EkkoSense strengthens M&E
platform with fully-integrated
thermal, cooling and power reporting
EkkoSense, the data centre
performance specialist, has added
powerful new reporting capabilities
with the introduction of its latest version
of EkkoSoft Critical – one of the most
intuitive and easy to use M&E platforms
on the market.
Key new features include a Rack
Performance report that provides thermal
and power information for selected
groups of racks within a data centre
– making it an ideal reporting tool for
co-lo customers with SLAs or reporting
requirements for their customers.
Additionally, EkkoSoft Critical’s new
Cooling Breakdown report provides more
detailed information on the performance
metrics associated with primary Air
Handling Units within the data centre,
while a new Power Capacity Breakdown
report indicates current and historical
peak power consumption and site
performance at key times.
“We’re determined to make our EkkoSoft
Critical M&E platform as easy as possible
WE’RE
DETERMINED
TO MAKE OUR
EKKOSOFT
CRITICAL M&E
PLATFORM
AS EASY AS
POSSIBLE
FOR OUR
DATA CENTRE
CUSTOMERS
TO USE.
for our data centre customers to use.
Reporting is a key part of this process
where we provide customers with rapid
access to the thermal, cooling and
power information they need to make
informed decisions about their data
centre operation,” said EkkoSense’s CEO,
Dean Boyle. “With our latest 6.1 release of
EkkoSoft Critical, we’re providing a suite
of powerful new thermal, cooling and
power reports that will give customers
the early insight they need to ensure their
data centres not only remain optimised,
but also deliver key benefits in terms
of 10-30% cooling energy savings, the
identification and release of stranded
cooling and power capacity, as well as
the 100% removal of thermal risk.”
EkkoSoft Critical 6.1’s Reporting Suite
includes the following:
• Thermal Report – Provides an
overview of thermal performance
and compliance across the data
centre for all monitored racks.
Comparison between two dates
enables summarised changes in
environmental conditions over time.
• Rack Performance Report –
Allows both thermal and power
information to be summarised for
selected groups of racks, making
it particularly relevant for co-lo
customers with SLAs or specific
customer reporting requirements.
• Cooling Capacity – Indicates
both the existing capacity and
performance status of all a data
centre’s primary Air Handling Units,
while an Operational Capacity feature
shows full data centre capacity with
redundancy taken into account.
• Cooling Performance Breakdown
– Details primary AHU performance,
with comparison between two
timeline dates for the cooling loads
of each AHU to summarise changes
over time, as well as providing an
overall cooling load chart for all
AHUs combined.
• Power Usage Report – Shows a
breakdown for Site Power, IT (AC)
Power, IT (DC) Power and Cooling
Power at both room or site levels,
with average, peak and minimum
values shown for each critical
metering point for the duration of the
period selected.
• Power Capacity Overview –
Provides a view of data centre
power capacity including existing
and future capacity changes across
site mains and AC and DC IT power
systems. Charts indicate measured
and allocated capacity for each
group, with future capacity changes
included as reserved power.
• Power Capacity Breakdown –
Offers a more detailed breakdown
of peak power consumption
observed over four key time periods:
yesterday, last 30 days, last three
months and last 15 months. The
report also features individual IT
system capacity breakdowns. ◊
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