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TrendPoint Systems, the leader in data center smart grids, today announced EnviroCube, the first data center cooling management appliance. EnviroCube is the first solution that prevents heat-related data center downtime while also improving energy efficiency – goals that were previously thought to be mutually exclusive in data center management. EnviroCube monitors a full spectrum of electrical and environmental metrics that have been proven to indicate cooling inefficiencies before they cause heat-related downtime, which can happen in a matter of seconds if a cooling unit fails. The EnviroCube also provides the first set of metrics that allows cooling units to be tuned to their best possible performance, which has been shown to cut cooling costs by up to 30%. The new energy management appliance also enables power and cooling units to run in a manner that extends equipment life, making them much less likely to fail, and ensuring that they perform at maximum energy efficiency. "Preventing downtime is the paramount concern for datacenter managers because the consequences can be so devastating to the business," said Katherine Broderick, Senior Research Analyst, Servers and Datacenters, IDC. "TrendPoint's EnviroCube helps solve this problem in a compelling way. By cutting energy costs while preventing downtime, the EnviroCube tackles these two major issues at the same time."

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Data Center Smart Grids TM

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About TrendPoint:

TrendPoint Systems provides patented smart metering and

management appliances for the data center.

By gathering precise performance data from IT and cooling loads,

we’ve proven how to spot and correct system failure before it occurs.

By matching cooling resources to IT heat, we’ve proven that energy

cost and the total cost of operations can be lowered significantly.

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Short term Cooling Failures can

be Catastrophic

• A cooling failure can shutdown servers in less than 2 min.

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Temperature Rise per Minute

Source – Active Power, Uptime Institute

Watts per Cabinet

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Long term Cooling Issues

Increase Server Failures

Source - Seagate

Hard drive failure rate vs. temperature CPU failure rate vs. temperature

Source - IBM

• Persistent air flow problems create sudden failures as well

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Temperature is Uptime and,

Temp = IT Wattage vs. Air flow

• If you’re not managing Air flow, you can’t control

temperature rise and therefore, uptime.

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Since Air Flow is the key, what

causes air flow failure?

All mechanical and electrical motor faults show as

changes to power factor and watts at the cooling unit.

Bearings41%

Electrical37%

Alignment12%

Rotor10%

Causes of Fan Motor Failure

Source – All-Test

study for PG&E

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EnviroCube Value Highlights: Accurately measures the following

environmental parameters: supply and return temperature

and ΔT

Supply and return humidity and ΔH

Air flow in CFM

BTU’s and Watts of heat removed

Coefficient of Performance –watts removed/watts used

Easily integrates with any EMS/BMS and NMS

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EnviroCube Value Highlights: Patented technology to

measure and manage the electrical and mechanical efficiency for any cooling unit.

Accurately measures the following electrical parameters: Amps

Volts

Power factor

Watts

kWh

Electrical balance/imbalance

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EnerSure Value Highlights: Patented technology to manage

cabinet heat in watts, reduce downtime and save energy

Accurately measures amps, volts, power factor, watts and kWh for any sized circuit.

Allows Positioning of adds, moves and changes to actual cabinet heat. Proven downtime reduction.

Catch server failure before it happens with proven predictive Analysis

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Most Fail to Manage because

they Fail to Measure

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Measure Well. Manage Well.

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Catching Trouble Before it Causes

ProblemsThe EnviroCube showed this unit likely to fail before this happened

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Boston DC – AHU #17

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EnviroCube®

App Saving Energy

ΔT Rises

Energy Use

Is Steady

Huge Change in

EfficiencyWatts Removed

Rises

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Data Center Smart Grids TM

[email protected]

TrendPoint Systems, Inc.

111 Deerwood Road, suite 180

San Ramon, CA 94583

(888) EnerSure