DCD Converged San Francisco: Data center predictive analytics company Romonet has added the capability to predict and analyse performance and cost to an individual meter through its Software-as-a-Service-based data center planning and analytics tool in Portal 2.0.

It means instead of having to drill down into prediction details for the whole data center, variances in performance can be spotted much faster through an individual subsystem, making it easier to plan for investment and see the effects of proposed changes.

It uses Romonet’s predictive modelling technology to allow for comparisons between expected and actual performance down to individual sub systems, according to Romonet CEO Zahl Limbuwala.

“DCIM (data center infrastructure management) and sub-system metering has become very popular in the data center as operators grapple to manage the reliability and performance of their increasingly complex and costly data centers,” Limbuwala said.

“Having actual metered data at such a granular level without knowing what each meter ‘should’ be reading can actually lead operational teams into a false sense of security.”

Portal can be deployed on top of DCIM or metering solutions to show expected value against figures collected from each.

“This ultimately allows operators to quickly spot divergences in performance anywhere in the system and stop potentially service-disrupting issues before they occur,” Limbuwala said.

Romonet said its Portal software can be deployed within days without the use of hardware or software agents.

It can show how many meters an organization needs to use inside the data center to gain insight and comes with a streamlined user interface.

Romonet is presenting the newest version of its software at DatacenterDynamics Converged San Francisco which is on today at the Marriott Marquis.