devices form an overarching multi-layered power management solution to help ensure business continuity.
To build the best power infrastructure possible, you need to consider four critical elements:
Virtualisation and converged infrastructures increase the demand for power. IT teams must allow for the fact that, in modern IT environments, demand for computing capacity – and therefore power – is high as well as dynamic because of the nature of how workloads, applications and storage move within and among data centres as business needs dictate. To reach peak operating efficiency while avoiding the risk of power outages, developing a sophisticated power protection (UPS) strategy and integrating it with the ICT infrastructure is essential.
Eaton's Power management for server virtualisation, cloud orchestration and integrated IT environments white paper explores how modern power protection solutions enhance the impact of server virtualisation and cloud technologies on business continuity, including integrated environments. The 10 things you should know about a modern UPS infographic gives a quick overview of the features you should expect in a modern data centre UPS and backup power devices. Read more about Eaton virtualization-ready UPSs
While a data centre UPS protects the IT application, power distribution ensures that the power from the UPS is distributed between the IT appliances you have in your rack. Modern power distribution units (PDUs) can also help optimise IT efficiency, lower costs and improve business continuity. Eaton’s whitepaper on Optimizing Rack Power Distribution studies the forces shaping today’s data centres and the capabilities businesses should look for when selecting PDUs. It offers a data centre power distribution overview and best practices for selecting the right rack PDU to monitor and manage power distribution. Eaton 10 things to know about modern ePDUs infographic gives you a quick overview of the features you should expect in a modern rack power distribution unit. Read about Eaton´s rack based power distribution units.
Racks are among the first pieces of equipment deployed in a data centre or server room and require proper housing for maximum efficiency. Appropriate cable management and storage accessories are important for keeping racks neat and well organised, and air containment configurations ensure optimized cooling in your data centre. Eaton’s whitepaper on Rack Hygiene covers the challenge of avoiding hot and cold air crossover and examines why the industry must move beyond ‘creative’ problem solving using cardboard and duct tape.
