Optimize Data Center Design Using Simulation

December 24th, 2009

Global companies have expanded their use of strategic technology for competitive advantage.  Automating business processes and increased investments in additional IT resources is creating a strain on the supporting data center’s energy, cooling, and space resources.  The entire business is threatened by the potential IT risks.

A IT research center has predicted that by next year 50% of all data centers will have to upgrade facilities, relocate, or outsource some IT functions.  The reason:  90% of companies will experience power failures or limited access to power that will affect data center operations.  The US Environmental Protection Agency has warned of a looming shortage of data center floor space.  Green initiatives and high energy costs create serious risks for critical IT business functions.  GSS America Infotech, a provider of datacenter management and consolidation services to global customers, uses simulation technologies to optimize the design and utility of data centers.

GSS America services align business application development, IT management, and facilities management with data center resources during the design phase.  GSS American reviews the existing mix of old and new technologies, business software, and the client IT staff ‘s listed skill sets in order to create the a data center that can support current and future operations.

Leveraging GSS America alliances with major hardware and software manufacturers, the company can create simulation solutions that display performance and business system models comprised of simulation components, such as data center facilities, power generation, cooling plants, and IT servers.  Clients realize the GSS America advantages as visualized in the models of storage networks, virtualized server solutions, and green emission controls that produce lower energy costs and high performance

Simulations can train IT staff.  For example, GSS America excellence in curricula development could create a program that tests team members’ abilities to operate the data center efficiently to achieve designed performance.  The simulation would highlight the gaps in knowledge and technical skills between business Operations, IT, and Facilities.  A second course would introduce processes for coordinating those groups to manage efficiently.  GSS America listed these areas of improvement:  cooling and power systems, storage systems, networking resources, and management utilities.  A final simulation would be used to develop a strategy for data center investment and allocation of resources that drives better asset utilization and higher ROI while advancing business goals.

Case studies that define the benefits of simulation in black and white can be found in the GSS America press room, along with whitepapers and blogs on a variety of topics.

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