Critical Infrastructure Assessments
Critical Infrastructure Assessments
Professional insight delivered by Emerson Network Power experts will ensure that your infrastructure
performs at its best today and into the future.
Emerson Network Power
supports entire critical
infrastructures with an extensive
service offering, enhancing
network availability and ensuring
total peace of mind 24/7.
With the broadest, most
comprehensive service presence
in the industry and more than
600 Customer Engineers
dedicated to servicing Europe,
Middle East and Africa, Emerson
Network Power ensures that your
business is protected 100% of the
time and that assistance is close
by whenever needed.
Emerson Network Power
Customer Engineers are
experienced professionals
who regular undergo intensive
training programs and are
certified according to country
specific, European and
international regulations and
standards.
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Emerson Network Power’s professional Critical Infrastructure Assessments
are designed to provide facility managers with insight into the performance of
their infrastructure. The assessments furthermore assist in identifying areas of
optimization in availability and efficiency. In doing so, industry best practice
parameters are used to measure and evaluate data center operation and
performance.
The assessments specifically evaluate the extent to which cooling and power
architecture is leveraged, the level of redundancy, as well as the efficiency
of the installed systems, presence of hot spots, the use of floor space and air
distribution versus heat dissipation.
The Assessments focus on:
•Maximizing efficiency and uptime in data centers and telecom sites
•Optimizing the utilization of power and cooling infrastructure
•Analyzing the efficiency of heat removal generated by IT and telecom
equipment
•Identifying hot spots and potential risks
•Assessing the capacity of electrical systems
•Identifying electrical risks with the potential of leading to downtime
Utilizing industry-leading assessment tools to deliver superior analysis
allows our expert Customer Engineers to verify that equipment is correctly
dimensioned for the current demands. It also enables them to provide advice
on how and where the critical infrastructure can be strengthened to meet future
demands.
The comprehensive assessment report details recommendations for optimizing
the performance, capacity, availability and efficiency of both cooling and
power equipment. Assessment reports are backed up by Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD) modeling and financial return on investment (ROI) calculations.
Critical Infrastructure Assessments include:
•Optimization and expansion strategies
•On-site power and cooling assessment
•Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) analysis
•Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling
•Documentation of findings and recommendations
•Consultation and review of report findings
•Contingency plan
•IT Capacity strategy
•Thermocamera Scan
Audit
Emerson Network Power’s Critical
Infrastructure Audit provides
a qualitative snapshot of the
infrastructure’s overall health,
evaluating its operation based on
industry benchmarks.
Providing insight into the current
status of the infrastructure
operation, the audit also serves as
a means of evaluating if a more in
depth analysis, such as a Critical
Infrastructure Assessment or specific
Power or Thermal Management
Assessment is warranted.
Expert Customer Engineers carry
out site visits to validate the health
status of the data center using
results from Infrared Cameras to
determine the current viability of
the facility, as well as identify steps
for greater flexibility, reliability
and total cost of ownership (TCO)
optimization.
The remote data collection and
analysis relates to the overall facility,
as well as more specifically to:
•Power and Cooling
•Racks and Cabling
•Monitoring Systems
•Service Practices
The result is a report of the overall
analysis and recommendations for
optimized site operation, capacity
utilization, efficiency and availability
providing evidence of:
•Overall performance compared to
industry benchmarks
•Current risk cost/benefit analysis
•Recommended action plan
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Thermal Management Assessments
Specific Thermal Management Assessments enhance IT system availability by identifying and eliminating
hot spots, as well as providing vital recommendations for maximizing the performance and efficiency of
cooling infrastructure, in addition to system expansion and optimization.
This is achieved by carrying out
an investigative on-site analysis
measuring the effectiveness
of the data center or telecom
site’s critical equipment cooling
Temperature (°C)
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Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD)
modeling visually
depicts the heat-related
impact on data center
facilities by simulating
the outcome following
the implementation of
recommendations.
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methods. The assessment
is furthermore designed
to identify airflow issues in
existing room conditions and
practices, accomplished through
Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) modeling which illustrates
the data center’s thermal
condition and airflow patterns.
Emerson Network Power
comprehensive Thermal
Management Assessments
feature:
•Air Temperature measurement
•Air Flow measurement
•Identification of hot spots
through tools such as thermo
cameras and Computational
Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling
•Comparison of IT /Telecom
equipment load with cooling
unit capacity
•Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) modeling
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Critical Power Assessment
A dedicated Power Assessment
will determine the power
equipment performance,
as well as identify energy
saving opportunities at site,
ensuring overall infrastructure
availability.
Using industry-leading tools,
Emerson Network Power’s expert
Customer Engineers assess the
electrical infrastructure from the
incoming power through to the
critical load, with the objective
of recommending actions
for improving power-related
performance, energy and other
operating cost-savings while
ensuring compliance with industry
best practices and safety codes and
standards.
As with Emerson Network Power’s
wider series of assessments,
industry benchmarks and best
practices are used as parameters
for evaluation.
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Emerson Network Power
comprehensive Power
Assessments feature:
•Critical components thermal
analysis
•Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
analysis
•Single point of failure analysis
•Switchgear equipment analysis
•DC systems analysis including
rated capacity, utilization and
efficiency on rectifiers and
inverters
•UPS systems analysis including
rated capacity, utilization and
efficiency
•Battery backup and battery
optimization
Reporting is a fundamental
component of the Power
Assessment in which the in
depth evaluation of parameters
measured, together with
optimization recommendations
and return on investment (ROI)
calculations are detailed. It is
moreover designed to provide
data center professionals with clear
recommendations and actions for
immediate and future optimization
of power infrastructure.
Today’s successful businesses depend on adaptable technologies to help them respond quickly
to market demands. Your critical infrastructure must be designed to match the power and
cooling needs of rapidly changing IT initiatives such as virtualization and consolidation. Each
change, move or addition will affect the entire support infrastructure so you need products and
support that ensure your equipment will operate reliably in these environments.
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Ensuring The High Availability
Of Mission-Critical Data And Telecom Applications.
About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR),
protects and optimizes critical infrastructure for data centers,
communications networks, healthcare and industrial facilities.
The company provides new-to-the-world solutions, as well as
established expertise and smart innovation in areas including AC
and DC power and renewable energy, precision cooling systems,
infrastructure management, embedded computing and power,
integrated racks and enclosures, power switching and controls,
and connectivity. Our solutions are supported globally by local
Emerson Network Power service technicians. Learn more about
Emerson Network Power products and services at
www.EmersonNetworkPower.eu
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