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Solution Suite
Trellis Energy Insight
TM
real-time
infrastructure
optimization
Benefits
•Accurately understand realtime energy consumption
(kW/hours) and cost of
operating subsystems through
a unified dashboard
•Capture current and historical
efficiency metrics (PUE and
DCIE) to ensure compliance to
Green Grid’s efficiency metrics
for data centers
•Understand and track where
inefficiencies are occurring
within devices and subsystems in the data center to
identify areas for performance
improvement
•View a unified dashboard
that provides Data Center
Managers visibility into the
energy consumption and
operating efficiency of the
data center
With the need to reduce costs, IT managers are being challenged with rising energy
costs as well as the total watts consumed. At the same time, these managers are
focused on ensuring their facilities run 24/7 without disruption since losses due to
unplanned shutdowns are very costly. Supplying this level of service and reducing
costs at the same time is a huge challenge and most IT managers are struggling
when it comes to finding the right solution.
To make sure the data center functions at peak performance, the IT manager needs
to understand the sources of data center operating inefficiencies to identify areas for
performance improvement. The bottom line is that IT managers need to make their
facilities as energy efficient as possible. Monitoring of real-time and accurate metrics
for energy consumption is needed to make data centers energy efficient. It is critical
that they have the tools that let them see their power usage effectiveness (PUE) and
data center infrastructure efficiency (DCIE) when they need to. These metrics also
need to be industry compliant, adhering to standards by The Green Grid and the like.
Through the use of Energy Insight within the Trellis platform, visibility into the energy
consumption and operating efficiencies within the data center have never been
easier. With the Energy Insight unified dashboard, you gain visibility into the energy
consumption and operating efficiency of the data center. IT managers are able to
use the information gathered to maximize energy usage, minimize energy waste and
reduce utility costs.
The unified and practical Energy Insight dashboard allows managers to view current
and historical efficiency metrics, as well as calculate both consumption and costs—a
feature perfect for data centers that are not yet properly instrumented for measuring
facility and IT load. These features combined make Energy Insight the perfect energy
analysis tool to make data centers more Green Grid-compliant, more economical and
more energy efficient.
With Energy Insight you can:
•Identify real-time power consumption
•Calculate utility cost at the system and unit levels
•Comply with industry-approved efficiency metrics (PUE and DCIE)
•Determine current and future energy needs based on historical data
•View operating efficiency losses and recognize areas for performance
improvements
•Configure source and currency to be used for utility cost calculation
•Customize the dashboard to exclude certain facility load parts in a mixed use
facility
•Enter data manually if the data center is not properly instrumented for
measuring total facility or IT load
Emerson Network Power
Solution Suite
Trellis Energy Insight
TM
Compute Costs, Not Just Energy Consumption
• With a unified dashboard, see real-time information, energy
usage and operating efficiency—key information when
determining system peak performance, maximizing energy
usage and minimizing energy waste
• Compute for real-time power consumption (kW/hour) for a
device or a group of devices and determine ways to balance
capacity and demand within the data center
• Configure source and currency details that facilitate utility cost
calculations at the system and unit levels
• View utility costs with energy consumption and efficiency
metrics in monitoring and management solutions
• Understand capacity usage to ensure business-critical services
are always running while lowering operating costs
Update and Comply to Industry-Approved
Efficiency Metrics
• Improve performance efficiency and reduce risk of unplanned
downtime by knowing the current and future energy needs of
the data center based on historical data
• Gauge efficiency and comply with current and historical
industry-approved efficiency metrics (PUE and DCIE)
• Understand the sources of operating inefficiencies in order to roll
out measures to improve peak performance
• Customize dashboards so users can enter data manually if the
data center is not properly instrumented for measuring total
facility or IT load
• Eliminate readings from one or more devices when making PUE
and DCIE calculations in a mixed use (office space + data center)
data center facility
Trellis Energy Insight
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