Processor Newspaper Volume 35 Number 08

2013·26.2 MB·English

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and more, have to deal with huge amounts if the HBA has an SGPIO side band, it
of data due to advances in technology. As can light the red failure LED on backplane
applications and other solutions require more and be visually identified on its tray head,
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Revolutionizing
The PDU Power Cord
The PDU Power Pivot From Server Technology Adds 90 Degrees Of Rotation For Ultimate Flexibility
Server Technology has been at the of having a static power cord, it sports a
forefront of PDU innovation since it was 90-degree user-rotatable cord that can be
established more than 28 years ago. The positioned in a variety of ways.
owner developed the first intelligent PDU, For instance, if your power distribution
which served as the foundation for the entire access points come through a raised floor or
company. Now, almost three decades later, down through an overhead busway, you can
Server Technology continues to innovate use the PDU Power Pivot to rotate the cord for
through both internal research and by listen- the optimal configuration. This new feature
ing to the requests of its customer base. provides additional flexibility to support racks
“Just like every two or three years when from multiple vendors. The Power Pivot can
you get a new PC, that’s about how quick- route around cross-bars and cable manage-
ly things change in the data center,” says ment without the need for additional brackets.
Steve Hammond, product manager at Server Plus, the PDU Power Pivot makes implemen-
Technology. “Customers don’t want to have tation easier, because the cord can be rotated
20 or 30 custom products just to outfit all out of the way during installation and then
of their different data center configurations. moved back into position once it’s set.
If they can standardize on one design that But the rotating power cable design isn’t
is agnostic to the data center or the rack the only innovative part of the PDU Power
they’re using, it helps them to reduce the Pivot. Units can also include an LED screen,
amount of stuff they have to deal with.” used for monitoring purposes, that actually
That’s just one of the reasons Server flips depending on the position of the device.
Technology adds new features to its prod- “The auto-flip display works just like the PDU by simply plugging the sensors The 30-outlet Smart unit takes the Metered
ucts on a regular basis—about a quarter of your smartphone, and the advantage is that into each port. unit and adds environmental and power sens-
the company’s business comes from prod- now the customer doesn’t have to tilt their “More and more, our customers are request- ing. Your PDU has an IP address and can
ucts launched within the past year. head or think about this reading that they ing additional measurements through the be monitored remotely from a control center
This month, Server Technology will release have on the power strip,” Hammond says. PDU, and some of this stems from where this or even from a Web browser. There’s also
yet another innovative PDU design with its “When you combine that auto-flip display product is located,” Hammond says. “It’s put a 24-outlet switched PDU that provides the
patent-pending Power Pivot feature in four with the Power Pivot, you really have one in the rear of the rack in the hot aisle where ability to turn individual receptacles on or off
new products, changing the way data centers product that you can use anywhere.” all these servers exhaust their hot air. It’s the at any time. “Just like if your PC gets hung up
think about their rack configurations. In fact, Each pair of PDUs features four ports that hottest part of the data center, which is where and you need to reboot it, the customer can go
Server Technology’s goal is for companies can be used for temperature and humidity you want to measure. This allows our prod- in there and reboot the server without physi-
not to worry about their configurations at all. monitoring. Server Technology has added ucts to comply with ASHRAE requirements cally having to walk out there and unplug the
this feature to comply with ASHRAE’s without adding any other external devices.” device or otherwise reset it,” Hammond says.
Innovative Cord Design,
recent thermal guidelines for at least three
With An LED To Match Multiple Unit Options & More Innovation To Come
temperature measurements in each rack
Built-In Monitoring Features
Server Technology’s PDU Power Pivot (top, middle, and bottom). These measure- Although the PDU Power Pivot hasn’t
is unique and revolutionary in that instead ments can now be achieved directly through The PDU Power Pivot builds on Server yet officially launched, Server Technology
Technology’s history of providing flex- has already been receiving positive feed-
ible PDUs, with the initial product offer- back from some of its key customers. And
The rotating power cable design isn’t
ing of three new 30-outlet versions and one Hammond promises that the innovation won’t
new 24-outlet version. The 30-outlet Basic stop with this iteration. Hammond says the
the only innovative part of the PDU unit is essentially “like a robust version of company is “looking to roll this into more
the power strip you might find under your products later this year,” with additional
Power Pivot. Units can also include desk with no intelligence,” Hammond says, Server Technology PDUs incorporating the
but is designed specifically for servers and revolutionary Power Pivot design soon. P
other rack-mounted devices. The 30-outlet
an LED screen, used for monitoring
Metered unit adds the previously mentioned
LED screen, which acts as a visual indicator
purposes, that actually flips depending for the infeed current draw so you can moni-
tor the flow of electricity and make sure you
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C A S E S T U D Y
The Real-Time Data Center
RagingWire Data Centers Uses TrendPoint EnerSure & A Technology Partnership With Schneider Electric
To Deliver 100% Availability & The Highest Customer Loyalty In The Industry
Data centers are like any other busi- and becomes part of the overall N-Matrix “an integrated suite of data collection, dropping below a certain point,” Klaus
ness—you can’t manage what you don’t system. The N-Matrix infrastructure moni- monitoring, analytics, and operations tools says. “We can track it right to the indi-
measure. But power delivery in a data cen- tors battery performance, branch circuits, with RagingWire patents, Schneider tech- vidual rack that it’s tied to, which
ter can be particularly challenging. The dif- chiller plant temperatures, data floor temper- nology, and TrendPoint EnerSure as the becomes really key in reacting quickly,”
ficulty is in translating raw data into action- ature and humidity, chiller plant line-up, and core.” He says RagingWire has about 100 he says.
