Schneider: Cloud computing Data center construction to see "Feng shui"

Cloud computing has become a trend, and data center building needs to be changed according to the latest technology trends. "Building data centers must be easily upgraded to meet the evolving http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/10958.html" >it technology and market demand. "Paul-françois Cattier, vice president of the Schneider Electric it division's Global data center, said in an interview with a bit-net reporter. "When large enterprises do not implement cloud computing, their primary infrastructure is reliable and usable in terms of site environment, such as four 九、五个 nine, etc." But today, electricity has accounted for 40% to 45% of operating costs, so when it comes to cloud computing, energy efficiency must be considered. "Schneider Electric It division, vice president of Greater China, data center business general Manager Quying said." "Not only that, as the next generation of data center construction concept is accepted, Cloud data center construction also depends on ' feng shui '." ”

Start with research and development

Paul-françois Cattier says that cloud computing has a very dynamic environment that poses a huge challenge to dynamic refrigeration-the load and the seasons are different, which requires refrigeration to match the load. At the same time, the dynamic migration characteristics of virtualization also have a great impact on infrastructure. The dynamic migration of virtualization enables virtual machines to dynamically create and migrate between different servers and it devices, which requires UPS, key power, and key refrigeration to dynamically match this change. For example, Schneider's air conditioning refrigeration can be dynamically tuned to the changes in the virtual machine, and if the virtual machine is moved from the physical machine to another, Schneider can turn the power off the cabinet or transfer its refrigeration to other places where refrigeration is needed. "We now have more than 1000 developers in China who are doing research and development solutions for China, including the details of all the logic chains related to energy efficiency," he said. "Quying said.

Four key elements of cloud computing data center

So, what kind of data center infrastructure environment can best support the development of cloud computing? Paul-françois Cattier summed up four points. First, standardization. Standardization ensures that users get very good performance and can achieve very fast deployment. "Traditional data center from design to implementation to completion into operation, generally need years." But by standardizing, the user can compress the time to 8-9 months, and if the user uses the product data center, the component has been preset in the factory, the forecast tries, then the data center deployment time can even compress to several weeks. ”

Second, increase the density of equipment in the data center. The famous Moore's law states that chip performance doubles every 18 months, but the price is half as cheap. Area is the most important to the facility. How do you combine the two? The answer is to increase the density of the IT cabinet. "There are a lot of data centers that are very large, but not dense enough, only 35-kilowatt. Our experiments show that when density is mentioned to a certain extent, such as 20-kilowatt, it can yield a certain amount of energy efficiency, but also significantly reduce the area of the facility. ”

Third, modularization. Modular features are very flexible and can be ordered on demand. In other words, users can purchase the appropriate infrastructure based on business growth, and implementation and deployment can be phased out in a modular manner. In this way, can also achieve the effect of energy saving. Moreover, modularity has a good adaptability, and container data centers can be made up of anywhere in the world.

The 4th is integrated management. Schneider has converged on key power, key refrigeration and IT management. Not long ago, Schneider released Struxureware management tools to manage building facilities and infrastructure, and data center infrastructure management can communicate with and interact with management software of IT companies such as Cisco, Microsoft and VMware. This enables integrated it and infrastructure management.

Cloud Computing Data Center construction to see "Feng shui"

Quying said that since the global introduction of the concept of next-generation data centers in 2007, the planning and design of the next-generation data centers have been completely different from the previous approaches. Previously, data Center building is it people responsible for it, the network of people responsible for the network, infrastructure and infrastructure, and today, the data center has become a single building data center, it will become related to it, but also related to the dynamic environment, even with the structure of feng shui. "If you do natural cooling, you must consider the local climatic conditions, the northwest wind, the southeast wind is certainly not the same." ”

Because of this, the construction of data center has brought many challenges to customers, customers need a comprehensive technical planner, not only to understand the building, building, but also to understand it, dynamic environment. That's why many suppliers are starting to enter the market. "Schneider is more of a translator in this industry chain. How much you use the server, what kind of application and other it language translation into the customer needs of the number of kilowatt infrastructure, play a role in communication and bridge. "Quying said.

Paul-françois Cattier added, "Schneider's strength is to focus on energy efficiency management, with very good expertise and experience in infrastructure, wind and water utilities." When traditional it vendors, such as IBM or HP, conduct data center design and planning consulting, Schneider often appears as a partner. ”

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