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Raritan's DCIM and Power Management Solutions
Reduce Light-Outs at Choice Hotel's Data Centers
A complete solution with Raritan's Intelligent rack PDUs, Temperature/Humidity sensors, Dominion® KX II KVM-switches and CommandCenter® Secure Gateways helps in Gaining operational insights and allow data center operate more efficiently.
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New Delhi / Bangalore, INDIA - February 3, 2014
Raritan's,
a leading provider of data center infrastructure management (DCIM) and
rack power distribution solutions, DCIM and power management solutions
have successfully managed to reduce light-outs at ChoiceHotels.
With Raritan's complete solution, Choice Hotels now have uninterrupted
access and control on each and every aspects of the infrastructure
without being on-site24 x 7. Raritan's secure gateway has further
simplified the operations by providing a single pane-of-glass console
access versus every KVM switch's IP address and servers behind it.
Choice Hotels now have to know one IP address, with the help of which
they will see every server and its functioning.
The
Choice Hotels, the largest lodging companies in the world has its
global reservation system that handles all hotel transactions. Any
updates or changes made in the status of reservations, cancellations,
etc. of rooms by the guest in any of the 500,000 guest rooms across the
eleven franchises of Choice Hotels used to go through Choice's data
center. Any disruption in service could result in lost revenue and would
also lead to the dissatisfaction of the customers.The challenge was to
make the move and operate the new "lights-out" data center which was
located more than an hour away from the IT team. The next challenge was
to keep a tab on assets and whether third-party collocations personnel
move correct server/equipment. And the final challenge was to track
energy usage and environmental conditions in remote cabinets.
As
a part of the solution evaluation process, Choice Hotels visited a
number of colocation facilities to learn how other companies managed
their remote data centers and learnt that Raritan solutions was on top
in terms of remote management capabilities in power, KVMand DCIM. Hence
Choice Hotels selected Raritan solutions.
The
iPDUs served as an intelligent platform for environmental monitoring.
Choice Hotels also purchased Raritan's humidity/temperature sensors that
plug into the iPDU sensor port. For additional insights, information
gathered by the iPDUs and sensors were analyzed and monitored by
Raritan's Power IQ energy management software. This software tracks
power consumption trends for each of Choice's servers, including those
with dual- and quad-power supplies. The analytics component will show
which devices may be operating inefficiently based on energy consumption
trends, whether power conservation efforts are working, and if there
are hot spots or over-cooled areas. The information serves as an early
indicator of trouble.
To
access servers, including VMware servers, from anywhere, Choice Hotels
added digital KVM switches to its new colo data center. It also
implemented Raritan's Command Center SecureGateway to simplify access to
equipment connected to all the KVMs. Raritan's in-the-rack electronic
asset management solutions ensures that third-party colo personnel work
on the correct equipment. The asset management strip's LED lights blink
to identify the correct server to work on. In addition, each server has
an asset tag that sends a signal when a server is installed or
disconnected. It also helps Choice Hotels keep accurate, real-time
inventory of servers and other IT assets. To further help workers in
identifying equipment in the data center, Choice Hotels decided to use
Raritan's color iPDUs and cables in red and blue. The colors help
distinguish between A feeds and B feeds for powering servers and other
devices with multiple power supplies. Color also makes it easier to
identify and locate rack PDUs, and all power chain components, at a
distance, from any angle and in all lighting situations.
The
DCIM solution replaced the spreadsheets which were earlier used by
Choice Hotels to track assets, and will provide new capabilities such as
managing power and space capacity, as well as equipment additions,
moves and change.
Benefits-
- Gain operational insight and operate more efficiently.
- Increase uptime and meet and exceed SLAs.
- Track energy usage at colo, so pay for onlywhat you use.
- Securely access to every server's KVM consolethrough a single URL.
- Leverage outlet-level power switching to"unplug a server virtually."
- Reduce operational costs by eliminating hour-long trips to data center.
- Gather information on individual devices andaggregated across multiple power supplies.
- Monitor incoming and outgoing airtemperatures and humidity in server racks.
- Ensure third-party colo personnel move the server you want them to move
Mr Gregg Brown, Senior Administrator of Data Center Operation at Choice Hotels said, "We
want to be able to give our operations staff a complete picture of the
data center so they can see every detail at the cabinet level. You click
on the DCIM screen, and it'll go down to the elevation view, and see
accurate information about that server, including its location, its
operating systems, serial number, and what network port it is using.
Now, that we have successfully deployed Raritan's comprehensive remote
access solution to manage our data center virtually, I no longer have to
worry about not having my team physically at the site. I can say that
here at Choice Hotels the data center operations team is able to sleep
very well at night."
Mr Sanjay Motwani, Sales Director - India & SEA said, "For
organizations running critical applications across multiple locations,
Raritan's DCIM solutions provide operational mangers with all the
information they need to efficiently manage their data centers remotely
including secure access to every server, temperatures & humidity,
energy usage, planning a specific server move etc. DCIM helps
organizations save time, costs of travel & delivers higher revenues
through reduced downtimes."
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About Raritan
RARITAN
INTERNATIONAL INDIA (P) LIMITED is a leading provider of IT
infrastructure management solutions, including KVM, power and serial
monitoring and management solutions. The Indian subsidiary forms part of
the global organization, RARITAN INC, headquartered in N.J, USA. Since
its inception in 1985, RARITAN INC. has established itself as an
innovator in software & hardware solutions that enable IT and
facility directors, managers and administrators with the control they
need to increase power management efficiency, improve data center
productivity and enhance branch office operations. RARITAN' s
consultative approach & service orientation has consistently
delivered trusted & effective solutions to clients across sectors
including IT, Telecom, Healthcare, Banking, Aviation , Media,
Entertainment & Banking. Raritan's award winning solutions have been
implemented by CISCO, Ebay, NASDAQ, Microsoft, Boeing, At&T to name
a few.
Raritan
is an active member of the Green Grid, Climate Savers Computing
Initiative and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
associations. Raritan was named a Gartner 2012 "Cool Vendor" in the
research firm's DCIM report; a "major DCIM player worldwide" in IDC's
MarketScape Report on DCIM. Know more, www.raritan.co.in.
About Choice Hotels
Choice
Hospitality India Pvt. Ltd. was established in 1987 with the objective
of setting up first class, mid-market franchised hotels in metropolitan
and secondary cities. Choice Hospitality India Pvt. Ltd is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Choice Hotels International one of the
largest and most widespread lodging franchisors of the world with over
6000 hotels across the globe.The brands of Choice Hotels in India are
Quality, Comfort , Sleep Inn, Clarion and Cambria Suites. These brands
offer an unbeatable choice - covering market segment from full service,
upscale to limited service mid-scale hotels. Know more.
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