Large Data Centers

Small & Medium Data Centers

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Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure

Presented by

Ian P. de la RosaEnterprise District Manager

APC Philippines

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Agenda

About APC

Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure investment and their Imperatives

Maximizing the performance of your investment• Availability

• Agility

• TCO

Next Step

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CIO Priorities: Top Initiatives

Question: Which of the following technology initiatives are important to your organization ….

Top 2 Box Scores (Critically or Very Important)Totals (000)

Co size <99

Co size 100-999

Co size 1,000+

Improve business continuity (e.g. restore/recover, downtime prevention) 23,129 41% 49% 52%

Integrate applications to improve efficiency and customer service 22,923 38% 53% 53%

Improve security of data or network access 22,427 36% 51% 54%

Update aging systems such as hardware, equipment or software 20,594 35% 48% 46%

Improve network bandwidth or reduce network bottlenecks 12,016 18% 28% 30%

Improve storage infrastructure 11,156 18% 26% 26%

E-business improvement initiatives 8,619 14% 16% 22%

Increase wireless access 8,513 14% 21% 19%

Source: Survey by Ziff Davis Media

# 1: Business Continuity &

Downtime Prevention / Increased

Availability

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Is Your Company experiencing these trends?

Rapid changes in IT technology

Regulatory requirements

Increasing availability expectations

High operating/service costs

High density

Server consolidation

In response, APC is changing the way the world designs, installs, operates, manages and maintains Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI). What is NCPI?

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What is Network Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI)?

The facility, physical support, power, and cooling for Information Technology

NCPI consists of:

Power (UPS, Power Distribution)

Air (Air Conditioners, Air Distribution)

Rack (Enclosures, Cable Mgmt, etc.)

Management (common platform)

Services (professional & break/fix)Data Centres or “IT Rooms” could be as small as an oversized closet or as large as a 100,000 square foot facility!

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Essential foundation of

reliability

Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI)

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• Lifecycle Costs• Adaptability/Modularity/Scalability• Availability/Redundancy• Manageability• Serviceability

NCPI Challenges

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1. Optimize capital investment and available space

2. Accelerate Speed of deployment

3. Lower the cost of Service contracts

Lifecycle Cost / Economics

Challenges…

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Average Utilization of NCPI

•Forecasted capacity does not equal actual demand• Over sizing results in lost capital & operating $$

•Data centers are everbuilt to the most optimistic future needs that may ever be realized

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4. Plan for a Power Density that is increasing and

unpredictable

5. Adapt to ever changing environments

6. Vendor Neutral Mounting

Adaptability/Modularity/Scalability

Challenges…

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Power and Cooling requirements going up

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Heat Density Trends

Source: The Uptime Institute - Reprinted with permission from a White Paper titled “Heat Density Trends in Data Processing, Computer Systems, and Telecommunications Equipment” v1.0

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7. Minimize Human Error

8. Minimize points of failure between NCPI

and the critical load

9. Reduce failure points that drop customers

simultaneously

10. Eliminate Hot Spots

Availability

Challenges…

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Case Study of Downtime Failures

Root Causes

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

EquipmentFailure

Human Error ConstructionRelated

DesignRelated

ExternalCauses

Consistent with Surveys which attribute 60% or more of failures to Human Error

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Challenges…

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11. Monitor Attributes at the Rack level

12. Provide predictive failure analysis

Manageability

Challenges…

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Challenges…

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13. Decrease mean time to recovery

14. Simplify the complexity of the system

Serviceability

Challenges…

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Frequent IT changes create chaos resulting in human error

They were not planned at all

These systems were not planned to look like this

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The Business Value Equation for Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure

Availability Agility

TCOValue

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To Achieve Higher Business Continuity…

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Availability Agility

TCOValue

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Equipment Reliability

Mean-Time-To-Recover

Human Error

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Standardization enables improved availability

Modularize

Pre-test systems in the factory

Hot swappable

Pre-Integrate Power-Cooling-Rack Management & diagnostics

One-Time Engineering

Unique training requirements

On-site assembly

On-site testing

Custom programming

Standardize To Eliminate

Standardization accelerates learning at all levels, reducing human error and increasing availability

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Availability

TCOValue

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Speed of Deployment

Ability to Scale

Ability to Reconfigure

Agility

The inherent ability to scale due to our modular approach to NCPI allows rightsizing, lower upfront cost and react to changing business requirements..

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Traditional Approach (3-6 Mo.)

Design Concept

Construction Design

Construction

Commissioning

Operation

Custom Parts, Applications and Services

“I need more capacity.”

“I have more capacity.”

Needs Assessment

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The Design Concept is built on standardized parts that can be scaled to meet the need?

Construction Design incorporates a “Lego Block” approach of pre-engineered components?

Construction is mainly done in a factory instead of on-site?

Commissioning tests pre-integrated infrastructure systems.

It should be that …..

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Availability Agility

TCOValue

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Capital Cost

Electricity Costs

Service Costs

Oversizing is the dominant contributor…

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Waste due to over sizing

Reference: APC White paper #37

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Reduced waste due to rightsizing

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The Business Value Equation for Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure

Availability Agility

TCOValue

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On-Demand Architecture forNetwork Critical Physical Infrastructure

Changing the way the world designs data centers…InfraStruXure™

Symmetra PX

InfraStruXure PDU

NetShelter VX

NetworkAIR FM

Wiring Closets (1-3

Racks)

Small Data Centers (5-20 racks)

Smart-UPS

NetShelter VX

NetworkAir PA

InfraStruXureTM

Computer Rooms (1-5 Racks)

Symmetra RM

NetShelter VX

NetworkAir PA

Symmetra PX

InfraStruXure PDU

NetShelter VX

NetworkAIR FM

Medium Data Centers (20-100 racks) Large Data Centers (>100 racks)

Symmetra MW

InfraStruXure PDU

NetShelter VX

NetworkAIR FM

InfraStruXure™ for:

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AfterAfter BeforeBefore

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The next step…

For the next project, challenge your team to:

• Dramatically increase availability

• Do it in half the time

• Right size to the current requirement

• Make sure it can adapt

To help you, we can team with your staff to:

• Survey opportunities for savings

• Develop options for increased availability

• Deliver scalable systems on short notice that minimize over-sizing

Questions?