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5. SECURE DATA WITH
REMOTE CABINET-LEVEL
ACCESS CONTROL
The more robust intelligent PDUs
also provide integration of cabinetlevel
electronic access control.
These are primarily being deployed
by colocation providers as well as
enterprise data centers to enhance
security and to comply with strict
industry regulations, such as
the Payment Card Industry Data
Security Standard (PCI-DSS), General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
and Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
These regulations require data to
be physically protected wherever
it is being stored. While intelligent
PDUs enable the cabinet-level locks
to operate by providing them with
power and a network connection,
an application that provides a
consolidated audit log of all access
attempts along with a user name,
time stamp and mode of access
is what is required to meet these
stringent compliance requirements.
INVESTMENT JUSTIFIED
Intelligent PDUs provide data that
can be utilized to make a data center
more highly available, manageable,
efficient and secure. Effective use of
such data requires organizations to
invest in centralized management
tools, such as DCIM software, that
puts all the data in an organized,
meaningful format that simplifies
decision making.
When selecting a solution,
take into consideration its ease
of use, security and integration
capabilities. To maximize ROI, select
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Robust IP consolidation
technology allows data
center managers to use
fewer network ports
in each cabinet for
power management,
environmental
monitoring and access
control, which means
more ports for
production equipment.
an intelligent PDU with robust
IP consolidation capability. This
will greatly reduce the number of
network connections needed to
support remote monitoring at the
rack-level, freeing network ports for
production equipment.
Cost is dramatically reduced,
because there will be less hardware,
less software and less networking.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:
Ashish Moondra is the senior product
manager, power, electronics & software
for Chatsworth Products. He has over
20 years of experience developing and
managing rack power distribution,
uninterruptible power supply (UPS),
energy storage and data center
infrastructure management (DCIM)
solutions. Ashish has previously worked
with American Power Conversion,
Emerson Network Power and Active
Power and has been an expert speaker at
various data center forums. Ashish can be
reached at amoondra@chatsworth.com.
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