able analytics when it comes to real power electrical plant configuration. Based on that EnerSure meters installed at this point, RagingWire also uses TrendPoint’s
consumption and power management. data, the system can automatically respond monitoring about 8,400 circuits, with EnerSure to predict failover scenarios and
In addition to efficient operations, to changes, such as the outside temperature, similar setups at both its California and keep a continuous eye on power manage-
enterprise data centers are under increased loss of utility power, or a UPS fault, provid- Virginia locations. ment at all levels of RagingWire’s patented
pressure to adopt green initiatives with ing customers the best PUE (power usage
the primary desire to save electric- effectiveness) and lowest costs.
ity. Corona, Calif.,-based TrendPoint Rich Fennimore, executive account
Systems recognized this need early on and manager at Schneider Electric, was
developed the EnerSure branch circuit involved in the system from the start.
power meter to measure power consump- “RagingWire and Schneider Electric
tion in markets where power is a major co-developed the early prototypes of
expense—namely, data centers, says Lisa N-Matrix,” he says, collaborating and
Mandell, president of TrendPoint. doing research on what the RagingWire
“In keeping with the theme of ‘you must network should look like and what soft-
measure in order to manage’ (in our case ware needed to be used. After working
power consumption), the need we are ful- with a crew to assemble a pilot system,
filling is to do just that—measure power including mounting the circuit boards
consumption at the branch circuit level,” and modifying the panel, Fennimore
she says. says, the group worked to complete the
production level N-Matrix system which
The Smart Choice In Data Centers
today leads the industry.
RagingWire is a data center company The TrendPoint EnerSure branch cir-
with a long history of 100% availability, cuit meter serves as the lifeblood of the
technical innovation, and superior customer N-Matrix system. EnerSure gathers pre- “TrendPoint provides raw data that we
service. It is unique in the industry because cise performance data from IT and cool- can do just about anything we need with,
it designs, builds, and operates its own facil- ing loads, including amps, volts, power which has been a critical input for us to
ities. With more than 650,000 square feet of factor, watts, and kWh energy. Each continuously improve our data center oper-
data center space, RagingWire has the larg- EnerSure Data Gathering Module has 22 ations and deliver on our industry-lead-
est commercial multitenant data center in power meter-on-a-chip units. ing 100% availability SLA (service level
the state of California and recently opened EnerSure is the only product certified by agreement),” Klaus says.
an industry-leading data center in Ashburn, ANSI and IEC to provide utility-grade data RagingWire was one of the first data
Va. (pictured). In 2012, the company was per circuit. “No other vendor has our level center providers to offer a metered
awarded two patents on power delivery of accuracy,” Mandell says. In addition, she power billing model. In this way, cus-
branch circuit power meter.
systems and was recognized as having says, EnerSure accommodates any combi- tomers only pay for what they use. One
the highest customer loyalty in the data nation of one-, two-, or three-pole circuits. of the major advantages of EnerSure to
center industry as measured by the Net It features onboard Ethernet (Modbus, TCP, RagingWire is its ability for EnerSure to electrical distribution system, Klaus says.
Promoter Score. SNMP, and BACnetIP) and offers onboard provide an actual kW number for power Plus, RagingWire operations profession-
RagingWire recognized early on the alarms and data logging. use. “That’s important since that’s what als can monitor at the individual client
potential of TrendPoint’s EnerSure system. The ability to install the product “hot,” we bill,” Klaus says. “Other data center level for abnormal conditions, such as cir-
“TrendPoint enables us to give our cus- without having to take down power, also companies have to estimate a power fac- cuit power overdraw, through the auto-
tomers something that most other data cen- makes the product unique in the industry, tor or assume a number.” mated alarming features of the system. For
ter companies can’t,” says Annie George, Mandell says. Plus, the product works example, if a client inadvertently plugs in
Strong Customer Loyalty
product marketing programs manager for with power distribution systems from any too much equipment to a circuit, he says,
RagingWire. “We provide our customers manufacturer. In fact, TrendPoint has a In December 2012, RagingWire was TrendPoint automatically creates a ticket,
their power consumption data in real-time, UL-listed panel shop that can assemble recognized as having the highest customer allowing the RagingWire team to track
anytime they want, via our customer por- EnerSure meters into enclosures, which loyalty in the industry as measured by down the issue and resolve it before it
tal. Some data center providers have that can be customized to any size. the Net Promoter Score. The monitor- impacts service levels.
data but don’t share it with customers as “RagingWire is our flagship customer ing and data from TrendPoint’s EnerSure “Our customers count on RagingWire
it’s not integrated into a customer-facing in the data center space,” Mandell says. helped RagingWire achieve that signifi- to keep their businesses up and running all
application. Other data centers don’t col- “They lead the industry in innovation, cant award. the time,” George says. “TrendPoint pro-
lect the data at all. We use TrendPoint data availability, and service. We are proud to “We can use the TrendPoint system vides us actionable data that empowers us
for billing, power management, and energy be part of the award-winning RagingWire to look for problems such as a circuit to deliver superior service.” P
efficiency analysis. Even more than that, data center colocation solution.”
TrendPoint RagingWire Data Centers
customers can use this data as part of their
100% Availability & High-Density Power
capacity planning and budgeting.”
