Capacity Management

Managing and forecasting energy and data center performance requirements to support new services, applications or throughput are high-stake endeavors. Misjudging capacity can bring business to an abrupt halt, as evidenced by unscheduled data center outages. Likewise, underutilizing data center resources can bring business to a slow death by quietly hemorrhaging budgets day after day, month after month. Either scenario is extraordinarily costly and enables competitors to leap ahead, which is why heads roll when data center capacity is mismanaged.

One of the most challenging aspects of capacity management is understanding the energy profileof your data center operations, as well as the extent of IT equipment utilization over time. It’s not enough to review past energy bills to forecast future requirements, nor can you safely determine where to add new IT equipment without overloading the facility by simply setting alarm thresholds on the Actual Load of each device. Too much is left to guesswork. Yet, not all data centers and their annexes are equipped to provide the insight you need to manage and forecast data center capacity with confidence.

Uncovering Hidden Capacity in the Data Center

Veterans of data center operations tell us they need the capability to visualize performance and uncover hidden capacity. OpenData software by Modius responds to this need by providing the insight required to make informed decisions. We call this operational intelligence for the data center. OpenData captures performance data for the extended power and cooling chain—from the grid to the chassis—so capacity management and forecasting decisions are based on hard data, thus mitigating risk and wasted resources.

Start Saving Money with Capacity & Efficiency Analyses from OpenData

Just ask the folks at Sybase. They are now saving over 25% per year in energy costs by improving data center energy efficiency with continuous data center monitoring & analysis (download success story). NetApp is also using OpenData to forecast their energy requirements for all of their facilities. Not only are they saving money, they’re also helping the environment by reducing energy consumption. And so can you.

Watch our OpenData demo now or contact us to learn more about how we can help.