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EMBRACING THE DIGITAL DATA CENTRE : HOW ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND VISIBILITY LEAD TO OPERATIONAL INSIGHTS
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The reality is simple : data is the lifeblood of many organisations , and the data centre has become the heart . With organisations embracing new technologies – from AI to IoT – and generating more data that will get us into the yottabyte age , data centres are under pressure to do a lot more – and to do it more efficiently and swiftly .
Performance demands on server and storage packed tightly in data centre racks – in turn , are creating new demands on data centre power and environmental infrastructures .
Consider this : energy use is expected to continue increasing by around 4 % a year in data centres . US data centres alone are projected to consume about 73 billion kWh in 2020 .
Many efficiency strategies are already successfully employed in data centres – including emerging technologies , such as predictive analytics and datadriven machine learning . But more needs to be done .
Gartner predicts that by 2020 , more than 30 percent of data centres that fail to implement AI and machine learning will cease to be operationally and economically viable . “ ITs primary function will be to enable the business to be more agile , to enter new markets more quickly , to deliver services closer to the customer , and to position specific workloads based on business , regulatory and geopolitical impacts ,” says Gartner ’ s Dave Cappuccio . To survive , data centre infrastructures need to become intelligent .
It is more important than ever to have the intelligent data centre monitoring solutions to keep an eye on your most critical resources .
In other words , advanced tools are needed to monitor a data centre ’ s every ‘ heartbeat ’ with accuracy and in real time . These tools should tell you if there is : enough power , a harmful hotspot , an unauthorised user near an open cabinet , wasteful overcooling , and how new workloads are affecting specific cabinets . p
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