Data Center Infrastructure Management

Data Center Infrastructure Management

Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is a tool to monitor, measure, manage and/or control data center resources and energy consumption of facilities infrastructure components such as power distribution units and computer room air conditioners. It is a data-center-specific, rather than general building management system tool, and is used to optimize data center power, cooling and physical space. The solution is going to design to accommodate real-time power and temperature/environmental monitoring. It also support resource management and IT asset management to include the location and interrelationships between assets.

Every aspect of a data center infrastructure must be monitored and optimized to improve operational efficiency. Here’s an in-depth look at what data center infrastructure is and the core elements that make it up. We’ll also look at how DCIM software helps our customer’s automate the management of their data center infrastructure.