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Utility companies and data centres understand the term ‘downtime’ in a slightly different way than other sectors. For them, downtime means a power outage, and the reasons behind this could be several. For example, failu
re of critical machinery due to overheating or power cut. Utility companies can benefit significantly from data management. As we know, such companies handle a massive volume of data. In such situations, DCIM or Data Centre Infrastructure Management helps manage a data centre’s environment like smart utility infrastructure.
How DCIM Benefits Utility Companies?
DCIM is excellent for utility companies since they provide the following benefits:
Prognostic Analysis
Data centres are likely to face challenges like unfavourable weather that can interrupt its performance and pose a threat to the stored data. By providing operators with prognostic analysis, DCIM helps intimidate operators beforehand in such situations and eliminate downtime.
Remote Management
DCIM helps in the remote management of sites and devices by monitoring their status and detecting changes.
Improved Management
ensures automated and coordinated work, which results in accurate repetition. DCIM also helps in avoiding fraudulent disruptions.
Smart Grid and Smart Metering
In the field of technology, anything that is measurable can be termed as data. In the utility sector, gas, water, and electricity encompass a large amount of critical data like customer details, contact numbers, delivery details, etc. They are stored in data centre servers and are vital for the smooth operation of the utility companies. Also, the volume of data is only expected to grow in the coming years. This increases the dependency of utility companies on data storage facilities. This, in turn, creates high pressure on data centre managers resulting in errors and downtime. Such incidents lead to financial repercussions and create efficiency issues.
DCIM systems become significant in such cases by seamlessly integrating real-time data. Sensors, Smart metering or meters of various types and configurations, environmental monitors collect information throughout, which is then transferred into DCIM, analysed and displayed on computer screens through comprehensible visuals and interpretations. This way, every piece of information is available at the users’ fingertips, and the occurrence of downtime reduces to a great extent.
Conclusion:
we can say that DCIM or Data Center Infrastructure Management facilitates big businesses and organisations to cumulate and manage large volumes of data. It helps connect data for different zones like IT, power facilities, etc.
As trade grows, their data capacity and storage requirements also rise. Traditional data centres are not sufficient for the expansive needs. Latest data storage solutions offer much-required advantages to close the existing shortfalls. These are features like better management, minor downtime occurrence, increased density, and others. Hence, for maintaining uninterrupted service, data centre managers rely on DCIM solutions to secure proficiency.
DCIM solutions like EcoStruxure™ IT Expert from Schneider Electric offer excellent management of critical physical infrastructure from various vendors. They also provide the latest energy management and smart grid solution that caters to a range of industries.
