Presentation focuses on the impact virtualization initiatives have on the data center and more importantly the critical
physical infrastructure supporting the data center. Virtualization is an IT strategy that can easily and quickly impact, with potential negative consequences, the reliability and availability of the data center. Understand the effects and some considerations in the implementation of virtualization.
There are many factors in the data center that are driving the new data center design considerations. This slideshare discusses several of the trends in the data center and covers several solutions to implement.
The Schneider Electric underground self-healing solution can restore power to healthy areas of a distribution network in under 30 seconds. Our self-healing innovation improves re-energisation time and availability by independently isolating faults and swiftly restoring service to those areas of the grid directly unaffected. This decentralized solution is based on an off-the-shelf product, the Schneider Electric Easergy T200 substation control unit which establishes peer-to-peer communication over an IP network.
[Case study] Dakota Electric Association: Solutions to streamline GIS, design...Schneider Electric
Applications:
Integration of GIS-based processes makes existing circuits and proposed circuits
available in the same system so operations staff can work in parallel with the designers
rather than in succession.
Customer benefits
• Model, design and manage critical infrastructure
• Highly configurable
• Easily adapted for multiple uses
• Proactively identify needed repairs and replacements well in advance
The combination of Cisco's UCS Manager and Schneider Electric's DCIM solution provides Cisco UCS customers with an opportunity to bridge the gap between IT and Facilities, offer transparency across the two silos, and positively impact the rest of the organization – both in terms of efficiency, uptime and capex/opex costs. This is achieved by optimising the existing physical infrastructure capacities, thus reducing overprovisioning and improving the balance between supply and demand, resulting in continual availability and optimal energy efficiency.
As steel operations rely heavily on low-voltage motors, the introduction of new technologies which target motor performance have a direct impact on energy, commissioning and maintenance costs. Networking allows for easy monitoring of critical data of
each motor or load connected to the intelligent motor control center (iMCC), enabling precise process control. However, the iMCC concept isn’t a new technology. Networked protection relays and speed drivers are mature technologies with consolidated acceptance. Explore new trends for iMCCs including new Ethernet technologies, Web, wireless, biometric devices, and new technologies for metering and motor branch circuit protection. Copyright AIST Reprinted with Permission
Data center power and cooling infrastructure worldwide wastes more than 60,000,000 megawatt-hours per year of electricity that does no useful work powering IT equipment. This represents an enormous financial burden on industry, and is a significant public policy environmental issue. This paper describes the principles of a new, commercially available data center
architecture that can be implemented today to dramatically improve the electrical efficiency of data centers.
Thirty states in the United States have renewable portfolio standards. The U.S. EPA is targeting many coal plants for shutdown. Electricity rates may rise 50% in five years. Electric vehicles could add significant strain to an aging infrastructure. Wind and solar could add significant instability to power quality and reliability. Demand response (DR) is the answer to remaining globally competitive in an uncertain energy future. Once a novel way to earn extra cash, DR is rapidly becoming a key competitive strategy as utilities realize they must encourage more interaction with customers. Explore the evolving world of DR and how to plan for it. Copyright AIST Reprinted with Permission
Microgrid & renewable integration at burbank water & powerSchneider Electric
This presentation reviews Schneider Electric's collaboration avec Burbank Water and Power, a cutting-edge utility company in Burbank, California, to achieve challenging renewable energy requirements and provide reliable, safe, and affordable power to its customers using advanced technology solutions.
To prepare for increased renewable energy requirements, Burbank Water and Power sought a system to manage load, distributed energy resources, distributed storage systems, generation, and variable renewables in order to balance supply and demand and avoid undesirable voltage, power flow, and power quality problems. Burbank’s Integrated Automated Dispatch System (ADS) includes Schneider Electric’s advanced Power Control System (PCS) - for automatic generator control, load forecasting, and renewable forecasting - integrated with Schneider Electric’s OASyS SCADA and WeatherSentry system. The Integrated ADS will allow Burbank to co-optimize scheduling and dispatch of conventional supply resources, distributed generation, and demand-side resources, enable better control of inadvertent interchanges, and reduce reliance on external generation. Through the Integrated ADS, Burbank’s system operators will be able to manage the available system resources to optimize system reliability while achieving the most economic and sustainable energy supply portfolio.
There are many factors in the data center that are driving the new data center design considerations. This slideshare discusses several of the trends in the data center and covers several solutions to implement.
The Schneider Electric underground self-healing solution can restore power to healthy areas of a distribution network in under 30 seconds. Our self-healing innovation improves re-energisation time and availability by independently isolating faults and swiftly restoring service to those areas of the grid directly unaffected. This decentralized solution is based on an off-the-shelf product, the Schneider Electric Easergy T200 substation control unit which establishes peer-to-peer communication over an IP network.
[Case study] Dakota Electric Association: Solutions to streamline GIS, design...Schneider Electric
Applications:
Integration of GIS-based processes makes existing circuits and proposed circuits
available in the same system so operations staff can work in parallel with the designers
rather than in succession.
Customer benefits
• Model, design and manage critical infrastructure
• Highly configurable
• Easily adapted for multiple uses
• Proactively identify needed repairs and replacements well in advance
The combination of Cisco's UCS Manager and Schneider Electric's DCIM solution provides Cisco UCS customers with an opportunity to bridge the gap between IT and Facilities, offer transparency across the two silos, and positively impact the rest of the organization – both in terms of efficiency, uptime and capex/opex costs. This is achieved by optimising the existing physical infrastructure capacities, thus reducing overprovisioning and improving the balance between supply and demand, resulting in continual availability and optimal energy efficiency.
As steel operations rely heavily on low-voltage motors, the introduction of new technologies which target motor performance have a direct impact on energy, commissioning and maintenance costs. Networking allows for easy monitoring of critical data of
each motor or load connected to the intelligent motor control center (iMCC), enabling precise process control. However, the iMCC concept isn’t a new technology. Networked protection relays and speed drivers are mature technologies with consolidated acceptance. Explore new trends for iMCCs including new Ethernet technologies, Web, wireless, biometric devices, and new technologies for metering and motor branch circuit protection. Copyright AIST Reprinted with Permission
Data center power and cooling infrastructure worldwide wastes more than 60,000,000 megawatt-hours per year of electricity that does no useful work powering IT equipment. This represents an enormous financial burden on industry, and is a significant public policy environmental issue. This paper describes the principles of a new, commercially available data center
architecture that can be implemented today to dramatically improve the electrical efficiency of data centers.
Thirty states in the United States have renewable portfolio standards. The U.S. EPA is targeting many coal plants for shutdown. Electricity rates may rise 50% in five years. Electric vehicles could add significant strain to an aging infrastructure. Wind and solar could add significant instability to power quality and reliability. Demand response (DR) is the answer to remaining globally competitive in an uncertain energy future. Once a novel way to earn extra cash, DR is rapidly becoming a key competitive strategy as utilities realize they must encourage more interaction with customers. Explore the evolving world of DR and how to plan for it. Copyright AIST Reprinted with Permission
Microgrid & renewable integration at burbank water & powerSchneider Electric
This presentation reviews Schneider Electric's collaboration avec Burbank Water and Power, a cutting-edge utility company in Burbank, California, to achieve challenging renewable energy requirements and provide reliable, safe, and affordable power to its customers using advanced technology solutions.
To prepare for increased renewable energy requirements, Burbank Water and Power sought a system to manage load, distributed energy resources, distributed storage systems, generation, and variable renewables in order to balance supply and demand and avoid undesirable voltage, power flow, and power quality problems. Burbank’s Integrated Automated Dispatch System (ADS) includes Schneider Electric’s advanced Power Control System (PCS) - for automatic generator control, load forecasting, and renewable forecasting - integrated with Schneider Electric’s OASyS SCADA and WeatherSentry system. The Integrated ADS will allow Burbank to co-optimize scheduling and dispatch of conventional supply resources, distributed generation, and demand-side resources, enable better control of inadvertent interchanges, and reduce reliance on external generation. Through the Integrated ADS, Burbank’s system operators will be able to manage the available system resources to optimize system reliability while achieving the most economic and sustainable energy supply portfolio.
More and more, as utilities face decreasing margin between system load and system capacity, they are in need of innovative smart grid solutions that can help them effectively disperse and store energy and manage load to meet resource requirements. Many are incorporating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to help fill the gap while, at the same time, meet requirements for reduced emissions and energy independence; these utilities will require the capability to accurately forecast and control DER contribution to the network, to assure security and grid reliability.
Advanced smart grid software designed to support DER management and optimize grid operations and planning works with a real-time network model, based on an accurate geodatabase and incorporating data from operational systems such as a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and outage management system (OMS). Along with real-time visualization and monitoring of network status, this Advanced Distribution Management System – ADMS – provides a host of analytical tools that recommend the most optimal device operations, or optionally automate device operations, to maximize network efficiency and reliability. For example, the utility can apply Volt/VAR control to reduce feeder voltage automatically with no effect on the consumer. Detailed load profiling and load forecasting based on integrated weather feeds yield network load forecasting for effective renewables integration. Network simulation helps forecast medium-term and long-term load and supports effective development and planning.
ADMS functionality and tools are demonstrating that utilities can effectively manage demand without building large-scale generation.
[Case study] Green Mountain Power: Reducing the duration of outagesSchneider Electric
Customer benefits:
• Eliminates the need to print thousands of maps, design packets and work order forms
• Saves on labor costs
• Support for both Web and desktop access
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the data center physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
[Case study] Jacksonville Electric Authority: Implementing a complete enterpr...Schneider Electric
Established in 1865, Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) is a public utility owned
by the City of Jacksonville, Florida. The JEA electric system currently serves
more than 417,000 electric customers in Jacksonville and parts of three adjacent
counties.
JEA owns and operates an electric system with three generating plants and
a fourth in the planning stages, and all transmission and distribution facilities
including approximately 730 miles of transmission lines and 6,000 miles of
distribution lines.
[Case study] Eugene Water & Electric Board: Bringing together disparate legac...Schneider Electric
Applications:
To maintain its electric, water and fiber networks using one common solution.
Customer benefits:
• Graphical, data-rich environment
• Simple, cost effective solution
• More accurate data
High End metering is focused on a much smaller market including:
Production – Generation metering
Transmission – Grid metering for bulk power exchange
Distribution – Large industrial customers and renewable grid connections
[Webinar Slides] Advanced distribution management system integration of renew...Schneider Electric
Slide deck of the webinar presented by John Dirkman on Oct. 23, 2013.
The presence of highly variable renewables and distributed energy resources is rapidly increasing within distribution systems, resulting in the potential for problems like reverse power flow, impact on voltage profile, and more complex protection schemes.
During this webinar, John Dirkman, Senior Director of Smart Grid Strategy & Development at Schneider Electric, explored how an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), combined with an accurate weather forecasting system, can be used to resolve problems and increase benefits of both renewables and distributed energy resources.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Learn how renewables and distributed energy resources can impact an electric distribution system.
- Discover ways to manage and optimize renewables and distributed energy resources using ADMS.
- Integration of an accurate weather forecasting system with ADMS maximizes benefits from renewables.
- Distributed energy resources and demand response are components of microgrids, also managed by ADMS.
Get with the system - Rogerio Martins, Schneider Electric disucsses the advantages of modern distributed control systems in coal handling preparation plants.
Smart Grid solution offers improved efficiencies and cost savings.
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District (PUD) provides electric and water service
to 24,000 customers in the Truckee, California area. It is a non-profit, publiclyowned
utility governed by elected officials, and has an 86 year history of providing
quality service at reasonable prices.
Truckee Donner PUD has used Schneider Electric technology since 2000, when it
implemented ArcFM™. Since then, the utility has also implemented
Schneider Electric’s Designer and Responder products.
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). Severe weather conditions can affect several aspects of the mining operations including blasting, planning and scheduling, people safety, and flooding. An advanced weather system should deliver real-time critical weather information able to support mining operations and people safety through weather forecast, lightning information, precipitation forecasts, and alerts.
Asset Management - what are some of your top priorties?Schneider Electric
Asset Managment...how to avoid costly impact of downtime; maintain multiple tools, devices and protocols; manage the risk of working remotely with the Foxboro Evo system.
Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management ...Schneider Electric
IT virtualization, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). Higher power densities that often result can challenge the cooling capabilities of an existing system. Reduced overall energy consumption that typically results from physical server consolidation may actually worsen the data center’s power usage effectiveness (PUE). Dynamic loads that vary in time and location may heighten the risk of downtime if rack-level power and cooling health are not understood and considered. Finally, the fault-tolerant nature of a highly virtualized environment could raise questions about the level of redundancy required in the physical infrastructure. These particular effects of virtualization are discussed and possible solutions or methods for dealing with them are offered.
[Case study] Jackson Energy Authority: Aligning solutions into one product suiteSchneider Electric
Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) is a public utility offering customers all major
services including electric, gas, propane, water, wastewater and broadband
services. JEA serves approximately 40,000 residences and businesses in
Jackson, Tennessee and the surrounding area. Additionally, JEA supplies propane
to customers not on its natural gas system.
[Case study] Intermountain Rural Electric Association: Improving the quality ...Schneider Electric
Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) has a 5,000 square-mile service
territory within ten counties to the east, west and south of Denver. With nearly
139,000 members, IREA is one of the fastest growing member-owned electric
distribution cooperatives in the United States.
More and more, as utilities face decreasing margin between system load and system capacity, they are in need of innovative smart grid solutions that can help them effectively disperse and store energy and manage load to meet resource requirements. Many are incorporating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to help fill the gap while, at the same time, meet requirements for reduced emissions and energy independence; these utilities will require the capability to accurately forecast and control DER contribution to the network, to assure security and grid reliability.
Advanced smart grid software designed to support DER management and optimize grid operations and planning works with a real-time network model, based on an accurate geodatabase and incorporating data from operational systems such as a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and outage management system (OMS). Along with real-time visualization and monitoring of network status, this Advanced Distribution Management System – ADMS – provides a host of analytical tools that recommend the most optimal device operations, or optionally automate device operations, to maximize network efficiency and reliability. For example, the utility can apply Volt/VAR control to reduce feeder voltage automatically with no effect on the consumer. Detailed load profiling and load forecasting based on integrated weather feeds yield network load forecasting for effective renewables integration. Network simulation helps forecast medium-term and long-term load and supports effective development and planning.
ADMS functionality and tools are demonstrating that utilities can effectively manage demand without building large-scale generation.
[Case study] Green Mountain Power: Reducing the duration of outagesSchneider Electric
Customer benefits:
• Eliminates the need to print thousands of maps, design packets and work order forms
• Saves on labor costs
• Support for both Web and desktop access
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the data center physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
[Case study] Jacksonville Electric Authority: Implementing a complete enterpr...Schneider Electric
Established in 1865, Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) is a public utility owned
by the City of Jacksonville, Florida. The JEA electric system currently serves
more than 417,000 electric customers in Jacksonville and parts of three adjacent
counties.
JEA owns and operates an electric system with three generating plants and
a fourth in the planning stages, and all transmission and distribution facilities
including approximately 730 miles of transmission lines and 6,000 miles of
distribution lines.
[Case study] Eugene Water & Electric Board: Bringing together disparate legac...Schneider Electric
Applications:
To maintain its electric, water and fiber networks using one common solution.
Customer benefits:
• Graphical, data-rich environment
• Simple, cost effective solution
• More accurate data
High End metering is focused on a much smaller market including:
Production – Generation metering
Transmission – Grid metering for bulk power exchange
Distribution – Large industrial customers and renewable grid connections
[Webinar Slides] Advanced distribution management system integration of renew...Schneider Electric
Slide deck of the webinar presented by John Dirkman on Oct. 23, 2013.
The presence of highly variable renewables and distributed energy resources is rapidly increasing within distribution systems, resulting in the potential for problems like reverse power flow, impact on voltage profile, and more complex protection schemes.
During this webinar, John Dirkman, Senior Director of Smart Grid Strategy & Development at Schneider Electric, explored how an Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS), combined with an accurate weather forecasting system, can be used to resolve problems and increase benefits of both renewables and distributed energy resources.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Learn how renewables and distributed energy resources can impact an electric distribution system.
- Discover ways to manage and optimize renewables and distributed energy resources using ADMS.
- Integration of an accurate weather forecasting system with ADMS maximizes benefits from renewables.
- Distributed energy resources and demand response are components of microgrids, also managed by ADMS.
Get with the system - Rogerio Martins, Schneider Electric disucsses the advantages of modern distributed control systems in coal handling preparation plants.
Smart Grid solution offers improved efficiencies and cost savings.
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District (PUD) provides electric and water service
to 24,000 customers in the Truckee, California area. It is a non-profit, publiclyowned
utility governed by elected officials, and has an 86 year history of providing
quality service at reasonable prices.
Truckee Donner PUD has used Schneider Electric technology since 2000, when it
implemented ArcFM™. Since then, the utility has also implemented
Schneider Electric’s Designer and Responder products.
Presented at the 2013 Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Annual Meeting (SME 2013). Severe weather conditions can affect several aspects of the mining operations including blasting, planning and scheduling, people safety, and flooding. An advanced weather system should deliver real-time critical weather information able to support mining operations and people safety through weather forecast, lightning information, precipitation forecasts, and alerts.
Asset Management - what are some of your top priorties?Schneider Electric
Asset Managment...how to avoid costly impact of downtime; maintain multiple tools, devices and protocols; manage the risk of working remotely with the Foxboro Evo system.
Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management ...Schneider Electric
IT virtualization, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). Higher power densities that often result can challenge the cooling capabilities of an existing system. Reduced overall energy consumption that typically results from physical server consolidation may actually worsen the data center’s power usage effectiveness (PUE). Dynamic loads that vary in time and location may heighten the risk of downtime if rack-level power and cooling health are not understood and considered. Finally, the fault-tolerant nature of a highly virtualized environment could raise questions about the level of redundancy required in the physical infrastructure. These particular effects of virtualization are discussed and possible solutions or methods for dealing with them are offered.
[Case study] Jackson Energy Authority: Aligning solutions into one product suiteSchneider Electric
Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) is a public utility offering customers all major
services including electric, gas, propane, water, wastewater and broadband
services. JEA serves approximately 40,000 residences and businesses in
Jackson, Tennessee and the surrounding area. Additionally, JEA supplies propane
to customers not on its natural gas system.
[Case study] Intermountain Rural Electric Association: Improving the quality ...Schneider Electric
Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) has a 5,000 square-mile service
territory within ten counties to the east, west and south of Denver. With nearly
139,000 members, IREA is one of the fastest growing member-owned electric
distribution cooperatives in the United States.
Pat Tiernan, Executive Director of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, presented at the 2009 Green IT Expo in London to address IT energy waste and the ROI on energy efficient computing.
Alcatel-Lucent Cloud: Network Functions Virtualization - The New Virtual Real...Alcatel-Lucent Cloud
Companies are facing cloud challenges; capacity expansion, commoditization, network and data center merging, network becoming a programmable platform, transformation at web speed. The answer is parallel scaling and the creation of the NFV Industry Group. NFV will greatly enhance the ability of "network applications" to elastically scale to meet changing demand patterns. Alcatel-Lucent is leading the way in this new reality.
Using Lenovo ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology with Intel Node Manager Technology allows you to plan, observe, and manage your power utilization on Lenovo servers. In processor-intensive workloads, you can lower power and achieve increased performance per watt for maximum efficiency. In IO-intensive workloads, where unused processor utilization exists, you can increase server density per rack (per unit power) and recoup unused power without significantly affecting overall performance. These and the other features of Lenovo ThinkServer Smart Grid Technology offer new flexible and powerful ways for administrators to manage data center power usage and control costs.
The way the world works is changing. Consumers want instant answers and ubiquitous access from smart devices. They are having billions of conversations on global social networks. Businesses selling goods and services to these consumers are utilizing newly available information and instantaneous communication capabilities to more effectively market.
The way the world works is changing. Consumers want instant answers and ubiquitous access from smart devices. They are having billions of conversations on global social networks. Businesses selling goods and services to these consumers are utilizing newly available information
More Electric:
Our world is becoming More Electric. Almost everything we interact with today is either already electric or becoming electric. Think about it. From the time you start your day in the morning to the time you finish your day – your home, your car, your work, your devices, your entertainment – almost everything is electric. Imagine the energy needed to power this. Electricity consumption will increase by 80% in next 25 years
More Connected: Our lives are also becoming more connected. The Internet has already transformed the way we live, work and play. Now the Connected Things is going to take this to a brand new level. 50 billion things connected in the next 5 years.
More Distributed: With such a widespread electrification and connectivity, energy models need rethinking as well. Which is why the generation of power needs to be closer to users. Distributed Energy is rapidly evolving globally. This is positive energy – renewable. In 2014 , Renewables overtook fossil fuels in investment value, with $295bn invested in renewables compared to $289bn invested in fossil fuels. And it is getting cheaper to do this.
More Efficient: When our world is more electric, more connected and more distributed, new opportunities emerge and allows us to tap into even more efficiency – in industrial processes, in the energy value chain, in buildings, in transportation, in the global supply chain and even in the comfort and peace-of-mind of our homes.
With more than $18 billion in M&A activity in the first half of last year alone, the colocation industry is riding the bubble of rapid growth. Colocation data center providers are being evaluated by a wide range of investors, with varying experience and perspectives. Understanding the evaluation criteria is a critical competency for attracting the right type of investor and financial commitment for your colocation business and this is why we have invited today’s speaker to present.
Steve Wallage Steve Wallage is Managing Director of BroadGroup Consulting. Steve brings 25 years of industry experience, holding senior roles at Gartner Group, IDC, CGI and IBM before joining BroadGroup 10 years ago. In his responsibilities at BroadGroup Steve has led many due diligence projects for investors evaluating colocation companies.
In this briefing we explore the Phaseo power supplies and transformers offer presentation and application samples.
For more details:
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We’ve all been hearing about how robust the market for data center space is, but a presentation by an investment banker who has his finger on the pulse on the market day in and day out gave me a new appreciation for how great the opportunity really is.
Herb May is a partner and managing director with DH Capital, an investment bank founded 15 years ago in New York that is focused on the Internet infrastructure space. His company has been involved in close to 100 deals, representing almost $20 billion in value. Most of DH Capital’s work is as a mergers and acquisitions advisor, but raising capital is a growing percentage of its business. The point is, the company understands the financials behind data centers and colocation companies inside and out.
At Schneider Electric, in the IT Division, our core business has always been focused on delivering the highest level of availability to critical technologies, systems and processes. We’ve done this through our award winning, industry-leading and highest quality products and solutions, including UPS, Cooling, Rack Systems, DCIM and Services.
In this new digital era, we see a world that is always-on.
Always on to meet the needs of the highest notion of “access” to goods and services
Always on to be the solid, reliable foundation of digital transformation for businesses
Our mission is: To empower the digital transformation of our customers by ensuring their critical network, systems and processes are highly available and resilient.
In this briefing we explore the Magelis Basic HMI offer presentation and application samples.
For more details:
https://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-range/61054-magelis#search
In this briefing, we explore the Zelio time relay offer presentation and application samples.
For more details:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-range/529-zelio-time?parent-category-id=2800&parent-subcategory-id=2810&filter=business-1-industrial-automation-and-control
Spacial, Thalassa, ClimaSys Universal enclosures BriefingSchneider Electric
Discover more about Universal Enclosures and how to select the one you need.
For more information:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-category/5800-enclosures-and-accessories/?filter=business-1-industrial-automation-and-control
Learn more about "what is a solid state relay", key features and targeted applications.
For more details:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-range/60278-zelio-relays?parent-category-id=2800&filter=business-1-Industrial%20Automation%20and%20Control
Learn more about what an HMI does and the main components and a look at a typical HMI.
Further details:
http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-category/2100-HMI%20(Terminals%20and%20Industrial%20PC)?filter=business-1-Industrial%20Automation%20and%20Control
Where will the next 80% improvement in data center performance come from?Schneider Electric
Rick Puskar, Head of Marketing for Schneider Electric's IT Division presents at the Gartner Symposium in Barcelona November 8th, 2017. In this presentation Rick discusses where the next 80% improvement in data center performance will come from with a focus on the speed, availability and reliability of data. Learn how a cloud-based data center infrastructure management as a service architecture like Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure IT can drive such aggressive goals around data center performance.
Learn how EcoStruxure is digitizing industry with IIoT to increase end-to-end operational efficiency with more dynamic control for better business results.
Learn more about our System Integrator Alliance Program - A global partnership transforming industry and infrastructure by helping them make the most of their processes, the most of their assets and the most of their energy.
EcoStruxure, IIoT-enabled architecture, delivering value in key segments.Schneider Electric
As presented during the Alliance 2017 event, learn how to deliver integrated solutions based on EcoStruxure, our IIoT-enabled architecture for Wastewater, Food and Beverage and Mining, Minerals and Metals.
A Practical Guide to Ensuring Business Continuity and High Performance in Hea...Schneider Electric
Within healthcare facilities, high availability of systems is a key influencer of revenue and patient safety and satisfaction. Three important critical success factors need to be addressed in order to achieve safety and availability goals. These include exceeding the facility’s level of regulatory compliance, a linking of business benefits to the maintenance of a safe and an “always on” power and ventilation environment, and a sensible approach to technology upgrades that includes new strategies for “selling” technological improvements to executives. This reference guide offers recommendations for identifying and addressing each of these issues.
Connected Services Study – Facility Managers Respond to IoTSchneider Electric
According to a new 2017 study commissioned by Schneider Electric, facility managers are increasingly looking to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) by implementing new digital technologies like intelligent analytics to improve maintenance decisions and operations. Explore the full results on how facility managers are reacting to IoT when it comes to facility maintenance.
Learn more about cabling and accessories and the complete ranges available featuring 3 types of cable to suit the envirionment. For more details: http://www.schneider-electric.com/en/product-subcategory/88035-cordset-and-connectors/?filter=business-1-industrial-automation-and-control&parent-category-id=4900
This briefing will look at the general purpose of Photoelectric sensors and Photoelectric fork and frame sensors. For more details: http://www.tesensors.com/global/en/product/photoelectric/xu/?filter=business-1-automation-and-control&parent-category-id=4900/
A world-class global brand offering a comprehensive line of Limit Switches complying with international standards: IEC, UL, CSA, CCC, GOST. For more details: http://www.tesensors.com/global/en/product/limit-switches/xc-standard/?cat_id=BU_AUT_520_L4&conf=sensors&el_typ=node&nod_id=0000000002&prev_nod_id=0000000001&scp_id=Z000
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
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2. Increasing Pressure
… on data center planning and operation
Increasing availability
expectations Cloud computing
Virtualization
Energy efficiency
Energy and service
Uncertain cost control
long-term plans for
capacity or density
Dynamic power
variation
Regulatory
requirements
Server
consolidation
In response …
We created – and continue to improve a new way to
plan, design, install, manage, and maintain data centers
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
3. Virtualization Benefits
● Increased CPU utilization and efficiency
● Typical server utilization rate: ~10-15% (usually higher in storage)
● Virtualized utilization rate: Up to 80%
● Server consolidation
● Decreased need to purchase additional servers
● Increased rack space
● Reduced data center space requirements
● Improved continuity and disaster recovery
● Virtualized servers can be mirrored in case of failure
● Reduced labor costs
● Easier hardware provisioning and maintenance
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
4. Virtualization Myths
● Virtualization always increases efficiency
● Virtualization requires high density data centers
● High density and high efficiency cannot coexist
● I don’t need to worry about power and cooling
when virtualizing
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
5. Impacts and Challenges of Virtualization
Power Density
Dynamic Power /Cooling
Rapid Scalability
Availability Architecture Changes
Virtualization Impacts Operations
Despite theses challenges, =S= firmly
believes virtualization is the right
solution.
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
6. Impacts and Challenges of Rack 1 Rack 2 Rack 3
Virtualization Server Server
Server
Vapp 1
Virtual Applications Capabilities
Server Server
●Power off/on as needed
V App 2 V App 5
●Move to larger compute resources
●Consolidate to select servers Server
Server Server
●Save Energy
V App 3 V App 4
●Disaster Recovery
Challenges
Power Power Power
●Dynamic and migrating (high-density) loads
●Underloading from consolidation Cooling Cooling Cooling
●Need to ensure capacities down to the rack level Security Security Security
●Power Environment Environment Environment
●Cooling
●Physical space
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
7. Virtualization: Good for Cooking Dinner?
Higher Densities per rack create Power and Cooling Problems
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
8. Virtualization: Enough Power for a Neighborhood
~ 30kW Power draw ~ 30kW Power draw
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
10. Challenge 1:
Power Density
• Virtualization instantly drives up power densities at a rack level
•Cooling challenge
•Per tile airflow of 300-600 cfm hard to maintain
•Raised flooring and perimeter cooling not the right choice
•Power distribution Challenge
•Need new breakers
•New voltage supply levels
•Weight-bearing capacities should be reviewed
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
11. Challenge 2:
Dynamic Power/Cooling Is Mandatory
● Use power-capping with integration
of DCIM and VM
● Need cooling system which can
dynamically regulate cooling
capacity
● DCIM works with VM Manager
allowing for informed decision
making
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
13. Challenge 3:
Rapid Scalability Becomes Critical
● Speed of provisioning new "servers"
is super fast
● Need agile infrastructure to cope
● Capacity management tools for real- Power
time monitoring and analysis of Virtual
server 1
Virtual
server 3
information about the three essential Physical
Host
capacities of the data center: Virtual
Virtual
Virtual
Virtual N
server
server 2 server N
● Power Cooling
server N
● Cooling
● Physical space
● Stranded capacity = inefficiency
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
14. Challenge 4:
Availability Architecture Changes
●Data center physical
infrastructure should be
designed based on the fault-
tolerant nature of the
virtualization IT model
●Redundancy is less important
to physical infrastructure if IT
is highly fault tolerant
●Consider N+1 architecture
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
15. Challenge 5:
Virtualization Impacts Operations
● Initially, virtualization leads to
consolidation….but be prepared for rapid
growth
● Rapidly changing demand and capacity
requires tools to keep operations up and
running
● Physical servers are now a capacity
element just like power and cooling
● Supply while traditionally being just
power, cooling and physical space now
includes servers and the network
bandwidth
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
16. Virtualization Challenges to Power and
Cooling Infrastructure
Challenge Solution
Power Density Increases Containment and High Voltage
Distribution
Dynamic Migrating Loads Planning and Implementation Software
Underloading of Power and Scalable Power and Cooling
Cooling Systems
Availability Architecture Design data center pods to Need (2N,
N+1, etc.)
