Data Centre Optimisation Software

AKCPro Server Software use the latest technologies and provides an easy-to-use package combining AKCPro Server Software with their advanced sensors to see the reatime data centre operational data including temperature, humidity levels and airflow paths, required to improve operating efficiencies, optimise cooling systems, and remove power and thermal related risks. The optimisation software provides data centre operators with thermal and power usage data from room to aisle to individual rack levels, from incoming switchgear to rack level PDUs. The software can also provide economic reports, identifying energy efficiency savings, provide network cable maps and model changes to assess their impact. All without the costly ongoing fees associated with other data centre infrastructure management packages.

5 Steps to Data Centre Optimisation with AKCP

The AKCPro Server Software uses a 5-step process through which to optimise data centre performance.

Draw Data Centre:using built-in templates to create 2D and 3D maps of the server rack deployment in your data centre
Install AKCP Sensors: using network cables or wireless sensors from the wide range available from AKCP with base units
Collect Sensor Data: automatically log historical data and see in ‘live’ the data being collected from the individual sensors with alerts and notifications set for individual trigger points with escalations
Generate Economic Report: from the collected data to identify areas for energy savings, power and thermal capacity optimisation
Optimise and Analyse: using historical and real time data and model changes before implementation to ensure resilience is maintained and that the energy optimisations will deliver the calculated improvements

AKCP SensorCFD Airflow Modelling

The AKCP sensorCFD Data Centre Airflow Modelling Software Tool helps data centre operators optimise their cooling systems and save energy. With sensorCFD, you can create a Digital Twin of your data centre, which can be used to simulate operational scenarios and changes, and predict performance in terms of efficiency and reliability. A digital twin can also be used to compare actual ‘real-world’ sensor data to the model for comparison and to identify design to performance issues that could be resulting in lower energy usage, hot-spots and poor cooling.

Data Centre 2D and 3D Virtualization

The 2D and 3D map solutions within AKCPro server software allow you to drill down to map from a world view to individual estate sites and then down to individual server rack levels. This feature helps to quickly identify problem areas. Within AKCPro Server Software, templates and asset graphics allow you to quickly draw and populate your data centre and add real time data from the installed sensors. The live view and modelling features allow you to model complex data easily, see actual cooling and airflow paths and identify areas for improvements. Trends and single points of failure can be identified, including hot spots and areas for improvement.

The on-premises or cloud platform helps to ensure compliance to the latest AHSRAE guidelines and can superimpose ASHRAE limits onto the environmental data produced to allow easy identification of deviations and areas for investigation.

Remote Management

AKCPro Server Software can be used to manage multi-location data centre deployments with site-dedicated workspaces and dashboards. The data can be used to identify under-utilised rack capacity, model changes and see in real time cooling and power usage. 24/7 alerts and notifications can be adjusted to escalate operational issues to facilities and data centre management teams.

Single Pane of Glass

AKCPro Server Software provides a single pane of glass view, in 2D and 3D, through which to manage your data centre and optimise performance of critical cooling and power systems. Data is immediately available for any location whether from a central Network Operating Centre (NOC) or for facilities M&E team performing maintenance schedules, to operational teams responsible for ongoing performance.

Simple DCIM Deployment

The AKCP platform includes both plug-in and wireless sensors to provide easy deployment across a data centre estate. The sensorProbe+ base units are also easy to deploy, with master-slave combinations and wireless gateways to allow for fast and easy future expansion or reconfiguration.

Energy Savings

Typical energy savings resulting from the deployment of AKCPro Server software and sensors can be in excess of 30%. This is dependent on the current M&E infrastructure age and optimisation. The platform assists in the ongoing maintenance of cooling and thermal management in order to identify areas for cost savings.

Free Power Software Demo

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Please contact our Projects Team for a free software demo. We can use Microsoft Teams or Google Meet to host a meeting and provide you with a free online demo of the AKCPro Server software and features that will help you to manage power within your critical facilities, raise resilience level, improve business continuity planning and optimise energy usage.