Datacentre Operational Efficiency Assessment
The Datacentre is coming under increased scrutiny as business look to reduce costs, find more capacity and comply with regulatory requirements within an environment of ever changing business needs. As the world moves from an information society to a knowledge economy, IT continues to become the central revenue core of most businesses but it is also increasingly coming under the spotlight.
Consolidation, migration and virtualisation have all been implemented by many datacentre owner/operators to reduce cost, increase resilience and increase capacity. Regulation compliance means many have no choice but to operate their own datacentres and the IT hardware rate of change is much faster than the physical infrastrcutre that it all relies upon.
Often this pressure can reduce energy efficiency in the datacentre infrastrcuture and lead to increased operating costs together with reduced capacity.
The on365/SGI Datacentre Operational Efficiency Assessment takes an end-to-end approach from the incoming sub-station all the way through to the operating systems and applications. As a change in one place can affect often hidden components in another, this holistic process is necessary to ensure maximum operational efficiency. Most vendors only cover part of the model and can never fully optimise all critical links in the IT chain.
The on365/SGI combined skillsets ensure that all aspects are considered before recommending a solution that combines the maximum effectiveness of the parts into the optimum efficiency of the whole.
Our on365/SGI Professional Service consultant will document the existing infrastructure, determine the efficiency and provide an accurate assessment of the factors limiting the achievable efficiency of the datacentre.
- The assessment & analysis of the existing electrical efficiency in the datacentre.
- The breakdown of losses into power, cooling, transmission and lighting losses.
- The breakdown of the cooling system losses into Computer Room Air Conditioners/Computer Room Air Handlers (CRAC/CRAH), humidification and outfoor heat rejection losses.
- The breakdown of the power system losses into UPS & power distribution.
- The assessment & analysis of server power management capabilities.
- The assessment and analysis of the orpeating systems.
- The assessment and analysis of the storage and backup systems.
- Detailed recommendations to improve the efficiency of the datacentre.
- Projected efficiency gains for each recommended improvement.
- Performance against Industry Benchmarks for each component level.
on365/SGI Professional Services provides the best and most up-to-date information on the latest technologies without requiring customers to allocate resources for research and evaluations. With deep technical knowledge of physical infrastructure, IT conventions and deployments our consultants can facilitate follow-on discussions across all organisations that manage or depend on their IT assets. We allow the customer to remain focused on the core business, which ultimately drives revenue to meet their business objectives.
To find out more download our Datacentre Operational Efficiency Assessment Datasheet.
