Tag Archives: capacity management
Define a DCIM Custom Object…in 60 Seconds
By Jan Durnhofer - November 19, 2015Almost every DCIM solution comes with standard objects such as model floors, racks, devices or power & cooling elements; many solutions will probably offer some virtual equipment, circuits and cables. There are even some vendors who may model less common things – such as panels or doors – but inevitably, you will need something modeled…
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The #1 Reason Your DCIM Tool May Not Deliver
By Jan Durnhofer - October 26, 2015Extra, extra! DCIM vendors recently discovered something earth-shattering: customers just need a tool that is easy to use and flexible so that it can adjust to a set of specific problems in their Data Center… Further, it seems that customers have been mostly unfazed by all the psychobabble, acronym changes and other gimmicks that DCIM vendors have been…
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Eyes on your data center operations
By Jan Durnhofer - September 8, 2014Modern data centers have always faced problems of inefficiency, especially as they get larger, adding more and higher capacity hardware. Virtualization has further complicated these problems by adding layers of dynamic environment within a complex computational structure. The inefficiency means wasted capacity, even causing apparent lack of availability when in fact there is plenty. There…
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