Daxten Ltd

DAXTEN BEST PRACTICES FOR RELIABLE AND FLEXIBLE POWER IN THE DATA CENTRE

• Power Distribution via Busbar
• Cabinet Power with intelligent PDUs
• Fully Customisable PDU
• Secure Power to Device Connections
• Retrofit Redundancy for Single Power Devices
• Switchgear Power Distribution

DAXTEN BEST PRACTICE SOLUTIONS FOR HIGHLY EFFICIENT COOLING IN THE DATA CENTRE

• CoolControl Data Centre Cooling Assessment
• CoolControl Cold Aisle Containment or Hot Aisle Containment
• CoolControl Blanking Panels
• CoolControl Seals
• CoolControl Airflow Baffles
• CoolControl Airflow Floor Tiles

DAXTEN BEST PRACTICE SOLUTIONS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DATA CENTRE MONITORING

• Centralised and Wire-free Power & Environmental Monitoring
• Leak Detection and Monitoring
• DCIM Management, Monitoring & Visualisation
• Control Access to Racks

• Control Access to Racks

DAXTEN DATA CENTRE ESSENTIALS FOR INNOVATIVE DATA CENTRE INFRASTRUCTURES

• Structural Suspended Ceiling and Modular Raised Floors
• Services that help to make your data centre even better

Highly efficient solutions for power distribution and management

Daxten provides comprehensive power solutions to optimise resources, energy usage and efficiency in your data centre while ensuring reliable and flexible power supply at room, rack and IT equipment level.

Maximum flexibility, reliability and safety for the power supply to server cabinets

In data centres the reliability and availability of the IT hardware are the pillars of success. Modular, scalable and redundant power distribution is essential in achieving Tier I to IV classification. The Databar busway with 160, 250, 400, 630, 800 or 1000A is a unique open channel modular system designed for mission critical power distribution in data centres. The system has been developed to be extremely compact and features patent pending design innovations in the integral plug-n-play coupling system. This allows for simpler and faster installation and tap-off interlock mechanisms that put safety at the forefront.

Custom designed PDUs that meet your exact day to day power needs

In the case of customers having special requirements for their PDUs, customisation is a very good way to have a solution that fits perfectly into their individual IT or DC environment. The customer has the choice to specify their requirements, e.g. how many outlets, which voltage, amperage, type of circuit breaker, power and environmental monitoring capabilities and/or colour finish.

Secure Power to Device Connections for Prevention of downtime with dual sided IEC locking power cables

The zLock dual sided locking cables simply replace existing power cables. All connected IT devices are well protected against accidental and vibration disconnects and the resulting power supply disruptions, downtime and equipment damage.

Retrofit Redundancy for Single Power Devices with Micro Automatic Transfer Switches add fail-safe power to any IT component

Reliable power for network devices and servers is a vital part in ensuring uptime in any data centre. For IT equipment with single power supplies, the micro ATS is essential in creating redundancy by providing power from two different sources. Without transfer switches, any power interruption can cause failures and downtime. Not only does the μATS test the power supply, but also the incoming voltage. If incoming power is interrupted or if over or under voltage is detected, the source is switched from A to B preventing failures and keeping the IT equipment up and running.

Best practices for airflow management and cooling optimisation

Achieving true 24/7/365 operation can prove to be an on-going struggle to ensure maximum reliability and availability of your data centre infrastructure. Doing so should use minimal resources, energy consumption and be as efficient as possible. Achieving the ambitious goals of increasing data centre efficiency and reducing your energy consumption is much easier than you may imagine. We would like to introduce you to our proven and recognised CoolControl best practice solutions. By implementing these purely mechanical tools in your existing or new data centre, it is possible to increase the cooling efficiency by up to 60 percent. The CoolControl range can be installed with minimal effort providing very short ROI periods. Furthermore, we are able to provide you with innovative and field-tested data centre essentials that ease your daily work load in your data centre environment.

Metering, evaluation and targeted optimisation

You can only improve things that can be measured and visualised – and this data capture is what is behind the CoolControl Cooling Assessment. Whilst on-site, we can evaluate and log the current state of your data centre airflow and cooling effectiveness, identify thermal problems and show you how these can be solved easily and cost-effectively in order to set and achieve DC efficiency targets and goals. Our philosophy is to optimise what is already there. As a result, energy consumption decreases, whilst server density can be increased, hotspots reduce and can even be eliminated, hardware failure rates fall and the health of the data centre is improved. In many cases energy costs can be reduced by more than 50 percent with an ROI of between and 6-12 months.

Soft, solid or hybrid cold and hot aisle containment

The containment of the cold or hot aisles is the undisputed top best practice in optimising the data centre. The simple separation of hot and cold air can achieve up to 30 percent energy savings whilst eliminating hot spots and reducing hardware failures. CoolControl Containment systems are provided in soft (with curtain), solid (with solid panels) or hybrid (with a combination of soft and solid) materials for seamless integration even in legacy data centres with differing cabinet dimensions or existing fire suppression systems.

