How IT Plans to Add More Green to Data Centers

How IT Plans to Add More ‘Green’ to Data Centers

As IT managers experience power and cooling issues within their data centers, DCIM systems provide insight into running a more efficient data center.

44% of IT managers say they experience data center power issues at least weekly, and 8% of those managers say they do so daily.

37% say they experience data center cooling issues at least weekly, and 7% of those managers do so daily.

53% say they use data center infrastructure management (DCIM) systems.

62% of IT managers with at least 10 years of experience say they use DCIM systems, compared to just 44% of those with less than 10 years of experience.

Lower costs: 75%, Allocation of more servers in the same amount of space: 65%, “Greener” data centers: 64%

62% deploy power-management tools for their data center operations, and 51% take advantage of detailed power monitoring solutions. Meanwhile, 54% plan to improve the monitoring of their power usage.

55% plan to reduce data center energy consumption via support infrastructure, and 45% are seeking to reduce idle resource energy usage.

40% raise the ambient air temperatures of their data centers to save on cooling costs.

36% want to add additional power capacity to address power issues.

56% measure and budget power and cooling capacity at the rack level in evaluating the power/cooling impact of adding servers.