DCIM Components

The main component for DCIM is the software tool. Some considerations in selecting the best solution for your environment are:

  • Is it software or appliance?
  • Can the software be accessible via any web browser?
  • Can you import information from VISIO or excel?
  • How complete is the shape library?
  • How is the power capacity calculated?
  • What are the modeling capabilities?
  • What types of reports are readily available?
  • Does it tie in to other management and monitoring tools?

Specific solutions:

Overview

Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) provides IT and facilities insight into the data center via a centralized, integrated tool to monitor, manage, model and report on IT equipment and facility assets.

Gartner predicts that DCIM will have a 60% market penetration by 2014.

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Benefits

  • Maximize physical environment
  • Optimize power and cooling resources
  • Inadequacy of excel and visio to address complexity of data center
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Resources

White Papers and Reports

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