5 Reasons Why SMARTset Should Be Your Next DCIM Software

If 4NG’s SMARTset is not on your radar, it should be. Designed specifically for monitoring, understanding and managing comms rooms and data centres, SMARTset is a cost-effective DCIM and estate wide management software solution that will reduce your running costs and risk.

1. SMARTset is Cost-Effective and can Reduce Energy Costs by 15%-20%

SMARTset is affordable to buy, install, operate and maintain and gives you real-time intelligence about your data centres. With all your data centre information available in one application, it is easy to identify where unnecessary energy expenditure is taking place. With SMARTset’s “What if” planning module, you can quickly optimise your sites for energy-efficiency.

Typical energy bill savings of 15%-20% are delivered, with a ROI of 2-3 years.

2. SMARTset Provides a Holistic View of ONE OR Multiple Data Centres

How much time do you waste switching between systems and files, just to get the information you need? That’s exactly how it works in SMARTset, where all of your data centre information is stored centrally, and can be accessed on a single ‘dashboard’ display. The data is accurate and up-to-date because it is based on real, on-site information.

3. SMARTSET is EASY TO USE AND CUSTOMISE

Finding information and performing tasks in SMARTset is simple, thanks to its stylish and intuitive user-interface. Each user can access ‘dashboards’ that can be customised to contain the needed information, presented in ‘widgets’ that can be moved, edited, and hidden as required. The range of widgets includes:

  • Infographic displays (gauges, graphs, pie charts, sparklines, traffic lights etc.)
  • Alarm widget for viewing and responding to system alarms
  • Layout viewer for visual mapping of your system, site, or room
  • Room cooling widget for cooling capacity data
  • Control widgets (Scheduler, weather, geo-mapping)
  • Iframe/custom widget for embedding external content from any system
    You can create multiple dashboards, customise the widgets, and change the UI to match your corporate brand. SMARTset also includes the alarm, control, and optimisation features expected from enterprise DCIM software.

4. BUILT-IN REPORTING FEATURES

There’s no need for an external reporting application, as SMARTset has embedded reporting with a range of standard report templates included. Designed specifically for data centres and cooling, the reports include:

  • Room capacity
  • Room power usage
  • Room rack power readings
  • Room thermal
  • Site capacity
  • Site power usage
  • Site summary report

You can create your own custom reports from scratch, using existing templates, or our built-in analytics drag/drop builder for complex power and environmental data.

Reports can be on-demand, scheduled, or triggered by events, sent as PDF, Text or Excel via SMS, email, or placed on a file server.

5. SMARTSET CAN CONNECT TO ANY INTELLIGENT DEVICE, INCLUDING UTILITY PULSE METER EQUIPMENT

If you buy SMARTset, you won’t need to buy new equipment. SMARTset fits in with your existing technology rather than requiring new investments. It can connect to almost any type of equipment or system, including support for protocols commonly used by data centre equipment such as Modbus, RF Code, BACnet, Nest, XML, SNMP, MQTT, RESTful, and 4NG’s proprietary protocols. Other protocols can be added if required.

To learn more about SMARTset, contact pete.jepson@4ng.co.uk.

Upcoming Event

4NG will be exhibiting SMARTset at Data Centre World ExCel, London on 12th-13th April at Stand P35.