Hewlett-Packard
2009-12-22
Voor het eerst kunnen IT managers hun energieverbruik zien en direct
actie ondernemen
AMSTELVEEN, 23 december 2009 - HP introduceert de HP Data Center Smart
Grid. Deze oplossing combineert hardware, software en services om een
slimme, energiebewuste omgeving te creëren voor het hele datacenter -
van de technologische infrastructuur tot en met het gebouw. De HP Data
Center Smart Grid is een sleutel element van de onlangs aangekondigde
HP Converged Infrastructure Architectuur en verzamelt, monitort en
communiceert direct duizenden metingen van stroomverbruik en koeling
vanuit het hele data center. Hiermee krijgt het IT management
waardevol inzicht en controle over het energiegebruik.
Het belangrijkste probleem vandaag de dag is dat de grenzen van
stroom- en koelcapaciteit bijna bereikt zijn. Chief information
officers (CIOs) hebben een blauwdruk van hun data center nodig om
beter gebruik te maken van hun stroom- en koelcapaciteit en hun kosten
beter te beheersen. Hiervoor is een slimmere kijk op de hele IT nodig,
inclusief de ruimte waarin de technologie staat opgesteld. Dit
betekent een verschuiving weg van de huidige manier van data center
beheer waarbij facilitaire en IT managers onafhankelijk van elkaar
opereren. Om nieuwe niveaus van kosten en energie efficiëntie te
kunnen bereiken, moet er een gezamenlijk, allesomvattend zicht geboden
worden op het stroomverbruik en de koeling in het datacenter.
Met de HP Data Center Smart Grid kunnen klanten:
o operationele kosten reduceren van stroom- en koelsystemen
o de levensduur verlengen van data center facilititeiten en andere
kapitale investeringen
o de betrouwbaarheid vergroten door geoptimaliseerde stroom- en
koelingefficiëntie
o inzicht en controle verkrijgen over energiekosten en de algehele
impact op het milieu
Voor het eerst kunnen klanten hun energieverbruik visualiseren en
actie ondernemen gebaseerd op accurate omgevingsdata. Dit
optimaliseert het stroomverbruik qua dichtheid, efficientie en
capaciteit. Bedrijfsgroei kan versneld worden wanneer meerdere
applicaties en services gehost worden binnen dezelfde datacenter
footprint, om zo de operationele kosten voor stroomcapacitiet terug te
brengen.
**Vervolg persbericht in Engels**
Reduce, optimize and integrate data center resources
By integrating all elements of a data center - from technology
equipment to the facility - and viewing it as a single system,
facility and IT managers can collectively address capacity challenges.
HP Data Center Smart Grid provides an accurate understanding of status
and trends with the tools needed to address problem areas. To optimize
power usage, changes can be made manually or automatically. The impact
is displayed instantly to ensure maximum efficiency and resource
utilization over time.
By balancing the placement of equipment within the data center,
technology managers also can identify and repurpose stranded power to
ensure an effective use of capacity, without sacrificing reliability
or performance.
Taking energy efficiency to the next level
HP has combined its energy portfolio under one universal management
system, complete with energy-aware and power-saving technologies. The
enhanced HP Data Center Environmental Edge adds "time" to provide the
view of thermal activity across the data center. Through real-time
energy monitoring, customers gain a better understanding of data
center energy efficiency, usage and trends to more quickly identify
and correct issues.
Data Center Power Control, a new feature in HP Insight Control, aligns
technology needs with power and cooling delivery. HP Data Center Power
Control delivers automatic brown-out protection by providing
server-level visibility and control over power delivery based on the
priority of the workload. The solution monitors, alerts and can
automatically adjust power allocation during peak energy usage or
based on policy-based rules.
These new offerings join HP's existing energy-efficiency portfolio,
which includes the HP ProLiant G6 server platforms, the HP Performance
Optimized Data Center (POD) and HP Thermal Logic. The HP Data Center
Smart Grid extends HP Thermal Logic technology from systems such as
servers and storage, to broader environmental monitoring and control
across the facility.
Energy-saving services
A new suite of HP Converged Infrastructure Consulting services are
also available through HP Technology Services to help customers
realize an energy-efficient and intelligent data center. Harnessing
years of experience in end-to-end data center design and deployment,
HP offers services that enable customers to identify the energy issues
in their existing data centers and to develop, as well as implement,
energy plans. HP's services teams can also design and deploy a new
energy-aware data center from the ground up.
More about the HP Converged Infrastructure Architecture and the key
role of the HP Data Center Smart Grid is available at
www.hp.com/go/convergedinfrastructure.
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