Schneider Electric has optimized its SmartBunker FX™, a secure, integrated cabinet that includes UPS, power distribution, cooling, and management, in combination with HPE storage, networking, and computing solutions, to create the new HPE Micro Datacenter, a customized architecture for edge infrastructure. This new solution reduces latency and rapidly increases data management capacity, while providing a secure, easy-to-manage remote data center.
“The growing volume of data, driven in part by the IoT, is having a transformative effect on the industry,” said Kevin Brown, CTO of Schneider Electric – IT Division. “As this data volume impacts data center performance, edge computing is emerging as an efficient solution to reduce latency, meet IoT processing demands, and deliver greater availability and reliability. Micro Data Centers provide a pre-configured solution for edge infrastructure, with all the necessary elements to handle data growth.”
The HPE Micro Data Center combines HPE Converged Systems and HyperConverged servers, as well as IoT Edgeline solutions. This optimized solution, built within Schneider Electric’s SmartBunker FX, includes all the necessary power, cooling, security, and management components on a single platform. With its remote component management capabilities, SmartBunker FX delivers the same availability and reliability as traditional data centers to locations that lack adequate space or require enhanced physical protection and security.
The customizable HPE Micro Datacenter includes:
- Power: Symmetra UPS with remote management and 5-minute runtime, enabling safe remote shutdown.
- Cooling: Self-contained InRow cooling with monitoring, control, and visualization.
- Monitoring: Schneider Electric's StruxureWare™ for Data Centers software and DCIM enable remote management and real-time control of environmental, power, cooling, access, fire, and video surveillance systems.
- Security: Multi-point, 180-degree locking doors, rack control system, and security monitoring with NetBotz™ sensors. Fire-resistant steel enclosure with thermally insulated walls, sound attenuation, and sealed cable entry points.
Schneider Electric and HPE have developed a unique hardware and software combination that delivers an optimized solution with greater scalability and flexibility to meet the evolving demands of cloud and hybrid IT environments. “To successfully implement edge computing environments, collaboration between IT and infrastructure is essential,” said Rick Einhorn, vice president of Data Center Consulting at HPE. “The ongoing collaboration with Schneider Electric will deliver software-defined data centers, providing what businesses are currently seeking.”
The HPE Micro Datacenter is now available worldwide through HPE and channel partners.
