With today’s increasing high power density applications, power management has become an integral part of the overall data center solution. At Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI), we’ve developed a comprehensive set of solutions to help you minimize cost while increasing efficiency across all areas of power management. From basic and metered power distribution units (PDUs) to more advanced monitoring and control of power output and usage, CPI solutions live by the adage – knowledge is power.
As one of the main influencers of power management, cost and its effect on your IT budget should be high on the priority list. How much it costs to power your data center year round lives in direct relation to how energy efficient your equipment is, how well you monitor your power output and usage, and how quickly you respond to downtime – afterall, network outages can be just as crippling as power outages.
At CPI, we deliver an all-encompassing power management solution set that offers you the ability to:
- Monitor real-time power usage
- Provide intuitive enterprise reporting across your power infrastructure
- Remotely manage power distribution by utilizing IP capabilities (on/off/idle, etc.)
Other important factors that CPI takes into consideration when helping you integrate power management into a total data center solution include Data Center infrastructure Efficiency (DCiE), Data Center energy Productivity (DCeP) and Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). These help determine how efficiently power and thermal cooling is utilized in the data center, and are a main component to better power management. Not to mention, dedicated monitoring of power usage can even help IT departments gauge the power efficiency of specific equipment within their data center, thus aligning future product purchases with those network routers, switches and servers that perform best for your system.