Packet Power Team

Convert Your Un-Metered PDUs into 'Smart PDUs' in Minutes

Upgrading your standard un-metered PDU to a fully metered PDU doesn’t have to mean going to the expense of purchasing a new smart PDU along the costs of adding network cable drops and a massive integration effort with a monitoring program. Packet... Read More

Smart Energy Allocation & Load Distribution – Fujitsu Story

In Fujitsu’s Data Centre in London, it is not just the company’s own data that is managed but also that of hosted customers. The requirements for computing capacity and data volume are different from customer to customer, which means, of course,... Read More

Packet Power’s Approach to Wireless Security

Some data center and critical infrastructure managers have viewed wireless systems as potential “security holes” and thus been reluctant to implement systems relying on wireless architectures. The reason being is that “typical” wireless... Read More

Know your Data Center Power, Part 3 - Single phase vs. three phase

Let’s use our water pipe analogy again: imagine an “AC water” system that delivers alternating pulses of water pressure and vacuum in a closed loop system, using two pipes. Water flows to the receiver (some sort of a hydraulic engine) through one... Read More

Know Your Power, Part 2 – AC/DC and the Power Factor

Most data centers today use AC (Alternating Current) power. The current within an AC system flows in one direction, reverses, flows backward and then forward again 50 or 60 times a second, depending on what country you’re in. That means that voltage... Read More

Know Your Power – The Basics

Power is an essential part of data center operations. Data centers must make sure enough power is always available. This has always been a challenge, but the challenge has grown as data center operators must not also contend with delivering far more... Read More