Technical Overview
Modius, Inc.
Performance Management for the
Green Data Center
Scott Brown
VP Engineering
scott.brown@modius.com
February 2009
Version 1.1
360 22nd Street, Suite 600
Oakland CA 94612
(510) 986-5441
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Data center operations evolving
Over-provisioned
(Months)
Incremental adjustments
Continuous modulation
(Days)
(Hours)
Energy
Dynamically adjust capacity
based on continuous input
Savings
Waste
… But HIGH
margin for
error
Still the problem of
high peak demand
Yesterday
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Today
Optimize demand and reduce
the peaks by distributing
computing load more evenly
Tomorrow
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Changing environment
Macro
level
trends
Data
center
evolution
Rising electricity costs
& limited supply
Green regulation &
green initiatives
Evolving server
technology
Increasingly dynamic power and heat loads
• Decreasing over-provisioning (cooling)
• Growing use of virtualization (CPU)
• Power save features in CPUs
• Blade & other high density devices
• Adds / Moves / Changes
Rising operational challenges
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Impact
Need
Smaller margins for error / less time to react
Greater risk of unanticipated capacity failure
Current tools not designed to manage dynamic environment
New tools for greater visibility, early warning, & historical analysis
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Modius approach
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All Devices
All Protocols
• Multi-protocol
• Vendor neutral
• Low cost to install
(no device drivers)
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Data collection
engine
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Business logic
platform
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• Easy access / standard
• Sophisticated alarming
SQL support for BI tools
• Complex metrics
• Granular collection
• Customized to
• Current and historical data
business needs
• Network / firewall
friendly
• Highly scalable
• High availability
1. Comprehensive
monitoring for
availability &
capacity
management
2. Automated key
metrics, including
PUE & CADE
3. Complete data
resource for
decision support
- Validate hunches
Comprehensive data collection
Enterprise
Data
Center
DCiM
Internet
WAN/ LAN
OA’s
Operational Level
Message Bus
OA’s
Notification
DR
OA’s
ASCII
Modbus • SNMP
Mitsubishi
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Dash Board
Data
Integration
• Work Ticket
• NMS
• Asset Mgt
• BMS
• Email
• Pager
• PDA
• NOC
SQL
Database
DW
BI Engine
Bacnet • ASCII
SNMP
Analytics
• Crystal Reports
• Business Objects
• MicroStrategies
• etc.
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Partial Device list
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Advantech
APC
ASCO
Best Power
Bitronics
B-Tech
Caterpillar
Cutler-Hammer
Cummins-Onan
Cyberex
Dell
Dent
EDPAC
Electro Industries
GE
Generac
IT Watchdogs
Kohler
Koyo
Liebert
Lucas-Benning
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MGE
Mitsubishi
Omega
PDI
Pentadyne
PMI
Poseidon
Powerware
Russ Electric
Rittal
Sensicast
Servertech
Siemens
Square D
Stulz
Sun
Toshiba
TRS
Unisoft
United Power
Veris
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Create own screens
Notes:
• User can upload different
graphics types
• Good to provide overview
of system health
Multi-site
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Roll-over alarms
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Create own drill downs
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Create own reports
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Sybase actual PUE
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Business logic for metrics and alarms
• Computed Points
• Synthetic data
• Complex calculations involving
multiple native points
Cooling System
ΔT
• Key Metrics
• PUE, CADE, etc
• UPS headroom
On
Ts
CRAC
Tr
RTD
COP
P
F
Transducer Flow Meter
• High impact alarms based on
aggregate thresholds
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“Utility Power Lost” and “Generator
Unavailable”
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= Native Point
= Computed point
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Enterprise Ready
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Summary
Multi-device
• Intrinsically multi-protocol and vendor neutral
– Protocol drivers, not device drivers
– Easy low-cost installation for all devices
Open data access
• Provide easy access to data via standard BI tools
Support for business logic
• Sophisticated alarming
– More meaningful alarms…fewer low grade notifications
• Robust metrics
Enterprise ready
• Network / firewall friendly
• Highly scalable
• High availability
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