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To ensure non-stop delivery of essential business services to users across and beyond the enterprise, IT data centers require constant, diligent management. There are two reasons, however, why it is not wise to have technicians constantly going in and out of the data center to perform these daily management tasks. First, over-reliance on the physical presence of technicians in the data center is slow and ineffi cient. Every time someone gets up from his or her desk to install a patch or run some diagnostics, valuable time is lost - time that could be spent taking care of other important tasks. Second, foot traffic through the data center is never a good thing. When too many people spend too much time around critical systems, it greatly increases exposure to both malicious and inadvertent security risks.

The following paper discusses the considerations that need to be made while choosing the appropriate power distribution products at the rack level. Interestingly enough, several of these considerations also help data center operators manage and control the largest portion of data center power consumption, which are the actual IT loads.

To manage costs, capacity and operations, today's dynamic data centersrequire new tools to understand assets and how they're used in order todeliver consistent, reliable and fast service to the business.

Best Practices to Control Your Data Center Distributed enterprises and network operating centers require powerful, centralized, and remote control of computer systems, serial-based devices, and power distribution products such as UPS and intelligent power strips. To effectively manage all of these disparate devices from a single console, a comprehensive user interface is necessary to provide point-and-click connectivity and enforce strong access and control.

Getting a handle on power means installing tools that help you not only measure consumption but also right-size your electrical infrastructure and increase uptime.