APC protects and cools virtualized environment at Al-Yamamah

APC by Schneider Electric announced the successful installation of InfraStruXure and InRow RD units to protect and cool Microsoft’s virtualized environment at the Al-Yamamah University in Riyadh. APC  designed the entire data center with comprehensive and integrated solutions, facilitating Al-Yamamah to set up the state-of-the-art Microsoft Innovation Center (MIC).

The new data center has been designed to respond to customer engagements. Apart from managing the power and cooling systems for the new data center, the remote management capabilities and APC’s centralized monitoring appliances has helped manage and monitor the facility. The innovative InRow RD units provided the targeted precision cooling that automatically adapts to fluctuating high-density heat loads and dynamic hot spots.

Jeff De Sousa, Vice-President, APC by Schneider Electric – Saudi Arabia, said: “A comprehensive view of the physical infrastructure allows companies to manage and monitor an increasingly complex IT environment, including the deployment and management of virtual machines.

“Microsoft customers deploying virtual clusters and adopting the APC PRO pack now have the necessary insight into the process that enables their virtual machines to relate to physical servers and their location.  The APC PRO pack automatically migrates virtual machines to healthy host environments, enabling customers to maintain their Service Level Agreements.”

The project also deployed new InfraStruxure Operations PRO Pack that provides insight into how the virtual machine relates to the physical environment. APC by Schneider Electric introduced the integration of InfraStruxure Operations with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to enable vendor-neutral inventory management, real-time analysis and resolution recommendations.

Virtual Machine Manager is aware of critical physical infrastructure alarms and events including power, cooling, security and environment, and can execute corrective actions to move virtual machines to non-impacted areas within the data center.

Adel Al Massarani, Developer & Platform Group Lead, Microsoft Innovation Center, Al-Yamamah University, said: “We required a power and cooling solution that is very flexible and adjusts to the ever-changing environment with no manual intervention. The innovative InRow RD units and InfraStruXure® system provides us with targeted precision cooling that automatically adapts to fluctuating high-density heat loads and dynamic hot spots. In addition, the solution’s total cost of ownership is lower due to its efficient environment.”

Compatible with System Center Operations Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager, InfraStruXure Operations is a function of the APC InfraStruXure Management Software portfolio, which allows companies to have a holistic view of their data center’s physical infrastructure, including traditional monitoring and control of power, cooling, security and environment, as well as predictive simulation and stranded capacity, equipment age and health, current and historic Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), energy use and costs.

Jim Schwartz, Director of Solutions Marketing, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp, said: “At Microsoft, we are pleased to support the integration of InfraStruXure operations with Virtual Machine Manager.

“The new APC PRO pack provides a new level of control and availability to host servers running virtualized environments, allowing our customers to view and manage the health and criticality levels of their network infrastructure from a single pane of glass.”

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