Intelligent PDUs can save the cost of the application center by balancing distribution load, real-time data collection, managing data center environment, protecting infrastructure, and realizing remote management.     A power distribution unit (PDU) is a power supply device closest to the server in a data center and is an important part of the power distribution at the end of a data center. According to different functions, PDUs are generally divided into basic and intelligent types. A qualified basic PDU can provide reliable and stable power supply for servers and meet the basic needs of users. In addition to the basic power supply, intelligent PDUs can also provide more intelligent monitoring and control functions, so as to provide more convenience and help for the user’s future operation and maintenance work. Here are 5 ways smart PDUs can save data center operating costs: Load balancing: Smart PDUs can monitor the load in real time and automatically adjust power output to achieve load balancing, avoid power overload or imbalance, and improve power utilization efficiency. Real-time data collection: Smart PDUs collect real-time current, voltage, power, and energy consumption data with billing level accuracy. Through data analysis and report generation, users can understand the operation and performance of the power system and make decisions and optimization. Manage the data center environment: Use environmental monitoring sensors such as temperature, humidity, access control, water leakage, and smoke sensing to monitor the environment parameters of the IDC data center in real time, provide automatic alarm notification, and optimize the IDC data center ecosystem to ensure that operators can formulate reasonable operation policies, reduce operating costs, and improve PUE. Protect infrastructure: Smart PDUs support door lock systems that restrict access to individual cabinets, cabinet groups, and entire aisles, including record cards, users, lock/unlock history, opening/closing, alarms, and all activity records to ensure strict compliance with security regulations. Remote management: Smart PDUs provide remote management functions to ensure the uptime of the data center and the work efficiency of employees.   For example, the smart PDU of our company can both monitor and control all servers remotely. Based on an innovative sustainable, upgradeable and maintainable design concept, it provides active metering for energy optimization and circuit protection. The alarm threshold can be set by users to generate local and remote alarm warnings about potential circuit overload in real time, effectively reducing risks. Provide power usage data to support data center managers in making informed decisions about load balancing and appropriate IT scale, thereby significantly reducing total costs. Users can access or cascade the PDU over Ethernet.   Such products can be widely used in IDC, bank, securities, government, enterprise and school data center room. Improved operational efficiency, resulting in significant benefits for the entire data center.

The power distribution unit (PDU) for cabinet special power sockets has many advantages, such as good safety quality, large load capacity, various socket systems, complete protection functions, flexible control functions, and easy use.     1.Multiple circuit protection function (1) Surge protection: maximum impulse current: 20KA or higher. (2) Limit voltage: ≤500V or lower, through professional testing, can be used as equipment end fine surge protection. (3) Alarm protection: with LED digital current display and alarm function of the whole current monitoring. (4) Filter protection: with fine filter protection, the output of ultra-stable pure power supply. (5) overload protection: provides overload protection at both poles, which can effectively prevent problems caused by overload. (6) Anti-misoperation: The PDU main control switch ON/OFF is equipped with a protection grid to prevent accidental shutdown.     2.Interface compatibility The world’s standard power socket module can meet the different needs of multinational customers, such as multi-purpose output jack and IEC output socket. (1) Two-way input, IEC socket input, product front panel input, product rear input, product end input and other forms can be achieved. (2) With a variety of specifications of national standard, British standard, German standard, American standard, etc. (3) Optional 10A, 16A and industrial coupler and other specifications of the plug.   3.Rack installation PDU power sockets can be directly installed in a 19-inch standard cabinet or rack, occupying only 1U of cabinet space. It supports horizontal installation (standard 19 inches), vertical installation (parallel to the cabinet column), and other applications.     At least two screws are needed to secure the PDU. Adjust the PDU by 180° as required. Equipped with a special L-shaped bend plate, the PDU can be adjusted by 90°. In summary, as a special power socket for the cabinet, the PDU has many advantages, such as good safety quality, large bearing power, various types of socket systems, complete protection functions, flexible control functions, and easy to use.

The PDU is a power strip used in industry, which is very different from ordinary power sockets, especially the smart PDU.     What is PDU, PDU is actually the PDU power strip used in industry, each PDU power strip must strictly comply with the standards required by the data center room, in addition, it has a lot of detailed division, such as: Lightning proof PDU, with light PDU, circuit breaker PDU, with display PDU, basic PDU and intelligent PDU, etc., then what is the difference between PDU and ordinary power socket?   1.Feature At most, an ordinary socket can only provide overload protection and total control switch, while a PDU not only provides overload protection and total control switch, but also provides lightning protection, shock resistance, anti-static fire protection and other functions.   2.Materials Ordinary sockets are made of plastic, while PDU power sockets are made of metal, which has the anti-static effect.   3.Application field Ordinary sockets are generally used in homes or offices to provide power for electrical appliances such as computers, while PDU socket power is generally used in data centers, network systems and industrial environments, installed on equipment racks to provide power for switches, routers and other devices.   4.Service life The life of the ordinary socket is generally 2 to 3 years, the number of plugs is about 4500 to 5000, and the life of the PDU power socket can reach 10 years, and the number of plugs is up to 10000, which is more than 5 times that of the ordinary socket.     On top of this, compared with the production process of ordinary power sockets, PDUs are also more rigorous, and the overall structure is more practical. However, although the PDU has a very good performance, but many government enterprises have more stringent functional requirements for the PDU power supply, at this time, intelligent PDU power supply appeared.     Compared with ordinary PDUs, smart PDUs integrate many sensing devices, have a variety of monitoring and management types, can help data center managers to a greater extent to manage, smart PDUs have more advantages than ordinary PDUs, they can even remotely monitor the PDU usage data in real time. Better help the administrator to manage the PDU and device usage, so as to avoid other accidents.