Sentilla Debuts Ultra-Powerful Energy Manager for Data Centers

January 29th, 2009 by Ariel Schwartz

Yesterday, Sentilla announced the release of its Energy Manager, a powerful piece of software that works with a microsensor system to detect and manage the energy consumption of data centers. The core of Sentilla’s product is a series of microprocessors embedded in intelligent power strips. Each strip measures power use at the server level.

Every few minutes, the microprocessors’ data is sent wirelessly to a computer so data center managers can monitor energy patterns— specifically, RMS current, RMS voltage, aggregate energy, power factor, and active, apparent, and reactive power. The sensors can also be used to monitor room temperature.

“This has been exciting for us, because we’re providing information that I haven’t seen anyone else provide at this level of granularity,” said Joe Polastre, Sentilla’s co-founder and CTO. Polastre estimates that data centers using Sentilla Energy Manager can reduce energy usage by over 10 percent.

And since data center energy costs can be 100 times higher than those for typical buildings, every little bit helps.

Photo Credit: Sentilla









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