Green Data Cabinets Feature Editorial

Nlyte Software, a provider of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solutions, unveiled version 6.0 of its data center performance management suite Nlyte, which is designed to measure power usage effectiveness (PUE) in real time.

The new version of the Nlyte can provide reports for a range of business functions now buying into the data center space with a customized dashboard that allows for business managers and data center operations teams to forecast, report and maintain equipment and its functions in the data center.

As stated by Robert Neave, co-founder and vice president of EMEA product management for Nlyte, the software can also identify and measure individual components, which indicates that it can be used to schedule maintenance and manage warranties, running usage and capacity measurements on areas such as electricity, heat density and overall use.

Neave said public pressure on data center operators has made data center infrastructure management a recognized category in its own right over the last year. “People now need software that can model the physical world,” Neave said in a press release.

“The Carbon Reduction Commitment (scheme in the U.K.) has made people more aware of the environmental impact of their data center, and how this affects a company’s bottom line. Many people now, for example, are looking into to DCIM solutions so they can then charge the use of power back to customers as they have to apply energy costs to something,” added Neave.

The solution has levels of security built in for differing components.

“With Nlyte, and its advanced analytic capabilities, we will be able to view, model and predict our data centre power, cooling and space requirements in near real-time which will enable us to make the most effective use of our distributed data centre estate” said Simon Brickett, head of data center managed services at Computacenter.

 “In addition, we will be able to help our customers to effectively manage their carbon footprint by using the Nlyte software to track and manage our KPI-based Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and carbon footprint metrics at an individual customer level,” Brickett added.