Schneider Electric’s Fennimore says TheTrendPoint EnerSure branch circuit power RagingWire designs, builds, and operates
N-Matrix: Real-Time DCIM the N-Matrix DCIM system in place at meter can be attached to any power distribu- mission-critical data centers that deliver high-
One key to offering these capabilities to RagingWire collects and processes more tion unit to provide revenue-grade, accurate density power and 100% availability. The com-
customers is the work Schneider Electric data than any other DCIM in production metrics on amperage, voltage, power factor, pany has 650,000 square feet of critical data
and RagingWire did to integrate TrendPoint today. “N-Matrix is very unique. Lots kW, and kWh. center infrastructure in Northern California
with RagingWire’s comprehensive portfolio of systems take algorithms and put it all andAshburn, Va., and the highest customer
of DCIM (data center infrastructure man- together,” he says. “With N-Matrix, we are [phone] | www.trendpoint.com loyalty scores in the industry.
agement) tools called N-MatrixTM. working with real-time data, real circuit
N-Matrix, which RagingWire devel- loads, and real alarms. These circuits go [phone] | www.ragingwire.com
oped in-house, provides the comprehensive to server racks, to specific customers, and
monitoring, management, optimization, and with the integrated monitoring, customers
operation of the data center. Every piece can tell exactly what they are using.”
of critical infrastructure being measured at Kyle Klaus, systems design engineer
RagingWire plugs into an Ethernet backbone at RagingWire, describes N-Matrix as
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F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
In Pursuit Of The Intelligent Rack
The Rack Management Platform From No Limits Software Helps You More Effectively Operate Your Data Center
The current model for managing and An intelligent cabinet solution can collect
monitoring data centers is broken. With a and store detailed data at the rack level for
system designed to monitor and manage the troubleshooting and alerting but pass capac-
data center as a whole, you might get great ity planning data to a DCIM solution.
information about the data center’s total
An Intelligent Cabinet
power, cooling, and space requirements, but
the information such a setup provides doesn’t The easiest way to manage data at the
offer a true picture of your data center. rack level is for the rack to become an
“Management is typically done at the data intelligent device, Cole says.
center level,” says Dave Cole, president of No “By installing a rack controller and inter-
Limits Software. “In other words, do I have nal network within the rack, we are now
enough space, power, and cooling to supply able to manage at the rack level,” Cole says.
the needs of my IT equipment? Unfortunately, “When we set up an internal network con-
just having enough at the data center level sisting of the processor, rack PDUs, KVM,
doesn’t mean we have enough at the cabinet rack locking mechanism, location strip for
level. This results in hot spots in some areas, determining the rack contents, environmen-
even though there is more than enough cool- tal sensors, and a touch screen at the front
ing available. It means we have insufficient of the rack, we can now manage everything
power at a cabinet level, even though we have accurately at the rack level. Everything we
plenty of power to go around.” need to manage is available—contents of
The solution, Cole says, is to build an No Limits Software the rack, power, cooling, space, and secu-
intelligent rack with the ability to monitor Rack Management Platform enough to cool the equipment. Typical sce- rity—and all information is available right
power, space, and cooling. narios include measuring temperature at the at the rack through the touch screen.”
Breaking the large, complex data center front of the rack in three spots (low, medium, Cole says any size of data center can ben-
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center management and makes it possible measuring only selected racks. management needed. A larger data center,
A complete product for managing your data
to more closely administer the resource Cole says humidity readings help you though, can combine rack-level manage-
center. It includes the ability to auto-discover
requirements of IT assets, he says. know if there is sufficient moisture in the air ment with a DCIM solution to provide more
detailed data at the device level; recognize
to prevent static electricity or condensation. capacity and planning functionality.
The Capacity Problem changes in items such as hardware configu-
Measuring pressure differential between the “Rack-level management can provide
ration, software, and virtual machines; and
When management makes data center front and back of a rack can help ensure air most of the information a DCIM solu-
monitor server CPU, disk drive usage, and
capacity planning decisions after only look- can move from a cold aisle to a hot aisle. tion needs,” Cole says. “This data is much
server sensors.
ing at information for the data center as a Security. Are the front and rear rack more accurate than the nameplate values
whole, Cole says, assumptions are made doors open? Are the front and rear rack often used for capacity planning.”
based on average rack power consumption. doors locked? Knowing these items can be The Rack Management Platform (RaMP)
This creates two types of problems: essential in data centers where only certain DCIM solution from No Limits Software
Stranded resources. This happens people are allowed to interact with equip- can auto-discover devices in the data center,
when a rack consuming 1kW of power, ment in a rack. including servers, network equipment, cool-
for example, is being supplied as though Managing at the rack level provides ing units, UPSes, and rack PDUs, which
it consumes 6kW. Excessive power and To get started measuring data at the rack valuable information beyond just know- means the DCIM solution can be set up
cooling are supplied to the rack but aren’t level, you need to take a look at several ing your data center power and cooling much more quickly and accurately than
being used, stranding them and decreasing key data areas, he says: are running as efficiently and racks are manually entering the data, Cole says.
