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Re-Thinking Data Centers : Newer Paradigms

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DQI Bureau
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The three-city Dataquest event Re-Thinking Data Center in association with

Avocent was organized recently at Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru. In a modern-day

demanding business scenario, data center management can be a tedious and time

consuming affair, especially when todays data centers commonly span server

racks, buildings, and even continents. Users therefore, need a wholesome and

simple solution to enable their data center infrastructure to offer maximum

benefit at minimal cost. Avocent consolidates data center management into a

single, unified platform to reduce the complexity and make IT infrastructure

management more efficient and reliable.

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The event witnessed representatives from Avocent sharing their knowledge and

expertise with the audience and provide information on the types of data center

solutions available from Avocent and their benefits. Addressing on issues like

space, power and lack of central data knowledge Monish Chhabra, country head,

Avocent India and Bernard Tan, technical consultant, ASEAN & India, Avocent

explained how the solutions offered by the company help deal with such

challenges.

An attentive

audience in Delhi trying to understand the different types of data center

solutions available from Avocent
Space, power and

lack of data centralization are the biggest challenges identified by the

majority on the data center front
What will data

centers look like in the future was the question posed to experts in Mumba

Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer provides visual documentation of

data center assets and utilization, enabling accurate and comprehensive capacity

planning and detailed assistance for operations and maintenance. When used in

conjunction with Avocent hardware and DSView 3 management software,

Infrastructure Explorer allows the user to connect to and manage devices

visualized in the application. The DSView 3 management software platform

provides secure, remote, and consolidated out-of-band management of the entire

IT infrastructure. It provides a single interface to ensure the data center is

continuously up and running by controlling DSR KVM over IP switches, console

management appliances, power distribution units, and IPMI enabled servers.

DSView 3 softwares IP power management also enables out-of-band remote

management of Avocent power control devices, Server Technology Switched CDU

products, and power management of IPMI enabled serversoffering a proactive

approach to power management that helps eliminate downtime caused by power

issues. They further discussed about the current data center trends like

cloud-based services and energy-efficient blade servers and their advantages.

Piyali Guha



piyalig@cybermedia.co.in

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