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The Data Center in Real Time: Monitoring Tools Overview & Demo
Presenters:
Daniel Skrove – Sales Engineer
Steve Lewis – Director of Sales
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Agenda
• The Need for Monitoring• Monitoring Approaches
– Point in Time– Real Time
• The Value of “Real Time”• Live Demo• Questions
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Emerson Data Center Users Group Survey- Spring 2009“Forty-seven percent of respondents listed energy efficiency as one of their top facilities and network concerns, while 46 percent listed adequate monitoring in their top three concerns.”.
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Emerson Data Center Users Group Survey- Fall 2009“[Availability] jumped from the fourth most important concern just six months earlier to
the number one concern.”
The Value of Monitoring
• COST OF POWER…………..$$$• COST OF INEFFICIENCY….$$$• COST OF DOWNTIME……..$$$$• OWNERSHIP……………......IT or FACILITIES
• SLAs…..
Can you afford not to?
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Monitoring Approaches
Point in Time Vs Real Time
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Sneaker Net
• Point in Time Measurements
• One day investigation• Readings from critical
components: UPS, Panels, HVAC, BMS
• Clipboard readings entered into spreadsheets
• 3rd party: report & recommendations
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What to Record?
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HVAC
UPS
TemperatureHumidityFan SpeedAlarmsSetpoint vs Production
VoltsAmpsBattery OperationPower FactorKW(A) in / KW(A) outEfficiency
PDU/RPP
Depending on the model:VoltsAmpsPer Whip values
Rack PDU
Depending on model:Amps per PDUAmps per SocketAmps per Circuit
Sneaker Net Benefits
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AdvantagesEconomical
Simple to execute
Non invasive
Preempts Risk
42U Point In Time Assessment Findings:“Raised access floor has no supplemental grounding system. The raised access floor should have a grounding grid wire for better high frequency noise and static electricity protection”
“The existing CRACs have been problematic… Cooling capacity far exceeds heat generation today but the reliability isn’t optimal “
“(Customer’s) IT load is 95kW and the input power to the data center is 226.699 kW yielding a PUE of 2.386”
Sneaker Net Cont’d
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Disadvantages
Snapshot
Manpower
Disparate vendor systems
Data Analysis
How do we maximize the data?Is it reported, trended?
Aggregated?Quality of Analysis?
Advantages
Economical
Simple to Execute
Non invasive
3rd party not necessary
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Is there a better way?
Containment Video: LiveImaging Showing LBNL Data Center Overheating Issue
Real Time Measurement
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Branch Circuit Monitoring
Real Time PUE
More Real Time Tools
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Zone Alerts Temperature
Chiller
Previous Survey Concerns
1. AVAILABILTY• Real time tools ensure operation within designated
guidelines such as ASHRAE or other industry accepted parameters.
2. EFFICIENCY• Real time tools establish an operational baseline that
can be historically trended for remediation control.
3. ADEQUATE MONITORING• Real time tools measure proactively, protecting &
trending all facets of physical infrastructure.
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An Array of Data
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HVAC
UPS
Min, Max, Average HVAC supply temperatures Min, Max, Average HVAC return temperatures Min, Max, Average HVAC temperature delta Air Loss RatioBypass Air RatioRecirculation Air RatioFan Energy
UPS InUPS OutIT Load
PDU/RPP
CurrentVoltagePowerIT Load
Rack
Cold Aisle TemperatureHot Aisle TemperatureHumidityThermal Maps
Reporting to a Common Database
Rack
Sub-floor
CRAH
Chilled Water Flow
PDU
16Disparate vendor products and protocols now speak the same language:
efficiency.
Real Time: Thermal Map
Temps below 55F
Other Maps Available
Real Time: Thermal Report
Tons - Sensible BTUs/Hr
NameplateReturn Air
TempSupply Air
Temp
Delta Return-
Supply Air Temp
CRAH Air Loss In-
Efficiency
CRAH Cooling Tons - Actual
CRAH Cooling
Efficiency - Actual
CRAC 123.1 64.6 52.7 11.9 58% 13.3 57.80%
CRAC 223.1 65 50.5 14.5 48% 16.3 70.50%
CRAC 316.3 62.6 48 14.6 48% 12 73.50%
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Values based on user-defined time periods
Real Time: Cooling Energy
ENERGY METER
WIRELESSSENSOR
GATEWAY
REAL TIME POWER VALUES FOR THIS PANEL
Remediation- Next Steps
Cooling Infrastructure– Aisle Containment (Cold or Hot)? – Raising Temperature Setpoint? – Variable Frequency Drive Retrofit (if CHW)?
The framework is in place to visualize the effects and quantify the results.
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Real-Time Implementation
Remediate
Report
Measure
Execute
Data Center SurveyBest practices & ROIPotential rebatesExecutive managerial buy-inEstablish efficiency team & goals
Plan
Install instrumentation & softwarePerform energy utilization auditCalculate current benchmark
Data CollectionEnvironmental MonitoringAnalysis
RecommendationsReconfiguration planEfficiency improvements
Low Hanging FruitProgressive ChangesSavings ReinvestedOngoing Improvement
Live Demo
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Takeaways
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Meeting of industry thought leaders convened on January 13, 2010 “to agree on datacenter energy efficiency measurements, metrics, and reporting conventions.”
Results of the Meeting: “Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) using source energy consumption is the preferred energy efficiency metric for data centers.”
When calculating PUE, IT energy consumption should, at a minimum, be measured at the output of the uninterruptible power supply (UPS). However, the industry should progressively improve measurement capabilities over time so that measurement of IT
energy consumption directly at the IT load (i.e., servers) becomes the common practice.”
SOURCE: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/datacenters/news_detail.html?news_id=15799
The Future is Now
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Branch Circuit Monitoring
Real Time PUE
The Progressive Improvement is available today:
Rack level power consumption
Ongoing PUE measurement
Informed decision making with non-invasive installation
Impactful at all data center sizes
Questions?
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