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Data Center Capacity Management

Faced with increased demand for new applications, data centers are seemingly running out of power, even when racks and rooms are half-full. This problem is further exacerbated by the power consumption information on IT asset nameplates that usually over state power consumption levels for servers, storage devices and networking equipment. Using accurate power consumption information is key to managing data center capacity.

Power Assure helps extend the life of your existing data centers and maximize the return on the infrastructure/facilities capital investment by offering detailed monitoring capabilities, what-if analyses and PAR⁴ measurements to find hidden capacity and stranded power in the data center.

This insight allows you to plan for IT capacity increases in your existing space. Based on accurate and detailed data, Power Assure EM/4 can also make recommendations for hardware replacement thereby helping manage the refresh cycle through informed decision making.

Monitoring and management of capacity helps increase server utilization without increasing risks as data center operators are intimately aware of server loads and power consumption and this, in turn, allows operators to shift power from cooling to IT when / where possible in order to improve their Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE).