Data Centre Infrastructure Management
Many of the most successful enterprises in the digital economy, regard their data centers as strategic assets to realize an enormous competitive advantage. They are looking for ways to work in that direction, and they want to strike a balance between efficiency and reliability.
Increasing efficiencies, reducing costs, and maintaining availability are top priorities for today’s data center administrators. In the past, the idea of conserving resources while enhancing performance was next to impossible even for the most experienced IT and Facilities organizations. That was until data center infrastructure management (DCIM) came along.
While DCIM is not a magic bullet, it does have the capability to give real-time insight into power, space, and cooling that helps you manage capacity, reduce risk, and increase efficiency. We have evaluated the promise of DCIM and believe it can deliver real value to your data center in the following ways.
Capacity Management
It is about delivering visual, real-time data on the consumption and availability of space, power, and cooling resources. DCIM software can track the operating range and max load for each device in your data center. Moreover, DCIM goes far beyond this static information to monitor and report on each device in real-time. It provides visibility into the actual, daily consumption of every asset so that you know precisely how much capacity has been used and how much is left.
DCIM also enhances capacity planning with reporting on historical data and “what if” testing to model various provisioning scenarios. You can know how changes will affect resource consumption over time and accurately forecast availability into the future.
Risk Management
DCIM makes it possible to model your entire infrastructure, you can see exactly where your assets are located and the relationships between power, cooling, and data devices. The visual map makes it easy to understand dependencies and the impact of changes. DCIM also monitors how your assets are consuming power in real-time with a one-line view of the power chain that provides the most efficient way to identify and address hotspots, as well as see where excess capacity exists.
With DCIM, you can know exactly how your resources are allocated and how change will impact your operations. And that means better capacity planning that lets you optimize the use of your data center assets while ensuring business continuity and mitigating risk.
Operations Management
Maximizing efficiency requires a holistic view of the data center, and this is exactly what DCIM delivers. DCIM makes it easy to understand every aspect of the data center—from knowing how much power each device is consuming and where stranded capacity exists to streamlining processes for locating devices, managing alarms, and adding, moving, renaming, or decommissioning devices.
DCIM creates a comprehensive model of all data center assets. Because the model shows the existing capacity of space, power, and cooling systems, along with dependencies between devices, you can accurately calculate the impact of change to avoid under- or over-provisioning. The visual model also makes staff more efficient as they can quickly identify the optimal device location and find devices without physically searching for them.
Change Management
DCIM helps the various groups standardize change management. DCIM captures the agreed-upon processes and provides a workflow that coordinates tasks between teams, triggering tasks at the right moment, and providing participants with the appropriate information for making decisions.
APECUS provides a customized and professional solution for Data Centre to meet all our customer’s needs and requirements. Our goal is to ease your business operations by undertaking the responsibility of facility issues.
Our Total Solutions for Data Centre coverage are as follows:
Site Survey and Feasibilities Studies
The initial stage in selecting an optimum location (new or existing) for critical infrastructure is vitally essential. Microware Limited provides comprehensive services to study the conditions for new or existing sites. We evaluate our customer’s business objectives, requirements, and financial budget to develop plans to mitigate risks that can potentially impact business operations.
The essence of the plans will take into consideration key elements like power and cooling capabilities, critical infrastructure structure and layout as well as maintainability, including providing proposal and budgetary summaries.
Design & Planning
Branching out from the Site Survey and feasibility studies, our team will proceed to develop the design of the infrastructure. The design includes servers and facilities placement, power and cooling planning for effective utilization, product recommendation, and space planning.
During this stage, our team will make recommendations and procurement of Critical Infrastructure equipment. With good relationships established with several equipment providers, we offer quality and price-effective products that comply with individual company’s operational and business needs.
Building & Project Management
Microware Limited project team kickstarts the design plans for critical infrastructure to its completion. We manage a group of qualified contractors to ensure the project is carried out by design, timeline, and budget.
Upon completion of the project, our customers will receive a complete documented report made for the data center environment.
Testing & Commissioning
Before the handover of the site to the client, our Testing & Commissioning team will work with our qualified contractors and equipment provider to conduct an overall testing of all equipment and systems installed to ensure quality and smooth operation of the critical infrastructure.
Preventive Maintenance and Facilities Management
Understanding the vulnerability of the infrastructure and unforeseen human errors, proactive upkeeping of the critical infrastructure and equipment is a must. Scheduled periodic maintenance programs are formulated by individual system’s needs to protect you against unforeseen downtime.
Our wide experience in facility management and after-sales support of office, commercial, and industrial buildings will add value to your business operations.
Our main strengths are specifically on preventive and corrective maintenance of building installations (Building Management Systems, UPS systems, Generator Sets, Low and Average voltage electrical systems, etc.) We also specialize in security systems, including CCTV and alarm systems.