DCIM: Datacentre Management in a Software Driven Age

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DCIM: Datacentre Management in a

Software Driven Age

Rhonda Ascierto

When do you expect to see an ROI on your DCIM investment?

Do not expect a return on investment System will provide benefits, but cannot attribute hard

numbers

Long-term (5 years +) Mid-tern (3-5 years) Short-term (under 2 years)

Colos Enterprise

Evolution

CRM Connectivity mgt Level 1: Basic Level 2: Reactive Level 3: Proactive 2000 2010 2015 2020 Level 4: Optimizing Level 5: Self optimizing, autonomic Examples • Aperture • Netbotz • Sitescan • BMS Examples • StruxureWare for Data Centers • Trellis • CommScope (iTRACS) • Nlyte + FieldView • Decathlon

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Datacentre management software

& some of the systems that can be integrated

Datacentres: data everywhere …

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DCIM monitoring

Facilities data

Leak detection Fire detection

Building security

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DCIM monitoring with predictive analytics BMS / Smart building software Cable mgmt Generator Branch circuit monitoring UPS software / controls PDU software Sensors & meters Chiller CRAH / CRAC

Leak detection Fire detection

Building security

DCIM monitoring (only)

Leak detection Fire detection

Building security

IT asset mgmt system (ITSM, other)

DCIM monitoring with predictive analytics

DCIM monitoring (only)

Provisioned vs actual vs required

Forecasting ✓ Power-chain

Redundancy, vulnerability, root-cause

✓‘What-ifs’

Avoid issues, stranded resources

Normalize & compare

Power chain: Resilience, reliability, vulnerability to failures

DCIM monitoring (only): reality check

! Manual asset audits required

! ITSM database – incomplete facilities-level data

! Limited planning capability

2. DCIM suite

DCIM monitoring 17

DCIM monitoring

Leak detection Fire detection Building

DCIM monitoring DCIM asset mngt.

DCIM suite

18 DCIM analytics engine,

predictive modeling, forecasts

DCIM suite

Leak detection Fire detection Building

DCIM monitoring IT asset mgmt system _{(ITSM, other)} CMDB DCIM asset mngt. DCIM suite 19 Work-order systems

DCIM analytics engine, predictive modeling, forecasts

DCIM suite integrated

BMS / Smart building software Cable mgmt Generator Branch circuit monitoring UPS software / controls PDU software Sensors & meters Chiller CRAH / CRAC

Leak detection Fire detection Building

DCIM suite integrated

 interdependencies, redundancies

 precision / tiered load placement

✓Centralized event mgmt  fast response,

trace-back, avoidance

20 ✓End-to-end facilities visibility capacity planning  2-click’

audits

Tracking & managing network connections, capacity

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Thermal & airflow

visualization &

management

Granular, traceable workflow management

DCIM suite integrated: reality check

! Significant operational process changes are typically required - IT & facilities need to cooperate

! High cost (relative to point solution)

! High deployment & integration requirements

3. DCSO = DCIM + …

DCIM suite

DCIM suite

(with predictive analytics)

DCIM suite integrated

DCIM suite

(with predictive analytics)

Facilities data ₂₈

IT asset mgmt system (ITSM, other)

CMDB

DCSO example

(with predictive analytics)

Facilities data ₂₉ Configuration, change mgmt SLA mgmt IT asset mgmt system (ITSM, other) CMDB Work-order systems

Event processing DCIM data 30 Process Orchestration (Dataflow, Workflow) Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) API Portal/Gate way Message Queuing Orchestration layer

Intelligent data hub/repository

DCSO configurable item (data &/or process) library

ITSM/IT asset data VM data Networking &

connectivity data Other

DCSO

✓ Resource supply matched to IT demand

end-to-end IT service-delivery

processes, planning & costing

✓ Manage physical, logical & virtual resource

provisioning  speed, agility, efficiency

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✓ Ensure resource availability & performance (physical, logical, virtual)  proactively manage & dynamically adjust capacity / costs

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Committed to

increase the number of transactions per kWh

DCSO: reality check

! Significant operational process changes

- IT & facilities & finance departments must be coordinated

! High DCIM software costs, high deployment & integration requirements

! Purchasing switches to multiple departments

Average DCIM price

35 Additional costs for additional hardware or integrations are factored in

Source: 451 Research survey

‘Level 1’ DCIM ‘Mid-level’ DCIM ‘Comprehensive’ DCIM UPS/ room-level PDU/row-level U-level real-time, predictive

analytics COST ESTIMATE (average) $91k $177k $330k

The suppliers’ view…

• 3MW datacentre • 7 years old

36 PowerApp

DataCenterVision

Modius

Pacific Controls Systems Packet Power

Perf-IT

Server Tech Servhawk

Integrated Building Solu ons

Cisco (JouleX) Eaton − − − − − − − − − ABB CA Tech CommScope / iTRACS Emerson Network Power Panduit / SynapSense Schneider Electric Siemens Nlyte So ware Future Facili es RF Code Vigilent OSIso FieldView Solu ons Cormant Geist A end Systems Rackwise Op mum Path Nortek No Limits So ware Rack vity Methode Electronics GreenField So ware Energy Metrics / Aligned

Huawei CrestPoint

Power Analy cs (Causam Energy) Lumina Decision Systems

AssetGen Knowledge Flow

Align Communica ons Asset Vue − − − − >$200m consolidated revenue <$200m consolidated revenue − Romonet N’compass/AlphaPoint Baselayer − FNT Device42 − Trackit₋ Eco4Cloud Virtual Power Systems Stratergia − − − − Innova ve Research − − Intel − TSO Logic Ni2 Tier44 4Energy TDB Fusion

Smart Carbon Controls

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DCIM suppliers

Asset, change & configura on mgmt Monitoring

Datacenter business planning Dynamic cooling op miza on CFD

IT power mgmt / control

‘Comprehensive’ DCIM suite DCSO capabili es

Dedicated DCSO integra on

Datacenter Technologies rhonda.ascierto@451research.com Cranntech − − VaporIO ETAP Al ma Alquist − − − Mardix RiT Tech Sunbird TSL Products −