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Do you know what your power density per rack is? How about what it costs to power each individual rack for a year? Or all your racks combined?
The fact is that most data center managers don’t know this information, which can be incredibly valuable when it comes to power capacity planning, energy management, and maximizing the utilization of existing resources.
That’s why we created a simple and free tool to make it easy for you to understand your power density and data center energy costs.
Try the “What Does It Cost to Power a Rack?” calculator.
What Does It Cost to Power an Average Data Center?
Let’s try an example, imagining you have an average data center. Your data center pays the US a...
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As modern data centers grow increasingly complex and distributed, data center technology and infrastructure can become more difficult to manage, and it becomes harder for IT decision-makers to find qualified candidates.
According to Uptime Institute, 50% of data center owners and operators are struggling to find qualified candidates.
In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated industry trends such as remote data center management, deepening the already severe data center skills gap.
Data center operations have been greatly affected by the increased security and performance risks that have arisen from the shift to a virtual presence for most businesses and institutions. As the pand...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for January is now available: Version 3.148. Download and update to Version 3.148 to get all the most recent model data!
Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 40,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free.
Can’t find a specific make and model?...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for December is now available: Version 3.147. Download and update to Version 3.147 to get all the most recent model data!
Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free.
Can’t find a specific make and model...
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What a difference a year makes.
Each year, data center, lab, and edge sites become more complex, more distributed, and more difficult to manage. Managers must stay up to date on the latest trends and advancements in data center management best practices and technologies to maintain uptime, increase the efficiency of capacity utilization, and improve the productivity of people.
As the year ends, let’s look at the top 10 trends in data center management that the best professionals in the industry are leveraging to manage their data centers better and more easily than ever before.
Follow these examples to simplify how you manage your data centers in 2022 and beyond.
Automation via integratio...
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Data center managers often struggle to accurately track and manage their data center parts inventory. Legacy management tools like Excel spreadsheets are commonly used, but they fail to support the complexity and distributed nature of modern data center environments. They are hard to use, difficult to maintain, time-consuming, and error-prone.
Instead, cutting-edge data center managers are increasing uptime, efficiency, and productivity by leveraging Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software to manage parts. New functionality in second-generation DCIM software increases the granularity of data center asset management by enabling data center professionals to centrally manage all t...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for November is now available: Version 3.146. Download and update to Version 3.146 to get all the most recent model data!
Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free.
Can’t find a specific make and model...
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Modern data centers and labs are growing in density and complexity as IT devices require more and more power to racks. As such, many data center and lab managers deploy overhead busways for their reduced installation costs and better flexibility, scalability, reliability, and aesthetics.
However, without a software solution to monitor and manage your busways, you likely aren’t getting the full value out of them.
Leading data center and lab managers are increasingly leveraging DCIM software to centrally manage all their busways and tap boxes.
Here are eight ways that DCIM software helps you get the most out of your existing data center busway deployment.
Remotely visualize your busways on...
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We are proud to share that Sunbird was recognized by Datacenter Insider as silver award winner in the Datacenter Innovations category in their 2021 IT Awards.
According to Datacenter Insider, this year's IT Awards received a record 64,000 reader votes. Datacenter Insider's readers were able to choose from one of the nominated companies available for selection as their favorite by online voting and were able to suggest other companies as well.
For a total of of 20 weeks, from spring to late summer 2021, Datacenter Insider's readers were asked to provide their votes. For each category, the editors suggested a shortlist with the ten most important companies in the last twelve months.
Sunbird is...
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Data center automation is the process in which routine processes of data center operations are completed without any manual effort. It increases operational efficiency, improves data accuracy, and simplifies data center management.
One of the leading organizations in driving automation via integration with Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software is Workday. Workday has been a Sunbird customer for over five years and currently has 900+ users on their system and growing.
In a recent Automation Workshop webinar, the data center experts from Workday shared their real-world use cases and insights on how they use APIs and integration to eliminate manual effort in their data center op...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.145. Download and update to Version 3.145 to get all the most recent model data!
Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free.
Can’t find a specific make and mode...
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Sunbird is excited to be attending Datacenter Forum Oslo, at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel in Norway on October 5th. Stop by our booth to meet our data center experts and get a demo of the new features and enhancements in our award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution.
Want to learn more about one of the burning issues facing today’s data center managers and operational teams? Don’t miss our DCIM expert Richard May as he presents on DCIM in the real world – reducing risk and increasing efficiency presented via Use Cases in Hall 1 from 14:15-14:45.
Heading to DCF Oslo and want to chat one-on-one with a DCIM expert? Sunbirds representatives also will be availa...
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Data center managers are tasked with increasing energy efficiency to improve data center sustainability and save money. One of the best practices to increase data center energy efficiency is to implement data center containment.
Data center containment is a highly effective way of managing airflow, increasing efficiency, and reducing wasteful energy costs. It is the separation of cold supply air from cooling equipment from the hot exhaust air from IT equipment. Data center containment enables a uniform, stable supply temperature to the intake of IT equipment and warmer, drier return air to cooling infrastructure.
Types of data center containment include hot aisle containment and cold aisle c...
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Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.144. Download and update to Version 3.144 to get all the most recent model data!
Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free.
Can’t find a specific make and mode...
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Automating data center tasks to increase operational efficiency is a primary goal for most data center professionals, but it can be a struggle. Professionals who have used legacy data center management tools like first-generation Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, Excel, and Visio can attest to the fact that they are time-consuming, difficult to maintain, and inaccurate. They require excessive manual data entry and often leave data siloed, resulting in wasted time and data you can’t trust.
However, second-generation DCIM software has changed everything. The goal of second-generation DCIM is to radically simplify data center management with elegant software. Among the key...
Do you know what your power density per rack is? How about what it costs to power each individual rack for a year? Or all your racks combined? The fact is that most data center managers don’t know this information, which can be incredibly valuable when it comes to power capacity planning, energy management, and maximizing the utilization of existing resources. That’s why we created a simple and free tool to make it easy for you to understand your power density and data center energy costs. Try the “What Does It Cost to Power a Rack?” calculator. What Does It Cost to Power an Average Data Center? Let’s try an example, imagining you have an average data center. Your data center pays the US a...
As modern data centers grow increasingly complex and distributed, data center technology and infrastructure can become more difficult to manage, and it becomes harder for IT decision-makers to find qualified candidates. According to Uptime Institute, 50% of data center owners and operators are struggling to find qualified candidates. In recent years, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated industry trends such as remote data center management, deepening the already severe data center skills gap. Data center operations have been greatly affected by the increased security and performance risks that have arisen from the shift to a virtual presence for most businesses and institutions. As the pand...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for January is now available: Version 3.148. Download and update to Version 3.148 to get all the most recent model data! Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 40,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free. Can’t find a specific make and model?...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for December is now available: Version 3.147. Download and update to Version 3.147 to get all the most recent model data! Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free. Can’t find a specific make and model...
What a difference a year makes. Each year, data center, lab, and edge sites become more complex, more distributed, and more difficult to manage. Managers must stay up to date on the latest trends and advancements in data center management best practices and technologies to maintain uptime, increase the efficiency of capacity utilization, and improve the productivity of people. As the year ends, let’s look at the top 10 trends in data center management that the best professionals in the industry are leveraging to manage their data centers better and more easily than ever before. Follow these examples to simplify how you manage your data centers in 2022 and beyond. Automation via integratio...
Data center managers often struggle to accurately track and manage their data center parts inventory. Legacy management tools like Excel spreadsheets are commonly used, but they fail to support the complexity and distributed nature of modern data center environments. They are hard to use, difficult to maintain, time-consuming, and error-prone. Instead, cutting-edge data center managers are increasing uptime, efficiency, and productivity by leveraging Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software to manage parts. New functionality in second-generation DCIM software increases the granularity of data center asset management by enabling data center professionals to centrally manage all t...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for November is now available: Version 3.146. Download and update to Version 3.146 to get all the most recent model data! Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free. Can’t find a specific make and model...
