Enterprise
Data Centers
Enterprise data centers house IT infrastructure and sensitive equipment to support business-critical operations and provide continuous network availability.
Even brief periods of downtime can be costly, so these facilities need to prioritize real-time visibility of potential failure points, but they may also face budget and resource limitations. When it comes time to update their infrastructure, they need options that are flexible, effective, and able to be implemented without disrupting operations.
Primary Cooling Units
Rooftop chillers and air handlers are exposed to unexpected conditions. To ensure continuous operation, Parameter installs sensors at strategic fail points to detect leaks and other mechanical issues.
UPS & Battery Banks
UPS systems support the critical power needs of your facility. Parameter provides continuous monitoring on your system’s battery banks to detect failures long before they occur.
Reduce system vulnerability by 90% and prevent all critical battery string failures to ensure uptime reliability.
Web Interface
Our systems integrate seamlessly with your BMS or are managed entirely by our hardware. View all sensor data and alarms easily on a secure web interface hosted on your servers.
AI Clusters
When deploying local high-density AI clusters, coolant leaks present pose a dire threat that lead to downtime and critical data loss.
Parameter leak detection solutionss are built to accommodate AI systems with server-level leak detection for direct-to-chip cooling applications and automatic flow valve control to shut off coolant flow instantly in a leak event, preventing compounding failures.
Air Cooling
Parameter offers extensive support and expertise for air-cooled systems. Our wireless temperature and humidity probes are easy to install, and integrate easily with your BMS via our WiNG Manager, consolidating all data and presenting alerts on a map-view interface for easy threat location.
Gen Sets
Maintaining healthy generator and switchgear batteries is crucial to ensure your facility can survive a utility power failure.
Parameter offers support in monitoring critical electrical systems throughout your facility to prevent critical power failure induced downtime.
Parameter Applications for Enterprise Data Centers
Click inside to view how Parameter systems integrate with critical infrastructure to provide the highest quality monitoring solution for enterprise data centers.
Monitoring Considerations
Support for Legacy Systems
To enhance cost-savings and reduce disruptions, many enterprise data centers defer updating systems, protocols, and equipment. An advanced monitoring system shouldn’t require a whole infrastructural overhaul, so facilities need monitoring technology that integrates smoothly with legacy systems.
Regulatory & Risk Management Compliance
To protect data integrity and promote safety and sustainability, enterprise data centers need to comply with government and internal risk management regulations. They may be required to have threat mitigation measures in place and remain within specific environmental parameters by vigilantly monitoring facilities.
Budget Efficiency & Cost Savings
Businesses enable cost savings and operation within budget by minimizing downtime, maximizing equipment lifespan, and limiting repair and replacement costs. An effective facility monitoring system prevents equipment damage and streamlines preemptive maintenance to support these goals.
Continuous Uptime
Some business-critical systems need 24/7 server support, and any downtime can cause significant disruptions and profit losses. Facilities need reliable monitoring systems to detect threats that lead to outages before servers go down.
Failure Points
Controlled Environments
Data center equipment such as cooling systems, UPS devices, and server rooms are vulnerable to subtle atmospheric changes, which can impact efficiency and cause damage. Factors like temperature, humidity, airflow, and CO2 need to be regulated.
Liquid Cooling
As high-density applications like AI/M clusters become more common, many facilities are opting for highly efficient in-server liquid cooling methods to support increased overheating risks. However, these methods involve intricate networks of flow valves, which create more opportunities for coolant leaks.
UPS Systems
During grid outages, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems kick in to support critical operations. Because of the vital role they play in protecting data integrity and sustaining uptime, the battery units in these systems need to be vigilantly maintained.
CRAC/CRAH Units
Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) and Computer Room Air Handler (CRAH) units regulate temperature in data centers to enhance efficiency and prevent overheating. CRAC units use refrigerant chemicals, while CRAH units contain water.
Leak Detection
Leaks, especially those caused by cooling infrastructure, are one of the biggest causes of data center downtime.
Even in stable environments, HVAC, plumbing, CRAH/CRAC units, and in-server liquid cooling infrastructure can collapse, causing spills or leaks which spread quickly to damage multiple servers. Managing leaks is an important part of risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.
Enterprise data centers can reduce downtime and save repair and replacement costs by upgrading their infrastructure with an advanced leak detection platform from Parameter, which detects leaks of all sizes as soon as they occur.
Capabilities of Parameter RLE Leak Detection include:
- Accuracy of ±2 feet / ±0.5% of cable length with map-applied distance read
- Extensive detection along 10,000 feet of detection cable
- Wireless range up to 1600 feet
- Long-lasting, resettable, and reusable detection cables
- Real-time alerts
Parameter’s solutions can mitigate conductive fluid leak risks from traditional ambient cooling systems like CRAC/CRAH units, but they have also evolved to encompass in-server liquid cooling methods used by many high-density facilities.
Environmental Monitoring
Maintaining an optimal environment and keeping temperatures low is an essential part of preventing downtime and reducing costs in enterprise data centers.
When atmospheric conditions fall outside of normal parameters, data centers can suffer efficiency losses, equipment damage, extended periods of downtime, and serious biohazard risks.
Because atmospheric changes can happen suddenly and can’t be detected with the naked eye, enterprise data centers need systems to monitor critical factors. Parameter’s RLE Environmental Monitoring technology tracks multiple conditions including temperature, humidity, airflow, CO2, and more. When a failure is detected, the system immediately sends out an alert indicating the nature and location of the issue.