the data center’s overall energy efficiency. Power. How much total power is the secure. You’ll get peace of mind know- RaMP automates change management
Insufficient resources. Without rack-level rack consuming? How much power is each ing what equipment you have and where by recognizing many changes in the data
knowledge of power and cooling require- rack PDU providing? How much power is it is, which can prove essential when you center, including hardware configuration or
ments, you have the potential for hot spots each IT device consuming? need to locate a down server or determine software installation changes on a server,
within the data center, Cole says. Hot spots Knowing how much total power a rack whether a rack can support a new asset. a firmware upgrade on a rack PDU, or a
are easy to solve, but the solutions require is consuming provides information on how One of the issues with data center infra- network port change. Used in conjunction
detailed information at the rack level, he says. much cooling is required. The environmen- structure management (DCIM) solutions is with an intelligent cabinet, RaMP can also
With rack-level data, you can make informed tal sensors can verify the rack is receiving the large amount of data that is collected. recognize location changes such as a server
decisions about where to place servers in a enough cooling. The overall question to ask is, “How will being moved from one cabinet to another,
rack, which racks to put into a zone, which Environmental sensors. What is the inlet the information be used?” The data in a Cole says. In addition, RaMP provides
racks could benefit from cold- or hot-aisle temperature at the front of the rack? What is DCIM solution is typically used for capacity real-time monitoring to improve the accu-
containment, which rows need additional in- the outlet temperature at the back? What is planning. Because this data is used to view racy of the data used in capacity planning.
row cooling, or other similar situations. the humidity of the air being supplied to the changes over a longer period of time (months It can send alerts when changes are detect-
Quite simply, building an intelligent rack IT equipment? What is the pressure differ- or longer), collecting snapshot data once an ed or alarm conditions occur.
infrastructure and monitoring power, cool- ential between the hot and cold aisles? hour may be sufficient. For analyzing data “An intelligent cabinet and RaMP DCIM
ing, and space at the rack level can help Temperature readings at the rack help over a shorter period of time, more detailed solution is a powerful combination,” Cole
ensure you make the best decisions for your ensure the rack inlet temperature is low data should be collected more frequently. says. All you need to do is populate a rack
data center and the equipment inside it. with servers, network gear, and other IT
“The data center manager spends about equipment and use the touch screen on the
Measuring At The Rack Level
front of the rack to enter the IP address of
“If a data center manager could manage at the intelligent cabinet and the location of the
two minutes setting up the rack and
only one level—data center, rack, or device— rack within the data center. RaMP will auto-
they would choose to manage at the rack discover the rack and will record all of the
level,” Cole says. “The reason is that manag- everything else is done automatically. equipment in the rack and its location to the
ing at the data center level doesn’t provide U level. It will begin monitoring the rack
enough detail to accurately manage resources, Management doesn’t get much easier PDUs and sensors within the rack.
while managing at the device level doesn’t “In other words, the data center manager
allow the data center manager to see the big- spends about two minutes setting up the rack
(or data more accurate) than that.”
ger resource picture. The optimum level is the and everything else is done automatically,”
rack because it is a self-contained entity with Cole says. “Management doesn’t get much
its own level of resources to be managed.” - No Limits Software’s Dave Cole easier (or data more accurate) than that.” P
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C A S E S T U D Y
A Clean Bill Of Health “Thanks to Area, within a day, I had the
system built, racked it, stacked it, and had it
up and running.”
Preventive Medicine
Medical Center Turns To Area Data Systems For An Affordable Storage Solution One of the things Nexenta lacked was
a way to monitor the JBODs. But the
DataON Disk Shelf Management (DSM)
When you work for a hospital IT depart- remembered back to a buddy of mine talking 3.1 monitoring solution helps Brennan and
ment, all sorts of nightmarish situations about Nexenta,” he says. Plus, Brennan had his techs spot hard drive failures and detect
can go through your mind. Stolen laptops. recently installed Nexenta for his home file the drive’s location within the array.
HIPAA regulations. Security breaches. Fines. server. He set up a test system using an exist- “We don’t have a huge IT staff. If I’m
Such was the scenario for Keith ing DRMC server and SSDs because he want- gone, I want one of my help desk guys to
Brennan, network specialist at Delano ed to make sure throughput wasn’t a problem. be able to pop into the software, see what
Regional Medical Center (DRMC), a full- “It worked like a charm. Users couldn’t drive is out, and replace it.”
service community and regional teaching tell the difference between running on local Brennan says he hasn’t run into any
hospital with about 200 beds in Delano, machine or the VDI,” Brennan says. With the surprises or “gotchas” with the solution.
Calif. The center’s IT department was previous VDI setup, he says, “users hated it; it “Overall, I’m very pleased. I got a solution
making a big push toward setting up a vir- When it began to implement VDI, would take five seconds to open documents.” at a third of the price of competitors and
tual desktop interface, or VDI. DRMC had two smaller server-based SANs have had zero complaints with it . . . the end
Found The Cure
“I wanted to get all the data off of the from a big-name manufacturer running a user experience has been greatly improved.”
individual machines,” Brennan says. “I VMware environment. But after deploy- Once he knew the Nexenta setup would And he’s confident the system will continue
don’t want desktops and laptops to have ing VDI on about 30 machines, users com- give users better performance, he was sold. to meet DRMC’s demands. “It will grow as
data; I want it in a central place where I plained about slow response times on their Brennan needed to find a Nexenta partner that capacity grows; it scales so nicely.” P
can manage and look at it.” virtual desktops, and changes such as antivi- understood how to leverage the benefits of
rus engine updates could only be performed using STEC SSD drives. Delano chose Area Area Data Systems
That Would Definitely Hurt
on a few machines at a time. Data Systems to build the entire solution.