Modern data centers and labs are growing in density and complexity as IT devices require more and more power to racks. As such, many data center and lab managers deploy overhead busways for their reduced installation costs and better flexibility, scalability, reliability, and aesthetics. However, without a software solution to monitor and manage your busways, you likely aren’t getting the full value out of them. Leading data center and lab managers are increasingly leveraging DCIM software to centrally manage all their busways and tap boxes. Here are eight ways that DCIM software helps you get the most out of your existing data center busway deployment. Remotely visualize your busways on...
We are proud to share that Sunbird was recognized by Datacenter Insider as silver award winner in the Datacenter Innovations category in their 2021 IT Awards. According to Datacenter Insider, this year's IT Awards received a record 64,000 reader votes. Datacenter Insider's readers were able to choose from one of the nominated companies available for selection as their favorite by online voting and were able to suggest other companies as well. For a total of of 20 weeks, from spring to late summer 2021, Datacenter Insider's readers were asked to provide their votes. For each category, the editors suggested a shortlist with the ten most important companies in the last twelve months. Sunbird is...
Data center automation is the process in which routine processes of data center operations are completed without any manual effort. It increases operational efficiency, improves data accuracy, and simplifies data center management. One of the leading organizations in driving automation via integration with Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software is Workday. Workday has been a Sunbird customer for over five years and currently has 900+ users on their system and growing. In a recent Automation Workshop webinar, the data center experts from Workday shared their real-world use cases and insights on how they use APIs and integration to eliminate manual effort in their data center op...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.145. Download and update to Version 3.145 to get all the most recent model data! Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free. Can’t find a specific make and mode...
Sunbird is excited to be attending Datacenter Forum Oslo, at the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel in Norway on October 5th. Stop by our booth to meet our data center experts and get a demo of the new features and enhancements in our award-winning Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution. Want to learn more about one of the burning issues facing today’s data center managers and operational teams? Don’t miss our DCIM expert Richard May as he presents on DCIM in the real world – reducing risk and increasing efficiency presented via Use Cases in Hall 1 from 14:15-14:45. Heading to DCF Oslo and want to chat one-on-one with a DCIM expert? Sunbirds representatives also will be availa...
Data center managers are tasked with increasing energy efficiency to improve data center sustainability and save money. One of the best practices to increase data center energy efficiency is to implement data center containment. Data center containment is a highly effective way of managing airflow, increasing efficiency, and reducing wasteful energy costs. It is the separation of cold supply air from cooling equipment from the hot exhaust air from IT equipment. Data center containment enables a uniform, stable supply temperature to the intake of IT equipment and warmer, drier return air to cooling infrastructure. Types of data center containment include hot aisle containment and cold aisle c...
Sunbird’s Models Library release for September is now available: Version 3.144. Download and update to Version 3.144 to get all the most recent model data! Sunbird’s Models Library simplifies your data center asset management. The library includes detailed information—such as U space, dimensions, weight, power ports, and data ports—for over 37,000 models across over 450 manufacturers. Updating the Models Library after you have implemented Sunbird’s DCIM software helps to ensure that you are using the most accurate and up-to-date model information. This information also ensures that your data center change management tickets and reservations are error free. Can’t find a specific make and mode...
Automating data center tasks to increase operational efficiency is a primary goal for most data center professionals, but it can be a struggle. Professionals who have used legacy data center management tools like first-generation Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, Excel, and Visio can attest to the fact that they are time-consuming, difficult to maintain, and inaccurate. They require excessive manual data entry and often leave data siloed, resulting in wasted time and data you can’t trust. However, second-generation DCIM software has changed everything. The goal of second-generation DCIM is to radically simplify data center management with elegant software. Among the key...