Make the right connections

for maximum efficiency and availability

of your data centre

Jeffrey So

Data Centre Advisor, Singapore

APC by Schneider Electric

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Energy production

& transmission

Energy

Usage

●Wind energy

●Solar energy

●Hydro

●Biofuels

●Hydrocarbons

●Nuclear

●Appliances

●Climate control

●Security

●Lighting

●Machines

●IT servers

Energy

Management

The Global Specialistin Energy Management

…with 30-70% savings everywhere

Making energy…

•Safe

•Reliable

•Efficient

•Productive

•Green

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Increasing pressure

Energy and servicecost control

Increasing availability expectations

Regulatory requirements

Serverconsolidation

Dynamic power variation

Uncertainlong-term plans for capacity or density

… on data center planning and operation

We created – and continue to improve a new way to plan, design, install, manage, and maintain data centers

In response …

Cloud computing

Energy efficiencyVirtualization

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… all putting the squeeze on your primary objective: AVAILABILITY

A broad SYSTEM view enables you

to meet ALL your objectives

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Our answer:

Helping people make the most

of their energy

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Goals of Data Centre Architecture

No matter

WHAT YOU NEED

No matter

WHERE YOU START

Deliver the highest level of performance to meet your business …

… regardless of where you are today

●Availability

●Efficiency

●Density

●Manageability

●Agility

●Cost

●Greenfield / brownfield

●Fitout of existing room / new dedicated

building

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Next generation

Delivering 25% more capacity

Costing 15% less in $/KW

15% smaller footprint

SCALABLE and

ADAPTABLE

FAST and EASY

PERFORMANCESCALABLE and

ADAPTABLE

FAST and EASY

PERFORMANCE

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● Best components

● Solution engineered as a SYSTEM

● Integrated management tools optimized to

work together

PERFORMANCE SCALABLE and

ADAPTABLE

FAST and EASY

Performance

Data Centre

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Engineered as a SYSTEM

… by just using better COMPONENTS:

You can’t get

the best of these:

Availability

Efficiency

Density

Manageability

Agility

Cost

(UPS, switchgear, controls, air conditioners,

power distribution, etc.)

PERFORMANCE

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Symmetra PXmodular UPSNetShelter SX racks

Switched & metered

rack-mount PDU

NetBotz

environmental sensors

InRow™

cooling unit

Solutions truly engineered as a SYSTEM

PERFORMANCE

Central Data center monitoring

OperationsData center management

Battery bank

Modular PDU

As an example

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Essential elementsof an integrated management system

● Simulation

● Lifecycle management

● Workflow management

Design

Monitoring and automation

● Alarming and notification

● Status

● Reporting and analysis

● Configuration

● Inventory management

● Control

Real-time,Rack-level data

Management of ALL elements

Communication with other management systems

PERFORMANCE

Behind the scenes …

Planning and implementation

●TradeOff Tools™ - Comparing one

design with another

●Decision support tools

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Core | Virtualization-Consolidation | Rev 0

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Efficiency

>30% energy savings from managed – modular scalable, close-coupled architectures

Critical power

Cooling

Energy monitoring & control

Electrical distribution

Building control

Security

Access control

Reliability

Multi-level service offerings (N,

N+1, 2N, hybrid)

Green

Simplified, integrated energy efficiency management –automation, forensics, and recommendations

Racks & PDUs

Interoperability and opennessto third party systemsSimple Integration

Achieving integrated solutionsin data centres and networks

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PERFORMANCESCALABLE and

ADAPTABLE

FAST and EASY

Scalable and adaptable

●Turn any room into a world-class data center

●Extend the life of your data center

●Step-and-repeat modular architecture

for large data centers

Data Centre

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Step and repeat with

modular architecture for

large data centers

Extend the life of your current data center

Turn any room into an integrated and complete world-class data center

Example:

Supplemtal overhead cooling

anywhere SCALABLE

ADAPTABLE

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PERFORMANCESCALABLE and

ADAPTABLE

FAST and EASY

● Planning and design

● Deploy and install

● Maintain and reconfigure

Fast and easy

Data Centre

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Carbon footprint

Quickly determine costs,

efficiency, carbon footprint by …● Size

● Density

● Redundancy

● Architecture

Power/cooling efficiencyCapital cost

Planning tools - Comparing one

design with another

Critical planning guidance before you

commit

Make informed decisions…

BEFORE you design your data center

FAST and EASY

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Automated design tools

Tool for solution design● Layout design

● Power/cooling modeling

● Predictive failure simulation

● Power/cooling/rack selection

● Management selection

● Environmental monitoring selection

● Physical threat monitoring selection

● Assembly, integration, startup, maintenance, and warranty services

Tools that incorporates a decade of design experience

Faster design, built-in “rules” that generates an

integrated hardware and software solution

FAST and EASY

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● The Plan Stage lays the critical foundation for a

successful project

● Analysis

● Assessment

● Planning & Design, DC Architecture /

Engineering support

● In the Build Stage we keep your project on time

and on budget● Project Management

● Equipment Scheduling, Construction, Installation,

Assembly & Start-up, Commissioning, Integration

● In the Operate Stage we offer services that will

help you avoid unnecessary downtime● Maintenance & Repair, Remote Monitoring - building

automation, IT room, power quality, security

● Training

● Asset Planning

Services for the lifecycle

Your trusted Advisor

The human element

that ties it all together

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For your next project, discover how easy it is to…

●Plan to your cost, efficiency, and availability targets

●Propose and evaluate multiple designs

●Right-size to your current business requirements

To help you, we deliver a complete solution to…

SCALABLE and

ADAPTABLE

PERFORMANCE

FAST and EASY

Achieve your availability at the highest possible efficiency

Manage your environment for ongoing availability and efficiency

Minimize concept-to-install time

Scale and adapt to tomorrow’s needs

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Key takeaways …..

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