CommScope launched its modular data center product, called Data Center on Demand. It uses evaporative cooling and includes data center infrastructure management software by iTRACS, a DCIM vendor CommScope.
Tony Jablonski, associate CIO for IT central computing services at the university, said the school previously had “arguably the worst data center in public education,” according to the university’s IT newsletter. Some servers were moved to the new data center from a basement built in 1972, he said.
Virtualization efforts that developed over the past few years while the new data center was being planned have reduced the space required from 12 racks to about seven.
Wanting to both modernize and anticipate future scalability needs the university landed on the CommScope solution. No secondary cooling methods are employed.
CommScope’s Data Center on Demand™ (DCoD) is a family of purpose-built prefabricated modular data centers that establishes a new standard in efficiency, agility, and time to market for data center owners and operators seeking an alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar facilities.
Optimized capacity—smarter use of CapEx. DCoD is “right-sized” to your specific capacity needs from day one. Choose from 1-, 4-, 10-, 20-, and 30-rack units, supporting from 5 kW to 35 kW per rack. Unlike traditional brick-and-mortar facilities, there is minimal risk of overbuilding or spending CapEx earlier than needed. Buy only what you need today and then expand at will. DCoD can be deployed indoors or outdoors and can be modularly expanded to provide hundreds of racks of capacity.
Design freedom. With DCoD, you can configure your modular data center with choice and flexibility—white space, power, mechanicals, cooling options, security and much more. You're not forced into predefined mechanical, electrical, cooling, or IT configurations. Rather, you can deploy a modular unit that provides the perfect IT white space you need, surrounded by a precision-built modular architecture and mechanical systems that are second to none.
High-efficiency cooling with a super-low PUE. At the core of the DCoD design is the SmartAir™ intelligent cooling system, an innovative and agile approach to cooling that’s delivering an average partial PUE as low as 1.03 to 1.06 for customers around the world right now. This translates into energy cost savings as high as 80 percent compared to conventional brick-and-mortar cooling.
Faster time to market. DCoD can be deployed in just 14 to 20 weeks—rather than two to three years for brick-and-mortar builds.
A modular data center system is a portable method of deploying data center capacity. The SmartMod offering is an intelligent, rapid deployable, prefabricated enclosure for modular data centers, cable landing stations, or network aggregation. Modular Datacenter easily separates hot and cold air, increasing return air temperature to cooling units.
Modular Data Center by CommScope
