Issue link: https://cp.revolio.com/i/141720
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Ensuring an always-on data center
has the highest operational efficiency
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Why the power to save energy goes beyond eco-mode
BY PETER PANFIL
In today's always-on, always efficient data center
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environments, it's easy to get caught up in the numbers,
especially when it comes to UPS performance.
Availability is the highest priority of any data
center, and the UPS system is the keystone that
ensures the data center is always powered.
At the same time, cost savings and energy
efficiency are common business priorities. When
planning for a UPS, it pays to consider multiple
efficiency strategies that will effectively support
availability requirements.
TOTAL DATA CENTER
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Support
systems
IT
equipment
AVOID THE RATINGS GAME
Thanks to advances in UPS technology, the
potential to cut energy costs by tens of thousands
of dollars annually has never been greater. But
don't be swayed by a 1 or 2% efficiency difference
unless availability for the data center is the same
for each UPS option.
By the Numbers*
48%
HIGHER VOLTAGE = BIGGER SAVINGS
It might sound strange to think that increasing
your system level voltage can actually save money,
but it can — and a lot of it. 575/600VAC from
the source, through the UPS and distribution,
uses more of the available capacity of gear,
breakers and wiring. Adding a PDU that
compartmentalizes faults and runs the IT
equipment at its highest efficiency point delivers
the most bang for the buck.
THINK ECO-INTELLIGENT
Eco-mode has done wonders for improving UPS
efficiency, but it comes with a cost: some methods
of switching to eco-mode and back again may leave
availability vulnerable. Ask the UPS supplier to
explain how the equipment safely switches to and
from eco-mode, and ask to see the waveform at the
point of transfer to ensure that the power is free
of disruptive notches.
Energy use of
infrastructure equipment CH3
CH5
— cooling, UPS, PDU
CH7
and lighting
56%
Growth rate of electricity
consumption globally
between 2005 and 2010
$6K
Estimated cost to operate CH6
CH8
a server annually in a
typical data center
6-7%
Estimated savings
achieved by deploying a
UPS with higher voltage
and Intelligent Eco-mode
CH4
*Citations from Energy Logic 2.0; Growth in
Data Center Electricity Use 2005 to 2010;
and VMware TCO Calculator
The Liebert NXL™ from Emerson Network
Power is the most efficient and reliable
high-power UPS system available, due to
input and output isolation, superior fault
management and efficiency improvement
features like Intelligent Eco-mode™ with
active inverter technology.
1000.0V
980.0V
1000.0V