The major driver for the VDI project was Quite simply, it was too much for the “Their breadth of knowledge was impres- As a Nexenta Premium Partner, AreaData
the increasing regulatory environment med- existing DRMC setup to handle. sive. From talking with them, they told me Systems designs tailored storage solutions to
ical institutions such as DRMC face with When Brennan found out that he was max- how I needed to do it and what I needed to meet a company’s unique needs. Solutions
HIPAA, meaningful use requirements, and ing system performance with just day to day do. Area Data’s storage knowledge really can combine the NexentaStor software and
health information management. In addi- operations, even though the storage appliance pushed me to go with them,” he says. industry-standard hardware such as that
tion, Brennan says, California has several was functioning properly, he began looking DRMC purchased a high-availability offered by DataONStorage.
local laws that impact medical institutions. for alternatives. He looked at investing in larg- solution with two servers, two JBODs from
“If someone were to break in and steal er systems from several major manufacturers. DataON Storage, and the recommended
laptops, it would hurt, especially if they “Pricing was kind of way out of whack for STEC SSDs. “This gave us the best IOPS
have patient data,” Brennan says. “The what I could afford,” Brennan says. solution for the end-user experience for
more I can do to get data off of laptops, the Brennan’s quest for a solution turned to the VDI, while maintaining budgetary sanity,”
more secure I can be.” open-source ZFS file system and Nexenta. “I Brennan says. Implementation was quick. [phone] | www.areasys.com
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Stay A Step Ahead Of Security Threats
With New Threats Virtually Everywhere, Including Inside Your Organization, You Can’t Be Too Prepared
Enterprises of all sizes are amassing cybercriminals who whether it’s protected is to scan servers,
huge amounts of data and using it in new know about data- databases, hard drives, and network devices.
and different ways to help build their busi- base vulnerabilities Data at rest, which is stored in reposito-
ness. At the same time, cybercriminals are use your rogue data- ries, must be found, classified, and protected
doing their part to develop new and sophis- bases as a conduit through policies and controls. Advanced data-
ticated ways to get at that data. for network attacks. base discovery software scours the network
In fact, in just the past three years, the Who has access to uncover production and rogue databases
number of data breaches has nearly doubled, to data? How and scan repositories. Network scans should
reaching an all-time high of 1,428 last year, are they using it? be scheduled regularly to look for policy vio-
according to the Open Security Foundation. With vital data lations and send alerts so remediations can
It’s enough to keep security administra- shared among both be applied. Data that resides in the database
tors and data center managers up at night. employees and should be encrypted, along with backups.
To protect their data, organizations need “trusted” outsid- Encrypting data as it travels across the net-
to know more about security and do more ers—and everyone works is also a must for preventing malicious
than they have in the past. Compounding the problem is the fast wanting access to data everywhere all the insiders from sniffing the network. P
growth of unstructured data types such as time—it’s not always easy to know. Better
Do You Know Where Your Data Is? McAfee Database Security
such as email, text, PDFs, and graphics. data security requires applying the principle
When it comes to protecting vital data, According to IDC, unstructured data will of least privilege, where access privileges are
most organizations don’t know enough account for 90% of all data created in the assigned based on roles or job functions. [phone]
about what data they have, where it is next decade. This type of data travels across www.mcafee.com/dbsecurity.com
Database Breaches Account For 96%
stored, where it goes, and who is using it. the enterprise and is stored in and accessed
Databases, which contain structured data, from multiple locations by multiple devices. Of All Records Breached1 McAfee’s database security solution offers real-
are the “keys to the kingdom” for cyber- The ideal data loss prevention solution time, reliable protection for business-critical data-
criminals. Inadequate database security Overlooked Issues needs to protect all data (structured and bases from external, internal, and intra-database
presents a great opportunity for these crimi- Most organizations have more cop- unstructured) and help you know where threats, and requires no architecture changes,
nals, and it’s an expensive and embarrass- ies of confidential data than they realize. that data is and who has access to it. costly hardware, or database downtime.
ing nightmare for organizations that suffer Sometimes, there is no way to know if Data discovery is essential to data loss
a breach. Unfortunately, database security sensitive data is at risk or where it has been prevention, providing a clear understand-
is often near the bottom of the priority list distributed because databases are frequent- ing of data at rest and data in motion. This
because of high-availability requirements ly copied for test and development. involves determining who owns the file,
and a strong aversion to traditional security Where are those databases? Have they why they have it, and how it’s used. The
software by database administrators. been patched? Cavalier practices can let best way to find out who is using data and
1 Source: Verizon Business Study 2012
C A S E S T U D Y
Committed To Customers relationship with PDU Cables, Sawyer says,
he only recalls one problem that involved a
shipment. PDU Cables, however, “went out
of its way to fix the problem and ship a cable
as quickly as possible at their cost.”
PDU Cables Has Met BCEI’s Cabling Needs For More Than 20 Years
Adapting To Customer Needs
When the two companies began working
Houston-based Burr Computer BCEI purchases branch circuit power the raised floor.” Sawyer says despite other together, PDU Cables only offered blue-
Environments Inc. (BCEI; 281/374-8644) whips and colored conduit from PDU cable companies offering similar products, colored liquid-tight conduit, Sawyer says.
has been in business 24 years as an engineer- Cables, along with the company’s Air- “I have greater confidence that PDU Cables In 1996, however, BCEI had designed
ing-based construction management com- Guard products. The line of airflow- orders will be received and installed cor- an A-B electrical distribution system that
pany specializing in the engineering and con- management brush grommets for data rectly every time and at the delivery date required the use of another color to keep
struction of data centers and other mission- center raised floor installations are used they promise. The shipping containers their cabling separate and easily identifiable.
