27 November 2017

Server Technology reckons it’s come up with the smallest form factor PDUs. Developed using its HDOT (High Density Outlet Technology), the firm claims the new units “significantly” increase real estate in the back of the rack by fitting as many as 42 C13s in a 42U high network managed PDU device.

According to Server Technology, that’s more than 20 per cent smaller than a comparable PDU using standard outlets. 

The company says its HDOT design provides high native cord retention of more than 12 pounds pull strength, thereby reducing or eliminating the need for what it says are custom and “costly” ancillary locking cord devices. 

It adds that outlets made using the technology feature robust high-temperature materials carrying a UL94 V-0 flame rating, making them “ideally” suited for the harshest data centre environments.

The HDOT range includes the new Per Outlet Power Sensing (POPS) device which, says Server Technology, provides +/-1 per cent billable-grade accuracy for energy consumption at each outlet for typical data centre equipment loads.

POPS includes current, voltage, active power, apparent power, power factor and crest factor at each outlet. Server Technology believes all this provides the “ultimate” in efficiency and capacity analysis. The new device also enables alarms and warning signals on current, power, and power factor for both low and high values.

Furthermore, to simplify load balancing and cable management, Server Technology says its alternating phase outlets distribute phases on a per receptacle basis, rather than in discrete separate banks. It says this provides tangible benefits in the form of shorter cable runs, resulting in better airflow, easier load balancing and greater efficiencies.