Environmental Monitoring

Coolcentric'sTM Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) by Synapsense is a wireless data center monitoring and energy management solution. The EMS Solution is comprised of sensor nodes, gateways, routers and server platforms and is based on a broad range of innovative technologies that provide unique advantages for users.

Using this tool, data center operators are able to assess current operating conditions on a real-time basis. With enhanced monitoring and alerts, users can identify opportunities for efficiency improvements. The EMS provides air mixing metrics which can help optimize the power and cooling in the data center and ultimately lead to significant energy savings.

Unlike other major data center updates and changes, EMS nearly eliminates all risks commonly associated with hardware and software installation. The non-invasive installation process does not disrupt data center power or operations. One key advantage of wireless sensor technology is that it can be placed in any facility without pulling cable, without connecting to multiple company servers, and without penetrating the sub-floor or ceiling. The EMS solution easily configures and interfaces with existing equipment, and does not require interruption of the existing data center infrastructure. The wireless sensor devices easily attaches to enclosures and can be repositioned to meet customer's unique data center needs. Software installation is simple and only requires one server to be connected to the EMS network. Except for brief access to a single server, an IT representative is not required to be on site at the time of installation.

EMS' LiveImagingTM provides thermal, pressure differential, humidity and dew point mapping using real-time data at multiple levels of your data center. Users can literally see hot spots and take action to avoid over-heating or air mixing. LiveImaging™ pressure mapping enables users to dramatically increase sub-plenum pressure differential, thereby improving airflow to such an extent, that CRAC units could be turned off.

EMS' PowerImagingTM with power metering and Branch Circuit Monitoring (BCM), provides data center operators robust tools to improve energy efficiency. Power metering measures the cooling infrastructure and overall IT load. Branch Circuit Monitoring enables circuit-level monitoring to capture power by rack or cabinet and supports IT load balancing and capacity management.

Environment Monitoring Benefits:

An integrated view of the data center environment, and a record of anomalies
Real-time visibility of the impact of data center changes
Identifies energy efficiency improvement opportunities
Identifies available cooling for increased CPU density and footprint reclaim
Addresses potential energy savings, operational savings, and data center resiliency
Supports cooling capacity management by depicting real-time impact of changes
EMS provides a breakthrough, critical energy efficiency solution that helps companies measure and manage their energy utilization and global carbon footprint
Energy efficiency and energy savings are quickly becoming a ‘must have' in high-performance buildings such as labs, clean rooms and data centers. Today, virtually all facilities with critical thermal targets over-cool their environments to ensure adequate operational guard bands, however, over-cooling costs millions of dollars. Without the operational granularity to safely reduce the guard band and more tightly maintain their thermal target, energy efficiency has had to take a backseat to reliability for some companies. To improve the energy efficiency in these environments, operating conditions need to be measured in real-time data. Operators need to be able to aggregate the data for analysis of efficiency improvements in a cost effective way. In facilities, wired instrumentation is not only expensive but potentially disruptive
Coolcentric's Environmental Monitoring System by Synapsense has proven to save up to 20% of the cost of energy, is simple to deploy, and provides immediate visibility to the most critical and difficult to reach locations, processes and equipment with real-time data. EMS helps identify energy efficiency improvements that not only contribute directly to a company's bottom line, they also provide improved product and service quality, competitive advantage and increased profitability