Date: 27-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/service/power/features.jsp

Sun Intelligent Power Monitoring Service Features

Features

With the Sun Intelligent Power Monitoring Service, you can measure, analyze and forecast energy consumption, cooling requirements and load utilization to improve power efficiencies and better manage your resources.

Sun Intelligent Power Monitoring Service
Feature	Function	Benefit
View power consumption, temperature and load utilization by system or by group	Measure and analyze energy consumption of heterogeneous server and storage systems by identifying systems with maximum and minimum values, highest deltas, and faults	Understand the power consumption profile of the data center to establish a baseline and then determine how to optimize

Generate trend reports using charts or by exporting raw data to comma separated value (CSV), Microsoft Excel, or XML format	Correlate power draw, temperature and load utilization patterns for one or more systems, and accurately forecast energy and cooling requirements based on actual power draw	More effectively plan for capacity expansion or unexpected changes and take advantage of energy rebates

Compare readings between two or more systems	Measure energy consumption by time period, such as hour, day, week, month, quarter and year	Know whether eco-efficiency investments return a real energy savings

Customize groups of servers to view and report by rack, location, system type, system name or cost center	Organize and sort systems logically for administration tasks	Understand power profiles by group support chargeback billing by group, and help ensure the data center is being efficiently

Receive alerts and escalations for power spikes, thermal anomalies, and other power-related irregularities	Provide proactive anomaly detection	Proactively detect faults and determine the root cause of power and thermal events before problems occur

Take the Next Step

If your organization could benefit from more efficient use of energy in the data center, try the Early Access release of the Sun Intelligent Power Monitoring Service--free! See how you can improve power efficiencies and better manager your resources. Download the software package today! It's quick and easy to install. Your Sun sales representative is also available to answer your questions about intelligent power monitoring and management for the data center.