critical environments. For 20 of those years, to seal access holes to minimize cool air cables come in are sturdier, ensuring less risk PDU Cables, he says, adapted to BCEI
BCEI has relied on PDU Cables to supply loss. Additionally, the Air-Guard prod- of damage during shipping.” needs and later expanded its cabling offer-
the power cables that BCEI installs in the ucts improve static pressure, a condition ing to six colors. In 2005, BCEI was work-
Performance & Reliability
facilities that it constructs. that enables data center equipment to run ing on a project and needed to expand
cooler and enterprises to ultimately realize PDU Cables’ power whip cables are beyond the six color options PDU Cables
Customer-First Mentality
energy savings. available in hundreds of custom configura- was then offering, Sawyer says. “They
A customer doesn’t forge and maintain a tions for under-floor and drop-down power delivered, and now, I see there are 11 col-
Power Distribution To The Floor
relationship stretching on for two decades configurations. They’re also UL Listed, ors available. I doubt we’ll need more than
with a supplier without sharing core busi- BCEI initially turned to PDU Cables labeled, manufactured with industrial- that, but who knows.” P
ness beliefs and without having a solid because it was seeking a faster, more cost- grade material that meets UL Standards,
trust in that supplier. effective method for delivering power and 100% tested and checked in the facto-
“PDU Cables is run in a manner similar distribution to the data center floor than ry for performance and reliability. Equally
to BCEI,” says Greg Sawyer, director of the traditional approach of using electrical important is that PDU Cables can manu-
electrical engineering at BCEI. Sawyer says contractor-built cables, Sawyer says. While facture and ship its power whips within 24
BCEI and PDU Cables share a customer-first the cable quality from electrical contrac- hours of an order being placed.
mentality that involves keeping products and tors varies in quality, Sawyer says, the Sawyer says due to his trust that PDU
services flexible to the customer’s grow- cable quality that PDU Cables provides Cables’ labeling will be correct and com-
During his 20-year relationship with PDU
ing needs within its particular market. “By remains consistent among all jobs. plete, BCEI can reduce its engineer inspec-
Cables, Greg Sawyer, director of electrical engi-
expanding their growth in products within “Typically power cables are the last piece tion time. Further, Sawyer says he also
neering at BCEI, says he can only recall having
industry, [PDU Cables] is able to stay abreast of the construction process and are often built doesn’t “have to search each cable under
one problem, and in that case, PDUCables
of the product trends within that industry,” by the least experienced electrician in the the floor to verify an electrician labeled
“went out of its way to fix the problem and ship a
Sawyer says. “If you expand beyond the field because they are easy,” Sawyer says. everything correctly.”
cable as quickly as possible at their cost.”
market into different industries, you’re at risk “By purchasing PDU Cables’ power cables, Overall, Sawyer rates PDU Cables’ sup-
of becoming a ‘jack-of-all-trades, master of the quality shows the client we aren’t cutting port, training, and other departments as “sec-
none,’ and your service quality suffers.” corners on the pieces that are hidden under ond to none.” In fact, during BCEI’s 20-year [phone] | www.pducables.com
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F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
Interactive, Visual Monitoring
Enhanced Nesting
In addition to the mapping feature, RLE
Technologies’ relaunched Falcon FMS
For Leaks & Environmental Issues now includes enhanced patent-pending
nesting capabilities. One FMS appliance can
accept feeds from 32 other units, each of
which can receive feeds from 32 other units,
RLE Technologies Facilities Mapping Firmware Helps Quickly Pinpoint Problems and so on. The result is a unified system
spread among facilities that IT can monitor
from one location via a Web-based interface.
RLE Technologies prides itself on helping
Often, a few minutes are all you have intuitive Web-based inter- customers implement the proper solution.
to prevent something like a fluid or chemi- face that’s accessible in “Pre-sale, we’re driven to help you find the
cal leak from transforming from a man- any Web browser or on right monitoring solution for your facility,”
ageable problem into a full-fledged disas- Internet-connected devic- Peterson says. “We know no two facilities are
ter. Every minute IT spends searching for es, including smartphones created alike and will help customize a solu-
facility maps or pulling scads of tiles try- and tablets. tion to suit your facility’s needs. As your facil-
ing to pinpoint the leak lessens the ability version 8 and above) and available to current “We’ve worked to simplify and stream- ity grows and evolves, our monitoring pack-
to quickly minimize damage. owners via a free firmware upgrade down- line the process for tagging points on ages will grow and evolve to with you.” P
As RLE Technologies aptly puts it, “it’s loadable at RLE Technologies’ website. the map, so it’s quick and easy,” says
RLE Technologies Leak
not enough to know something has gone No coding or programming is required. Jenny Peterson, director of marketing/
Detection Mapping Feature
wrong somewhere; you need to know Simply create an electronic image of a facili- communications. Following setup, IT can “sit
what and exactly where.” The company’s ty map and upload it to an LD2100, LD5200, back and let the equipment do its thing.”
new patent-pending mapping feature for or FMS unit. Images can be geographic, If the system detects a leak or other issue
[phone]
its leak-detection and facility monitoring pictographic, hieroglyphic, or other form. that triggers an alarm, it notifies users via a
www.rletech.com
appliances does exactly that. Mouse clicks are all that’s needed to map the red, blinking indicator on the map that rep-
points to monitor. Those points are stored in resents the exact location of the issue.
