Getting the most from your MMT solution
In today’s on-demand world, businesses are struggling with rising data center cooling costs, reliability and availability risks posed by thermal problems and other data center cooling issues such as IT growth limitations and inefficiencies. Our team can help you. Using Measurement & Management Technologies (MMT) and IBM’s experience from worldwide data center analysis engagements, a thermal profile of an existing data center can be created to identify possibilities for cooling efficiencies and smarter energy use. This service includes two modules:
- The Measurement Survey and Analysis module uses 3D thermal maps for in-depth analysis and troubleshooting. This point-in-time measurement can help immediately fix cooling inefficiencies in the thermal envelope and extend the life of a data center.
- The Dynamic Monitoring and Management module helps you monitor and manage the cooling and energy efficiency of your data center. After taking a measurement survey, IBM combines sensors and measurement survey results for ongoing analysis and reporting.
To date, IBM has identified potential average energy savings of 12 percent of IT power costs and 23 percent of cooling power costs for data centers ranging from 3,000 to 85,000 square feet. For the savings obtained from the Measurement Survey and Analysis, payback has been achieved in 6 to 12 months, yielding a potential 100 percent return on investment after one year. Actual client results may vary. The Dynamic Monitoring and Management module can help maintain and improve these savings over time by helping you quickly identify and address hotspots and other efficiency issues that might develop.
Highlights
Measurement & Management Technologies services provide clients with a real time temperature and environmental profile of their data centers. The results of the profile are used to identify, diagnose and remedy trouble spots and energy inefficiencies. Benefits include:
- Real-time visibility of the impact of data center changes
- Identifies data center energy efficiency improvement opportunities
- Supports data center cooling capacity management by depicting real-time impact of changes
- Addresses potential energy savings, operational savings, and data center resiliency
- Reduction of data center costs by improving cooling efficiency
- Improvements in availability and reliability of new and existing IT systems
- Helps with implementation of the wider 2008 ASHRAE recommended operating temperature limits
- Provides assistance with change management in the data center; cooling capacity can be matched to IT power needs and to changes in IT equipment placement
- An integrated view of the data center environment, and a record of anomalies
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