dangerous delusions about it converged infrastructures

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1 © 2013 Eaton. All Rights Reserved. Faster, simpler deployment. Lower costs. Enhanced agility. Reasons like these are why adoption of converged infrastructures (CIs) is rising. CIs are so inherently resilient that many IT managers believe they can be safely and reliably operated without the help of power protection solutions. In reality, however, nothing could be further from the truth.

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Page 1: Dangerous delusions about IT converged infrastructures

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Faster, simpler deployment. Lower costs. Enhanced agility.

Reasons like these are why adoption of converged infrastructures (CIs) is rising.

CIs are so inherently resilient that many IT managers believe they can be safely and reliably operated without the help of power protection solutions. In reality, however, nothing could be further from the truth.

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4 dangerous delusions about CI to understand:

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CIs execute automated failover routines only when informed to do so. During utility failures, network connected UPSs can provide that information by notifying downstream devices that power is not available. Without UPSs, technicians must initiate the virtual machine transfer processes manually, which is far slower and less reliable.

Power protection solutions plays a key role in automatically triggering virtual machine migration processes during utility outages.

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Failover features can’t function without electrical power.

Even the most sophisticated CI solutions can’t transfer virtual machines instantaneously. Completing the migration process takes time, and therefore power. Unless UPSs are present, however, power becomes almost immediately unavailable during utility failures, rendering a CI’s failover capabilities useless.

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CIs are vulnerable to power spikes and other electrical disturbances.

Like all IT equipment, the hardware in converged infrastructures can be seriously damaged by transients, fluctuations and other power impurities.

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Facility and white space solutions from incoming utility to rack outlet

Power supplies and power factor correction solutions used by many CI offerings need clean power for optimal performance.

UPSs and PDUs have power conditioning features that shield servers, storage and networking equipment from potentially harmful electrical conditions while delivering clean, dependable power.