centre of attention
Ever Changing
It’s a fact, people don’t like change and when it comes to hyperscale data centre environments,
change is the only constant. Mark Gaydos, chief marketing officer at Nlyte Software, explains how
implementing the right DCIM solution could help data centre managers combat the confusion.
T
he words ‘Hyperscale data
centre’ conjure up a vision
of a data centre that is
absolutely massive in scale
and associated with the big
data organisations such as Google,
Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and
others. It comes as no surprise that
this segment is growing. Synergy
Research Group predicts that the
number of Hyperscale data centres
world wide will pass 400 by the end
of 2018, and Allied Market Research
forecasts that the Hyperscale data
centre market will reach a revenue
of $71.2 billion by 2022.
It’s important to keep in mind
that Hyperscale means:
• C
omplexity, with a massive
data load, unique network
architecture, and a different
hardware structure.
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• Constant, fast paced change
and the need for flexibility as
well as scalability.
• Capability to manage thousands,
if not millions of varied assets,
sometimes in far flung corners of
the globe.
Most importantly, Hyperscale
data centres need automation.
It’s simply impossible to keep
track of the massive amount of
assets, spread out across the globe,
without systematic and automated
assistance, especially if the
environment is constantly changing.
There is hope in addressing
this constant change issue;
and a successful case study
can be found in the US Federal
Government mandate for higher
efficiency data centres vis-à-vis
the adoption of a Data Centre
Infrastructure Management
(DCIM) solution. These solutions
empower managers to operate
their facilities at peak efficiency,
and with the enormous scale of a
Hyperscale data centre, it’s even
more vital to use every resource
as effectively as possible. The
best DCIM solutions bring a
multitude of benefits.
A single
pane-of-glass view
With facilities scattered all
over the world, each location,
or even each group within the
locations, may have a different
management solution tracking
their infrastructure, homegrown
or makeshift solutions that don’t