Virtualization Impacts Simulation and Capacity Management
Operations Tools
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
17. Simple Case Study
Implementing Virtualization in a data Center
Annual electric bill
Before virtualization ● Average 7 kW / rack
●120 kW data center capacity
●90 kW IT load (75% loaded)
$193,123 ● DX air conditioning
Before Virtualization
●59 kW total server load (66%)
27% ● No redundancy
●PUE = 2.0 ● $0.12 / kW hr
54% ● Right-sized power &
savings
After virtualization cooling
• 53 kW IT load (42% loaded)
$140,305
• 22 kW total server load
After Virtualization ● Close-coupled cooling
36%
• 75% servers virtualizable ● Use blanking panels
• Server consolidation ratio 20:1
• PUE= 2.5 ● High-efficiency UPS
(96%)
Optimized power & cooling $89,251
• 60 kW capacity After NCPI
Improvements
• Data center load 88%
• PUE = 1.6
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011 Source: TradeOff Tool - TT9 Rev 0 “Virtualization Energy Cost Calculator”
18. Why Integrate Virtualization and
Datacenter Management?
● Automate
● Virtual machine migration when an issue arises in the physical
infrastructure
● Solve the issue
● Of keeping virtual machines running during physical infrastructure
incidents
● Map dependencies
● Of physical servers to physical infrastructure
● Ensure your enterprise applications
● perform with the highest availability and performance
● Build up business continuity
● through improved disaster recovery solutions and deliver high availability
throughout the datacenter
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
19. DCIM Definition
● A data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system collects and
manages information about a datacenter’s assets, resource use and
operational status.
● This information is then distributed, integrated, analyzed and applied
in ways that help managers meet business and service-oriented
goals and optimize their datacenter’s performance.
● In practice, DCIM systems may vary widely in focus, and complete
solutions are likely to consist of a framework or suite of products,
from one or many suppliers, that are designed to interoperate or
complement each other.
● The close interworking of IT and mechanical/electrical systems will
increasingly lead to the deployment of solutions that span data-center
facility infrastructure, physical IT assets, and virtual IT assets.
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
20. Virtualization Data Center
Management Management
Virtual POWER
Machine and UPS
Server Rack
Management Distribution
Centralized
Programmatic
Provisioning
Interfaces
Microsoft Environmental COOLING
APC
System Center
Virtualization Temperature DataCenter InRow
InfraStruxure
Virtual
Management
Humidity Management
Operations
Overhead
Water/Smoke Raised Floor
System Machine
Security and
Access
Manager 2008 Migration
Control
SECURITY
System Resource Camera
Monitoring Management Access Control
Contact Points
Integrated Management
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
21. What can you do?
● Assess the impact of consolidation &
virtualization strategy
● Effect of under-loaded CRACs, chillers, generators
● Potential hotspots
● Identify issues in system design or operation that compromise
efficiency and recommend solutions:
● Row-based cooling
● Scalable UPS
● Predictive management tools
● Estimate potential efficiency gains to enable return-on-
investment (ROI) calculations for capital expenditures
● Data Center Electrical Efficiency Assessment service
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
22. FAST and EASY
Early Planning Tools
Critical planning guidance before you Quickly determine costs,
commit efficiency, carbon footprint by …
● Size
● Density
TOOLS™ ● Redundancy
● Architecture
Capital Cost
Power/Cooling Efficiency
Carbon Footprint
Make informed decisions…
BEFORE you design your data center
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23. Go to latest online Click to resume
Go version of this tool
Done
presentation
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24. Claim the efficiency
● To deliver maximum energy savings of virtualization
● To maximize reliability and predictability of virtualized environment
APC by Schneider Electric – Pjilip Fischer – March 2011
Editor's Notes
Software based virtual machines allow for a great deal of flexibility in the datacenter.Virtual machines can:Power On/Off as needed -> Basing these applications on virtual machines provides for easy turn on/off capabilities when coupled with an IT Virtualization Management platform.Moves/Live Migration -> Virtual machine applications may start to push the physical server resources available on a host server. The IT Virtualization management platform can monitor and easily migrate the virtual machine to another physical server with the needed resources.Consolidation -> Perhaps an IT department would like to scale back virtual machine activities and consolidate virtual machines to a few servers. All of these scenarios described impact the datacenter physical infrastructure. What if the physical environment goes into alarm to power/cooling event? Where should the virtual machine go?If all physical servers are no longer hosting virtual machines can cooling devices be turned down?Tracking and Mapping physical infrastructure resources with physical and virutal servers is critical to maintaining a highly available data center environment.
(1) Running simulations is important for planning purposes (2) Supply/Demand split has shifted in a cloud environment demand is on storage space, compute and network access….(3)