Real-time integration of nlyte® into existing IT environment
It is important that the data managed within nlyte® is easy to share with third party data center management applications. nlyte® has been designed to sit within a federated CMDB environment - where openness, robustness, and standardization are key.
nlyte® is ready to form part of any existing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) out-of-the-box. nlyte® provides web services methods to achieve bi-directional data integration providing simple access to core nlyte® data. As shown in the diagram below. Full documentation is provided and technical support is available as arranged.
The nlyte® system is built on industry standard technologies such as Microsoft .Net and SQL Server 2005 providing a standard architecture to fit the integration requirements of any organization.
Integration to the nlyte® system is usually achieved through the use of the standard set of “Application Programming Interface (API’s)” providing a flexible interface for two-way data transport.
Energy efficiency & cost savings
Taking into consideration the identification and de-commissioning of redundant systems and servers in the enterprise data center, the next logical step is to place a value upon the savings in relation to those assets.
- Industry figures indicate that each server consumes an average of 400Watts per hour.
- These figures also indicate that to cool and provide the environment, each server takes a further 600Watts.
- Datacenter servers usually operate 24 hours per day; therefore they are switched on 8,760 hours per year.
- 400W to run + 600W to cool = 1KWh x 8,760 hours = 8,760KW per annum
- Energy costs are roughly .8p per Kilowatt Hour
- Each server costs £700 per annum in electricity
- Generating electricity is calculated to create 1.55lbs of CO2 Per KW produced
- 1.55lbs of CO2 x 8,760 KW = 13,578lbs of CO2 (6.06 tons) per annum
In summary, savings of £700 and 6.06tons of CO2 can be made for every server that nlyte® identifies as redundant or suitable for virtualisation.
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