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APC Announces TradeOff Tools™—Web-based Applications New Tools Enable Customers to
Experiment with Numerous Scenarios to Validate Overall Design Choices “Customers need to make many key
decisions during any data center project, and they do not always have the
necessary information to guide them,” said Carl Cottuli, vice president of
APC’s The seven tools are currently available on the http://tools.apc.com section of the APC
Web site. They include: Illustrates how changes to a data
center’s location, efficiency, and power load can impact carbon dioxide
emissions and the electric bill. This
provides management with a general indication of how “green” their data center
is today and how “green” it could be. Energy
Efficiency Calculator Profiles a data center and calculates the
resulting efficiency and electrical cost based on data center
characteristics. Users can then
understand the impact each key data center decision has on the data center’s
efficiency. Capital Cost
Calculator Identifies key data center physical infrastructure
parameters and calculates capital costs based on those parameters. This allows data center users to judge how
changes to data center location, IT load, and cooling and power infrastructure
can impact overall capital costs. Virtualization
Energy Cost Calculator Comprehends IT and physical infrastructure characteristics
and calculates energy savings resulting from the virtualization of
servers. This allows the user to test
the impact of virtualization and various physical infrastructure improvements
on their data center floor space and on their energy consumption. Power Sizing
Calculator Defines basic characteristics of the IT load and
calculates how much utility input power would be required to support such a
load. This provides users with a general
idea of how much power in kilowatts they will need to run their data center. InRow™ Containment
Selector Generates a prototype rack and row cooling configuration
based on the user’s preferences and the physical constraints of the room. This provides the user with their optimal
InRow cooling containment configuration. AC vs. DC
Calculator Compares four different AC and DC power distribution
architectures and calculates their respective efficiencies. This allows the user to make an educated
decision on the optimal architecture for their data center. APC’s Data Center Science Center (DCSC)
designed the APC TradeOff Tools. The
DCSC team of engineers and analysts researches data center issues and helps
develop design and learning tools that assist data center professionals in
managing their data centers. For more
information about APC and the TradeOff Tools, please call 800-877-4080 or visit
APC’s Web site at www.apc.com. About
APC In February 2007, APC and MGE UPS Systems combined
to form a $3.5 billion (€2.4 billion) Critical Power and Cooling Services
business unit of Schneider Electric. The
Critical Power and Cooling Services division offers the industry’s most
comprehensive product and solution range for critical IT and process
applications in industrial, enterprise, small and medium business and home
environments. The company’s solutions
include APC’s InfraStruXure®
data center architecture, the industry’s most comprehensive integrated power,
cooling, and management solution. The
company’s products also include APC and MGE-brand uninterruptible power
supplies (UPS), along with APC-brand precision cooling units,
racks, and design
and management
software. Backed by the industry’s
broadest service organization and an industry leading R&D investment, the
company’s 12,000 employees help customers confront today’s unprecedented power,
cooling and management challenges.
Schneider Electric, with 112,000 employees and operations in 190
countries, had 2007 annual sales of $25 billion (€17.3 billion). For more
information on APC, please visit www.apc.com. All trademarks are the property of their
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