Capabilities of Parameter RLE Environmental Monitoring include:
- Reliable and accurate threat detection
- Remote monitoring functionality
- Seamless integration with native BMS
- Enhanced data-driven decision-making
- Wireless, Wi-Fi, and wired technology options
To facilitate smooth integration into small and mid-sized data centers, our monitoring platform serves as a convenient replacement for full-scale BMS that can modernize infrastructure without requiring you to uproot legacy systems. The equipment is as easy to install as placing a magnet on a doorframe, and it automates data collection as soon as setup is complete.
Battery Monitoring
Some critical operations demand 24/7 uptime, but without a way to track battery performance in real time, businesses can’t trust their UPS infrastructure to be available when needed.
It only takes one failure to compromise a whole string, and failures can happen at any time. Data centers need real-time battery monitoring to ensure UPS integrity.
The best way to handle battery monitoring is to automate it. Parameter’s Cellawatch Battery Monitoring platform is semi-permanently connected to measure multiple conditions, alert to failures, and deliver live data on battery performance.
Capabilities of Cellwatch Battery Monitoring include:
- Tracking critical units in real time
- Enhancing UPS reliability and reducing risk of unexpected outages
- Identifying failing cells quickly for efficient repairs and replacements
- Seamlessly managing battery health data from multiple strings and units
- Streamlining preemptive maintenance to achieve cost savings, defer replacements, and maximize useful battery life
Product Lines
Ideal for enterprise data centers protecting business-critical infrastructure, Parameter’s RLE Leak Detection product line prioritizes accuracy and responsiveness to accommodate the risks of in-server liquid cooling. To ensure full coverage, Parameter offers leak detection for both conductive fluid and chemical leaks.
Liquid Sensing Cables
Forming the backbone of leak threat mitigation for data centers, Parameter’s conductive fluid sensing cables can be run around the perimeter of a room or in a serpentine pattern under the floor for comprehensive coverage of server rooms. For refrigerant leaks, chemical sensing cables offer especially fast reaction times and are exceptionally durable and resistant to corrosion.
Distance-Read Controllers
Parameter’s bespoke solution for liquid cooling applications is the LD1500 distance-read controller, which monitors up to 1500 feet of cable. When mounted to each server rack and connected to flow valves, LD1500 controllers prevent equipment damage by immediately halting coolant valves, notifying personnel, and identifying the location of the incident as soon as a leak is detected.
Spot Detectors & Zone Controllers
For more basic applications and readily visible areas such as HVAC drip pans, floor drains, and condensation outlets, Parameter’s simple and cost-effective zone controllers and spot detectors notify personnel as soon as a leak is detected in a specific area.
With built-in remote monitoring capabilities, Parameter’s RLE Environmental Monitoring platform is designed to help enterprise data centers sustain uptime and prevent server failures by tracking critical environmental factors. Wireless, Wi-Fi, and wired equipment options ensure streamlined automation and integration with legacy systems.
WiNG Monitoring
Parameter’s hyper-convenient and reliable WiNG wireless platform can be installed with the ease of placing a magnet on a doorframe. The platform features sensors for dozens of environmental conditions and automatically relays continuous data to the WiNG Manager, allowing facilities to meet efficiency goals and support continuous uptime. There are no recurring fees, and once you’ve purchased the equipment, it’s yours for life.
Wi-Fi Sensors
For BMS systems that are ready for modern upgrades with minimal overhaul, Parameter’s Wi-Fi sensors allow data centers to leverage existing Wi-Fi networks for enhanced visibility. Wi-Fi sensors are compatible with WiNG-MGR or BMS systems and monitor multiple conditions including temperature, humidity, CO2, and leaks.
Wired Facility Monitoring & Sensors
For operations that require the utmost security, Parameter simplifies closed-circuit monitoring through the wired Facility Monitoring Systems (FMS), which monitors sensitive facilities, temperature, and equipment status. To expand FMS functionality, Parameter offers wired sensors for temperature, humidity, motion, door status, smoke, power failures, and power currents.
Cellwatch Battery Monitoring is Parameter’s tailored solution for almost all UPS applications in small to mid-sized data centers. Cellwatch technology utilizes advanced measurement techniques to continuously monitor entire systems and provide extremely accurate readings throughout charge, discharge, and float periods.
Real-Time Visibility
Cellwatch Battery Monitoring is semi-permanently connected to deliver continuous passive monitoring without the need for manual checks, allowing personnel to repair or replace failing units before they need to be deployed.
Plug-and-Play Installation
To enhance automation and legacy integration, Cellwatch Battery Monitoring is designed for easy, fast, and safe plug-and-play installation with identical modular components for all configurations. Cellwatch also facilitates streamlined Modbus SNMP integration.
Comprehensive Data Collection
In addition to functionality for alerting against and preventing thermal runaway, Cellwatch Battery Monitoring tracks string voltage, ohmic value, and current temperature to identify cell failures within a UPS string.
Discover Advanced Data Center Monitoring Solutions From Parameter.
Businesses need confidence that they can rely on their data centers for constant connectivity. Parameter protects business-critical systems with integrated threat detection solutions.
Contact Parameter to deliver advanced platforms for real-time data center monitoring that enable incident prevention, maximize uptime, and deliver peace of mind at every level.
For custom capabilities and manufacturing, reach out to our OEM team directly to discuss how we can augment your application.