FAQs - Data Centre Digital Twin
Data centre digital twin information including definition, usage and general informaton on their usage in server rooms and data centres.
A data centre digital twin is a 3D digital model of the physical design and layout of a data centre or server room. A digital twin can be used for a range of purposes including simulations, integration, testing, monitoring, maintenance, load planning and capacity planning. In a data centre environment, a virtual digital twin can be used to analyse cooling, airflow, energy, and power usage. The model can help to identify potential performance improvements and model their outcomes.
DCIM stands for data centre infrastructure management and is concerned with management of a data centre and its critical infrastructure including asset management and workflows. Digital twin software uses a physics-based model to help analyse real world performance to a model design and plan for changes in capacity, server utilisation and critical system changes.
A digital twin allows data centre operators to model, test and validate a data centre design before it exists in the real world using known parameters and operating standards, and then compare this to real world performance data. Analysing the data allows data centre engineers and consultants to identify areas of concern including process failures, single points of failure and areas requiring preventative actions.