The fastest and least expensive way to optimise airflow and cooled air distribution in cabinets is by simply sealing free horizontal and vertical rack space with Daxten CoolControl Blanking Panels. The physical barrier keeps cold air at the front of the cabinet separated from the hot air at the back. This simple step not only ensures conditioned air is delivered to servers and network equipment, but helps prevent hot spots and downtime caused by overheating. The low costs and energy savings lead to a quick ROI in normally less than three months. According to Gartner the use of blanking panels allows for a passive decrease in supply air temperature of up to 5.6 degrees Celsius.

Sealing cable openings in the raised floor

In addition to the required and essential perforated floor tile openings in the raised floor, there are often other openings for cabling and power supplies. According to the Uptime Institute, up to 60 percent of conditioned air escapes before it reaches the hardware it was meant to cool. It is very easy to solve this problem by using cost-effective and easy to install sealing solutions. Our CoolControl Seal and KoldLok systems can seal any rectangular or round cut-out. There are various options made of foamed nitrile rubber panels, solid frames with brushes and thermo elastic polymers that seamlessly enclose cables and other equipment protruding through the raised floor. Many of which have a Class O rating. All sealing solutions are available for existing or new raised floor and cabling infrastructures.

Increase energy efficiency, physical security and optimise environmental conditions   

We offer you innovative and field-proven tools for monitoring power. By using these tools, you have access to all power parameters, energy consumption readings and PUE reports in real-time and at your fingertips. In addition to power monitoring, environmental monitoring and leak detection add temperature, humidity, air pressure, airflow and liquid sensor data sets to your data centre overview. To control, manage and visualise all the power and environmental assets and data, we also offer DCIM solutions that give you an overview of your data centre at a glance. Further we provide you with an intelligent, retrofittable locking-system to centrally control the access to racks. 

Increase resource utilisation, reliability and improve efficiency though monitoring

For data centre and facility managers it is essential to ensure the most efficient usage of existing power and cooling capacities. To achieve optimal utilisation, regular monitoring of power and environmental parameters is critical. Monitoring data allows you to identify, analyse and resolve energy, thermal and reliability weaknesses while increasing the PUE in your data centre. Our comprehensive monitoring solutions enable you to centrally control and manage several hundred environmental sensors (e.g. for temperature, humidity, dew point and airflow) and energy parameters like Volts, Amperes, kW, kWh, kVA, phase angle and total current for any busway, cabinet, PDU, single IT device, branch circuit or panelboard. All data points are accessible via serial, TCP/IP, wireless connection or via remote software.

Monitoring of mission critical areas prevents water leaks and damage

If liquids get into the sensitive areas of a data centre the result could cause system disruptions, unscheduled downtime or serious structural damage to the entire data centre infrastructure. Liquids are one of the primary causes of equipment and device failure, leading to costly corrective actions. Before a small leak can grow into a mission critical threat the water source must be located immediately in order to prevent any potential damage. This task is performed best by the SeaHawk leak detection system. It communicates and alerts via SNMP, Modbus, BACnet or N2. Model dependent, the solution can be integrated into a BMS or DCIM application.

Essential tools and solutions that make the day to day work in the data centre safe and efficient

Our Data Centre essentials offer products, solutions and services that facilitate the setup, installation, configuration, operation and commissioning of data centre environments. In addition the management and expansion of data centres can be optimised making them more secure, more efficient and more economical.

DCIM Management, Monitoring & Visualisation Complete asset, load and capacity management for data centres

Data Centre Infrastructure Management solutions give you the graphical overview of your complete data centre infrastructure including power, cooling, asset and space capacity. You can proactively monitor and manage power and environmental conditions at the facility, server room, rack and single device level. In addition, components such as UPS, CRAC units, chillers and other DC equipment can also be included. Real-time status or trend reports for energy consumption, power usage effectiveness (PUE) and environmental parameters are clearly displayed in your customisable DCIM system.

The smart alternative to ladders, podiums, step-ups and scaffolding.

How about perfoming high level maintenance, repairs, installation or visual inspection work in your data centre easily, safely and smoothly? Sounds good? Well, then our completely manually operated people lifters are the perfect solution for you. They represent the smart alternative to ladders, podiums, step-ups and scaffolding. By simply rotating the operator handle, the patented lift mechanism glides you smoothly to any working height up to 3.5 or 4.2 metres in seconds.

The data is irretrievably destroyed within less than 30 seconds.

The ProDevice degausser and shredder systems are the most innovative devices for the irretrievable data removal from magnetic media. The entire degaussing process can be automatically reported at any stage. All products ensure compliance with international mandates. regulations and security guidelines.

Maximum flexibilty for your data centre infrastructure

Whether planning a new or expanding an existing data centre, it is essential to source the safest, most flexible and cost-effective raised floor and over-head infrastructure. Making the right decision will define the strategy and operational life of the whole data centre, future proofing it for years to come. The use of innovative modular raised floors and load bearing ceiling solutions will give you the maximum flexibility to reconfigure your data centre infrastructure in accordance with your ongoing requirements – saving you time, material and labour costs.

Services that help to make your data centre even better

With our tailor-made range of services for all essentials and accessories in the data centre we can support you by helping you install expand or to maintain your IT equipment and infrastructure. We offer services to make operating the data centre easier and most importantly more secure including our market leading ITAD (IT asset destruction) services. These are compliant with all the latest GDPR regulations and standards.