Team B2 brainstorm by Daniel Rasmussen https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt Datacenter brainstorm 10/2-2021 What system will we be building en-us 2021-02-10 09:36:11 UTC 2025-09-28 06:42:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4a1.png Stranded power capacity per rack detherermig https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186494059 Data center managers will often allocate more power to each rack than is actually demanded by the IT equipment. This causes stranded power that can be deployed elsewhere in the data center to save costs. For a single rack, a few kilowatts of stranded power may seem unremarkable, but when you factor in hundreds or thousands of racks, stranded power could account for as much as 50 percent of all available power. Monitor power consumption in your data center to identify stranded capacity. Then, deploy that power with confidence and delay spending millions to build your next data center. ]]> 2021-02-10 09:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186494059 Measure peak power load per cabinet detherermig https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186497220 Alerts when power exceeds threshhold (something is wrong)]]> 2021-02-10 09:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186497220 Power loss https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186500315 System to measure loss of power in different areas of the data center, with redudancy (through relays?).]]> 2021-02-10 09:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186500315 Remember these important things ttljacob https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186501980 These points are important to remember
  • Placement,
  • Coding,
  • Dimensions: How much space do we have to work with?
  • COVID-19:
    • Physically building and testing the product
    • POC
  • Simplification - KISS (for OME's e.g.)
  • Communication between units (sensors, displays, and so forth)
  • OME's influence
  • Electric circuit(Orcad, Matlap)
  • Budget
  • Enclosure
  • Measurements
  • Backup generators systems
  • Safety, both for tech and people
  • Automatic transfer switch (ATS)
  • Power distribution unit (PDU)
  • Redundancy
]]> 2021-02-10 09:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186501980 Days/Hours of power capacity remaining detherermig https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186502202 Compare power consumption with backup power capacity]]> 2021-02-10 09:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186502202 Power quality monitoring https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186504294 Measure voltage dips/brown outs. Quickly discover if there is a frequency problem as well.]]> 2021-02-10 09:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186504294 Tracking power failover redundancy detherermig https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186507787 How much power can be supplied to each rack in case of a blackout or ups failure.
This could be applied to only critical racks.]]> 2021-02-10 09:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186507787 Circuit breaker monitoring detherermig https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186514823 When circuit breakers are not monitored properly, they can become overloaded and cause downtime, create bottle necks in the power chain, or be underutilized causing you to not get the most out of your power resources 
For the most complete data, monitor the budget load, rating, load per phase leg, highest leg, lowest two legs, phase unbalance, and total load of each
breaker at each level of the power chain hierarchy including rack PDUs, branch circuits, power panels, floor PDUs, and the UPS bank. ]]> 2021-02-10 09:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186514823 Monitor load balance percent detherermig https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186517770 Are power cables to each rack being utilized the same amount as each other. This will make sure that wires are not overheated]]> 2021-02-10 09:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186517770 Sensor system https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186520006 Heartbeat system, meaning that if a sensor unit (raspberry pi) stops sending messages, it is assumed that the unit went down through loss of power (needs redundancy!)]]> 2021-02-10 09:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186520006 UPS load factor detherermig https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186522589 How much is each ups being utilized, aiming for the most efficient load factor for each ups]]> 2021-02-10 09:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1186522589 https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1202904467 2021-02-15 08:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dara28918/pphbz6u2qo3eflvt/wish/1202904467