New, mission critical applications are being deployed at a fast rate on enterprise networks. Voice over IP (VoIP) is one of the most important ones, both in terms of deployment numbers and specificities (convergence technology, high requirements for quality of service and availability).
In recent years, IT managers have been improving processing power and reducing occupied space in their data centers by installing high-density blade servers that have many common components removed for space, power and other considerations while including the functionality required to be considered a computer. Non-blade computers require components that are bulky, hot, space-inefficient and duplicated across many computers that may or may not be performing at capacity. By locating these common services in one place and sharing them between the blade computers, overall utilization is more efficient. The specifics of which functions are included and how those functions are implemented vary by blade vendor, but they share common characteristics that impact the design of today’s data centers, especially in terms of power and cooling.
Monitoring the Power Infrastructure Driven by significant increases in computing density, today’s data center environments are undergoing significant change. In recent years, data center managers have enhanced their processing power and reduced occupied space by installing high-density blade servers that share key components for space and power while maintaining the functionality required to be considered a “computer.†Traditional, non-blade computers require components such as power supplies that are bulky, hot, space-inefficient and duplicated across many computers that may or may not be performing at capacity. By locating these common infrastructure components in one place and sharing them between the blade computers, overall utilization is more efficient. The specifics of which functions are included and how those functions are implemented vary by blade vendor, but they share common characteristics that impact the design of today’s data centers, especially in terms of power and cooling.