To address the growing number of power issues in data centres from increasing power costs, limited power availability to high-density server rooms and the impact on data-centre cooling and design - Raritan have designed a product that is the most advanced power distribution unit (PDU) on the market... Meet the Dominion® PX.

Raritan’s intelligent PDU enables IT administrators to remotely control and obtain detailed, real-time information on energy consumed by individual servers via the Dominion PX’s easy-to-use browser interface. Optional humidity and temperature sensors can also be placed anywhere within a rack cabinet to monitor environmental conditions that may degrade server performance or cause equipment failure.

The new PDU comes at a critical time for data centre managers given a recent report from the US EPA that power failures and limits on power availability will interrupt data centre operations at more than 90 per cent of companies over the next three years.

As a productivity tool, IT administrators can use the PX to define their business power-management policies for a server, or a group of servers. Power outlets can be grouped on one or across multiple Dominion PX units to support application requirements.

Administrators can also pre-define power sequencing within a server rack to prevent surge overload if all devices were turned on simultaneously. Circuit breakers, rather than fuses, provide easier and less expensive maintenance.

The Dominion PX PDU currently has 15 models that range from 8 to 20 outlets and is available in Zero U, 1U and 2U form factors. The Dominion PX is self-contained and does not require any additional hardware or software.