Helps quickly identify the location of a fluid
A Reputation-Saver
the appliance’s onboard memory and view- “Walk over to that location and address
leak. It’s available as part of RLETechnologies’
The feature not only saves IT significant able as an overlay on the facility map. the issue within seconds of its detection,”
Seahawk LD5200 and LD2100 and its Facility
time hunting down the location of a leak, it The mapping feature presents a visu- Peterson says. “You don’t have to pull
Monitoring System appliance and is backward-
helps a business preserve its reputation among al, interactive view of facilities to detail more floor tiles than necessary. You don’t
compatible with most existing units.
users, customers, and clients by preventing the precise location where sensors have have to dig a map out of a file cabinet
downtime and maintaining business continu- detected a leak or alarm related to tem- to figure out where a distance measure-
ity. The feature is embedded in new Seahawk perature, humidity, voltage, power, air- ment actually is. You don’t have to waste
LD5200 and LD2100 leak-detection appli- flow, gas, or other environmental condi- time trying to find the location of a leak
ances, as well as Falcon Facility Monitoring tions (through the FMS, you can also map while the size of the leak is quickly getting
System appliances, and is also backward-com- and monitor equipment such as generators bigger. And you’ll never have to wander
patible with existing units (FMS firmware and UPSes). The map is viewable via an around a room trying to find a sensor.”
F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
More Outlets. More Flexibility. Highest Quality.
The ProGrade 42 Mixed-Outlet Smart PDU Lets You Pack More Power & More Devices Into Your Data Center
Have you ever needed to fit more devic- you’ll get a quality product, The ProGrade PDU is 42 to an additional link unit using a single
es into a cabinet and just didn’t have the delivered fast from a company encased in steel for the highest IP address with up to four temperature
available power to do so? It’s a challenge you can trust. quality. A middle display can and humidity probes.
most enterprise data centers are facing as be inverted to make it easy to Network monitoring. View power,
Unique In The Industry
they work to provide the server and storage read whether you use over- temperature, and humidity levels via a
capacity their businesses demand. The zero-U rackmounted head or under floor power. Web browser and receive SNMP-based
Lack of available power shouldn’t be the ProGrade 42 has several fea- When you pair the ProGrade and email alerts when conditions exceed
limiting factor anymore with the 42-out- tures that make it unique in 42 with PDUs Direct’s lock- defined thresholds.
let ProGrade 42 smart PDU from PDUs the industry. The mixed outlet ing power cords, you know Input current monitoring. Digital LED
Direct. It combines a large number of out- base ensures you can connect your servers will stay safely displays report the input current of each
lets in a small form factor, so you can add routers, switches, blade and plugged into the cabinet PDU phase or branch circuit to help prevent
30% more devices in a cabinet, according traditional servers, and other and its next-generation lock- overloads in high-density environments.
to PDUs Direct. equipment into the same PDU. ing receptacles. Branch circuit protection. All PDUs
It comes with 36 C13 outlets Direct PDUs are certified to the UL 60950-
Built On Experience Available Capacities,
for traditional devices and six 1 standard.
Features
PDUs Direct is a master distributor C19 outlets for high-power Button mounting. The zero-U button
of select basic, metered, and switched blade servers. The ProGrade 42 is avail- lets you mount the PDU in the back or on
data center rack PDUs from Server “Mixed outlets are a nice able in several different capaci- the side of a cabinet. P
Technology, which has about 30 years feature. With both the C13s ties, including 208-240V 30A,
of experience in designing high-quali- and C19s, you have great 230V 32A, three-phase wye
PDUs Direct ProGrade 42
ty products that are 100% performance- flexibility in how you con- 208V 30A, 400/230V 32A, and
tested for reliability and accuracy. figure your rack equipment,” 415/240V 30A. Depending on
The ProGrade 42 is the first-ever PDUs says Jim Scherr, director of the model, you’ll find several
[phone]
Direct-branded product and builds on the sales and operations at PDUs additional features, including:
www.pdusdirect.com
experience both it and Server Technology Direct. “It’s very flexible with Per-inlet power sensing.
have gained in designing products that the mixed outlets, it’s very View current load (A), voltage
A 42-outlet smart PDU that includes mixed
solve customers’ power problems. PDUs universal with the large num- (V), power (kW), apparent power
outlets for powering both blade and tradi-
Direct focuses on providing premium ber of outlets and how they’re (VA), crest factor, reactance,
tional servers.
power distribution without the premium spaced, so the customer can accumulated energy (kWh), and
price, offering best-in-class pricing and get whatever outlet he needs power factor per inlet.
organized, informative, and fast service no matter where he’s putting Link to an expansion
and support. As a customer, that means in his equipment.” CDU. Connect your ProGrade
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F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
Exactly What You Need In A PDU Switched. The switched PDUs let you
remotely disable specific outlets so you can
neutralize or reboot problem equipment no
matter where you are. Switched Ultra prod-
Geist Offers Thousands Of Standard PDUs & Can Quickly Produce Custom Solutions ucts add outlet-level power monitoring.
New Innovations
As a leader in the PDU market, Geist con-
Where do you turn when you need a tinues to work on new innovations. Two
specific PDU fast? How about if you’re of its more recent innovations are locking
in need of a PDU that’s custom designed receptacles and low-profile breaker units,
to fit your unique needs? Like most enter- which come standard on some Geist PDUs
prise data centers, you likely have a sup- or can be built into any custom configuration.
plier you can rely on when you quickly Low-profile breakers reduce PDU depth
need an off-the-shelf PDU, but any spe- by more than 40% compared to traditional
cial orders or custom designs can take breakers, making them easy to install in
considerable time. cabinets with limited space.
