What are the key elements for capacity management in data centers?
Capacity Management at the IT layer has been here for years, but now capacity management needs to include power and cooling, as the two domains are very closely linked; cause and effect is what needs to managed, along with growth trending. Some examples of how APC’s ISX Capacity Manager brings new benefits and visibility include the ability to understand the capacity (power and cooling) and free capacity within every rack; raised floor environments and to calculate/simulate airflow of various perimeter cooling solutions including those of the third party, in addition to APC’s InRow cooling. It also has an ability to count network and power ports and recommend the best location for new equipment based on availability of required ports. (what if scenarios before you do anything). It facilitates customers to calculate the weight of their equipment and take the rack and floor tile load limits into account when identifying best locations, reducing the increasing issue of fully loaded racks
