FS Scalable Power Solution for Data Center Power Distribution System

Downtime in data centers can be extremely costly, with potential losses reaching hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. This growing risk is driven by rising power demands and increasing energy costs, making the need for innovative and efficient power quality monitoring solutions more urgent. In response, FS has introduced a data center power solution designed to ensure stable operations and provide a secure and reliable environment for IT equipment.

Unveiling 5 Challenges in Data Center Power Distribution

In the digital transformation era, it is essential to ensure the stable operation of data centers. However, as power demands increase and new technologies evolve rapidly, data centers encounter significant power management challenges. The following sections examine five key challenges in data center power systems：

• 1. Growing global electricity demand exerts substantial pressure on data center power systems.

• 2. Power disruptions can cause business interruptions and data loss that impact operational continuity.

• 3. Complexity in data center power systems hinders prompt identification and response to potential risks.

• 4. Increased energy consumption in power systems results in higher distribution costs.

• 5. Low efficiency in scaling data centers results from the complexity of power system expansion.

Essential Integral Parts of FS Data Center Power Solution

FS provides a power redundancy solution that achieves energy efficiency without compromising uptime. Through dual-input ATS, double conversion online UPS, and intelligent PDU, this solution identifies risks and utilizes real-time monitoring to prevent more serious outages, ensuring the uninterrupted operation of data centers and effectively addressing the challenges faced by power systems. The following presents the essential products of our solution and the functional value they provide.

FS Power Solution Ensures Efficient Power Distribution for Data Centers

After examining the core products of our solution and their functional benefits, the following sections will delve into the comprehensive advantages offered by the FS power solution. Continue reading to discover how this solution can help you tackle current challenges and optimize your power distribution system.

Redundant Power for Minimizing Risk of Downtime

Power failures can result in costly downtime, and as power density and capacity grow, potential risks are also increasing. FS's redundancy power solution enables automatic line switching during outages, ensuring that key business operations in the data center continue to operate smoothly despite power interruptions. With FS's power solution, data centers can effectively mitigate risks and maintain continuous business operations.

• Auto-detect and Switch Power Outage: Combining a double-conversion UPS with dual-input power sources ATS provides redundant AC power for connected devices. The UPS delivers uninterrupted and scalable battery power, protecting critical equipment during primary power failures. The ATS allows the system to seamlessly switch to the backup power source within 10 ms in the event of a primary AC power failure, thus achieving a continuous power supply.

• Easily Identify Power Feeds: By using different colored power cords to connect two PDUs to the main and backup power interfaces of IT equipment, you'll easily distinguish between primary and redundant power sources, making power system management and maintenance more straightforward.

  

Energy Conservation for Cost Reduction

As mentioned earlier, global electricity demand continues to rise, placing increasing pressure on data centers. The growing number of power system devices has led to higher electricity consumption, thereby increasing distribution costs. FS power solution aims to effectively enhance the energy efficiency of data centers by implementing a series of energy-saving measures while ensuring relatively low capital and operating costs. The following content provides a detailed overview of how our solution can help you effectively conserve energy and reduce costs.

• Remotely Power Outlets On and Off: Our solution utilizes switched intelligent PDUs to facilitate remote power management for specific outlets. Such functionality allows for convenient rebooting of idle equipment from any location, such as automatically shutting down unused servers during off-hours, thereby optimizing power load adjustments and ensuring the efficient use of electrical resources. Additionally, it allows real-time monitoring and management of power consumption, enhancing IT efficiency while reducing energy waste and operational costs.

• Maintain Optimal Operating Temperature: The intelligent PDU integrates temperature and humidity sensors for real-time monitoring of the temperatures in both the cold and hot aisles. Users can monitor temperatures remotely and set threshold values, receiving alerts if the temperatures exceed these limits. This feature helps reduce the load on cooling and heating systems, ensuring that devices operate within optimal temperature ranges, thus preventing malfunctions or downtime due to temperature fluctuations.

• Optimize Energy Usage: Event information can be quickly located through the PDU logs, enabling the timely identification and resolution of potential issues. Additionally, the UPS achieves efficiencies of over 97% through patented green operating mode, helping to reduce utility and cooling costs. This combination not only enhances system reliability but also improves energy utilization, thereby lowering the overall operational costs of the data center.

  

Real-time Monitoring for Reliable Data Protection

Real-time monitoring is crucial in modern data center power distribution. This functionality provides data center managers with complete visibility over the power system, enabling them to quickly identify potential risks and take timely preventive measures to ensure the continuous and stable operation of equipment.

• Real-time Monitoring Data Center Status: Local monitoring of the power distribution system can be conducted through the LCD screens on the PDU, which display information such as power status, battery status, and load status. Additionally, UPS, PDU, and ATS that support the SNMP protocol can be remotely monitored and visualized via the Zabbix management system on mobile devices or computers.

• Alerting of Potential Issues: User-defined PDU alarm thresholds, along with buzzer alerts, indicator flashing, SNMP Trap, and Modbus-RTU alarms, notify administrators of potential risks within the power system, helping to minimize downtime.

  

Premium Flexibility for Power Supply Scalability

As data centers and server capacities rapidly increase worldwide, traditional fixed power distribution systems can no longer respond flexibly. Data centers must accelerate the transformation and upgrading of their existing power systems to minimize operational disruptions while ensuring quick returns on investment. With FS's scalable power solution, you can efficiently optimize your power distribution system, minimize space waste, and effortlessly integrate new IT infrastructure as required.

• Scalable Runtime: Adding up to 10 external UPS battery packs allows the power system to extend runtime during interruptions. This solution quickly meets the power demands for equipment expansion, ensuring that devices remain operational during critical moments.

• Multi-unit Cascading: Bus cascading allows for connecting up to 32 PDUs, enabling centralized management and monitoring through a single device. This solution combines highly efficient hardware connectivity with software-based remote management, facilitating ultra-high-density PDU management.

• Optimize Power Capacity: Inlet metering assists in assessing power usage and available capacity at the rack level, facilitating the identification of available space for new equipment and the consolidation of existing assets.

  

Conclusion

FS power distribution solution significantly enhances the stability and efficiency of data centers by offering redundant power, energy optimization, real-time monitoring, and flexible scalability. By choosing FS's power distribution solution, you can effectively respond to the rapidly changing market environment and the increasing power demand, achieving sustainable development.