Since producing its first rackmount power Locking receptacles are built within
strip in 1994, Geist has perfected a built-to- the receptacle housing, protecting against
order manufacturing process that allows it Basic. Geist’s basic PDUs offer reliable vibration and elements that can dislodge
The Full Lineup
to build thousands of standard PDUs as well power distribution with optional local cur- external locking clips or guides. The self-
as custom offerings within days. Geist’s complete lineup of PDUs rent and power displays for onsite perfor- contained locking mechanism works with
“Other competitors stock only popular includes basic, monitored, switched, and mance tracking. standard C13 and C19 receptacles, so you
units, and if customers want something out satellite power products, with unique fea- Monitored. The monitored line of Geist won’t need to modify cords or connectors
of the norm, they have to wait for it,” says tures such as low-profile breakers and PDUs are a step up from the basic PDUs, or buy any special equipment. P
Sean Heyen, director of marketing at Geist. locking receptacles. letting you track performance onsite or
“We don’t stock products on the shelf. We “One of our biggest advantages is our over the Internet. Options include: Geist PDUs
are prepared to fabricate steel and build any large breadth of standard products,” Heyen (cid:114)(cid:1) Current monitoring, which shows
one of our standard products in just days. says. “We have well over 2,000 standard instant feedback on current usage. [phone]
This gives the customers access to the wid- offerings.” The Geist website features a (cid:114)(cid:1) Power monitoring, which displays cur- www.geistglobal.com
est range of products without delay.” PDU Finder (www.geistglobal.com/pdu rent, volts, real power, apparent power,
And it goes beyond just standard prod- -finder) that lets you search Geist’s prod- power factor, and kilowatt hours. A complete line of
ucts, Heyen says. The process ensures ucts by total receptacles, display, switch, (cid:114)(cid:1) Outlet-level power monitoring, showing basic, monitored,
Geist can customize products that are out- breaker, and other features. each outlet’s current, volts, watts, and switched, and satellite
side of its current product line. “It would Geist PDUs are made in America with kilowatt hours. PDUs with optional
take a little longer,” he says, “but when rugged black steel cases. Soldered connec- (cid:114)(cid:1) Wireless power monitoring, which inte- monitoring, low-
we have a focused customer with a critical tions ensure long-lasting connectivity, and grates Packet Power’s wireless power profile, and locking
deadline, we can produce a custom unit in single, solid-piece wiring ensures maxi- and temperature monitoring technology receptacle features.
about two weeks.” mum continuity. into a Geist power strip.
C O M PA N Y T O W AT C H
Tackling Today’s of what small to midsized enterprises
can afford. But the Aztec units solve
that by providing self-contained, roof-
top-installable, “bite-sized” units pre-
engineered and preconfigured with dig-
Air-Handling Challenges
ital control and monitoring software.
Plus, the Aztec works with and without
underfloor constructions.
Beyond managing the unit’s temperature
and pressure control via up to five cold-
Mestex Offers HVAC Innovations, Range Of Products For The Data Center Market
aisle temperature and one cold-aisle pres-
sure sensors per unit, the digital control
There’s a seemingly endless array of cooling products, installation, and digital system monitors operation and provides
vendors providing solutions to help solve including porta- controls with an optional service notices, temperature trend record-
your data center cooling issues. How do ble, direct evapo- IR remote control make ing, and optional GUIs accessible onsite or
you find a vendor you can trust? Industry rative, indirect management easy. via Internet access.
experience is one of the best judges, and evaporative, and
Direct Evaporative
Mestex has no shortage of that. packaged rooftop
Aztec
“Our evaporative cooling product lines units. The Alton Seasonal
have been in existence for 66 years,” says Make-Up Air Unit fea-
Portable
Mestex President Mike Kaler. “We pre- tures a direct evaporative cooling option
date our competitors by at least 15 years.” The Koldwave products offered by that’s one of the most efficient ways to
Mestex uses that experience and knowl- Mestex are ideal for data centers in need cool, changing warm dry air into cool air Applied Air
edge of the industry to understand your of either permanent or semi-permanent and costing about one-fifth the cost of Fresh Air Package
unique data center cooling needs and pro- cooling in server and telecommunications mechanical air conditioning.
vide the HVAC systems that will best rooms, network closets, and any other area
Indirect Evaporative Packaged Rooftop Units
match your needs and building type. with cooling needs.
Unlike many cooling vendors, Mestex Koldwave products can provide between An indirect evaporative cooling unit, More than six years of research and design
offers a complete line of data center three-quarters ton and 5 tons of cooling such as that found in the Aztec system went into building the Applied Air Fresh
and come in both water- from Mestex, uses a cooling tower and Air Package from Mestex. It’s a dedicated
cooled and air-cooled chilled water coil integrated in the unit, outdoor air system that can also be used with
Company Name:Mestex versions. A steel frame- an approach that simplifies installation return air off of the data center hot aisle.
work, stainless steel and data center infrastructure require- While most similar units can handle air
Location: Dallas, Texas
construction, and heavy- ments. You can configure the Aztec up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the Fresh
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duty industrial casters to combine indirect evaporative cool- Air Package has been certified for up to
URL: www.mestex.com
make the units among ing and fresh air cooling for greater 115 degrees, offering greater flexibility for
the sturdiest in the energy efficiency. raising your cold aisle temperature. The
industry. Color-coded Evaporative cooling units have tra- included DDC controls are compatible
connections simplify ditionally been beyond the price range with BACnet, LON, N2, and Modbus. P
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Founded in 1978, Sandhills Publishing
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is an information processing company
USB or Wireless. (cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)
with a diverse range of products
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covering a variety of industries.
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Sandhills Publishing is located in Lincoln,
requirements, others as OEM products while still others
the capital of Nebraska, and benefits
evolved solely on speculation. This has resulted in a rather
diverse product line and has also served to expand the from the quality of life and strong work ethic
company’s technology base. traditionally associated with the Midwest.
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