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Data Center Mgt. System Req.

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System Components (Top Level)

Six core components:

  • Facility: Data center physical infrastructure
  • Data List: Data management and cataloging
  • Data Converter: Data format conversion
  • Network: Network infrastructure
  • Server: Server hardware
  • Software (Database): Applications and database systems

Universal Mandatory Requirements

Fundamental requirements applied to ALL components:

  • Stability (24/7 HA): 24/7 High Availability – All systems must operate continuously without interruption
  • Performance: Optimal performance assurance – All components must meet required performance levels

Component-Specific Additional Requirements

1. Data List

  • Sampling Rate, Computing Power, HW/SW Interface

2. Data Converter

  • Data Capacity, Computing Power, Program Logic (control facilities), High Availability

3. Network

  • Private NW, Bandwidth, Architecture (L2/L3, Ring/Star), UTP/Optic, Management Include

4. Server

  • Computing Power, Storage Sizing, High Availability, External (Public Network)

5. Software/Database

  • Data Integrity, Cloud-like High Availability & Scale-out, Monitoring, Event Management, Analysis (AI)

This architecture emphasizes that stability and performance are fundamental prerequisites for data center operations, with each component having its own specific additional requirements built upon these two essential foundation requirements.

With Claude

log with the LLM

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From Claude with some prompting
This image represents an “Alarm log with the LLM” system. The key components and functionality are as follows:

  1. NMS (Network Management System): A monitoring system that collects and displays alarm data.
  2. Text-based Event-driven Syslog: A system that logs events and alarm data in real-time text format. Syslog provides immediate data that is easily collected from existing environments.
  3. DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management): A system that manages the physical infrastructure of a data center, including alarms and monitoring.
  4. AI: An artificial intelligence component that utilizes a Large Language Model (LLM) for learning.
  5. 1-minute alarm analysis results and solutions: From a real-time monitoring perspective, this analyzes immediate alarm situations and provides solutions.
  6. 1-month alarm analysis: This long-term analysis of alarm data identifies anticipated problems. The analysis results can be used to provide a chatbot-based status query and response environment.

Overall, this system can provide powerful alarm management capabilities through real-time monitoring and predictive analysis.

Lechuck History

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From Claude with some prompting
“Lechuck History” diagram demonstrates the following technical career progression:

  1. “with Computer” section:
    • Advanced from C-based programming to system programming, O&M solutions, and network programming
    • Possess deep understanding of Linux kernel, RTOS, and TCP/IP stack
    • Performed “Single-Handedly A to Z” tasks in web service analysis/monitoring
    • Grew into the role of a software engineer
  2. “with People” section:
    • Gained experience in large ISP data centers, system management, large-scale network operations management, and CDN development/management
    • Developed skills to optimize and maximize existing system infrastructure
    • Created new service solutions including D/C business web portals, NMS big-data, DCIM, packet analysis customer solutions, and data analysis platforms
    • Managed “Big DC Op. System Design & DevOps”, demonstrating ability to handle customer-facing roles and collaborate with various partners

Additional key competencies:

  1. Maintain continuous interest in new technologies
  2. Possess the ability to quickly learn based on a solid understanding of fundamentals
  3. Currently enjoy learning cutting-edge technologies including AI and Quantum computing

This career path and skill set demonstrate the profile of a professional who continuously grows and pursues innovation in a rapidly changing technological environment.

BAS + EPMS + @ = DCIM

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From Claude with some prompting
This image illustrates the distinction between BAS (Building Automation System), EPMS (Energy Power Management System), and DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management), explaining their development and relationships.

  1. BAS (Building Automation System):
    • Focuses on general buildings
    • Emphasizes water management and HVAC (cooling) systems
    • Named “BAS” because water and air conditioning were crucial elements in building management
    • Primarily deals with low-power usage environments
    • Includes water control, cooling control, flow control, and pipe/plumbing management
  2. EPMS (Energy Power Management System):
    • Specialized for high-power usage environments
    • Concentrates on power generation, distribution, and control
    • Developed separately from BAS due to the unique complexities of high-power environments
  3. DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management):
    • Tailored for data center environments
    • Integrates functions of both BAS and EPMS
    • Manages power (EPMS) and cooling/environmental (BAS) aspects
    • Addresses additional requirements specific to data centers

The diagram clearly shows the background and characteristics of each system’s development:

  • BAS evolved from the need to manage water and air conditioning in general buildings
  • EPMS developed separately due to the specific requirements of high-power environments
  • DCIM integrates and expands on BAS and EPMS functionalities to meet the complex needs of data centers

The formula “BAS + EPMS + @ = DCIM” indicates that DCIM incorporates the functions of BAS and EPMS, while also including additional management capabilities (@) specific to data centers.

This structure effectively demonstrates how each system has specialized and evolved to suit particular environments and requirements, and how they are ultimately integrated in DCIM for comprehensive management of data center infrastructures.

AI DICM for AI DC

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From Claude with some prompting
This diagram illustrates the structure of an AI DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) system for AI Data Centers (AI DC). Here’s an explanation of the key components and their roles:

  1. EPMS BAS(BMS): Energy and Building Management System, controlling the basic infrastructure of the data center.
  2. DCIM: Data Center Infrastructure Management system, integrated with EPMS/BAS to manage overall data center operations.
  3. AI and Big Data: Linked with DCIM to process large-scale data and perform AI-based analysis and decision-making.
  4. Super Computing: Provides high-performance computing capabilities to support complex AI tasks and large-scale data analysis.
  5. Super Power: Represents the high-performance power supply system necessary for AI DC.
  6. Super Cooling: Signifies the high-efficiency cooling system essential for large-scale computing environments.
  7. AI DCIM for AI DC: Integrates all these elements to create a new management system for AI data centers. This enables greater data processing capacity and faster analysis.

The goal of this system is emphasized by “Faster and more accurate is required!!”, highlighting the need for quicker and more precise operations and analysis in AI DC environments.

This structure enhances traditional DCIM systems with AI and big data technologies, presenting a new paradigm of data center management capable of efficiently managing and optimizing large-scale AI workloads. Through this, AI DCs can operate more intelligently and efficiently, smoothly handling the increasing demands for data processing and complex AI tasks.

The integration of these components aims to create a new facility management system for AI DCs, enabling the processing of larger datasets and faster analysis. This approach represents a significant advancement in data center management, tailored specifically to meet the unique demands of AI-driven infrastructures.

Data Center Management Upgrade

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From Claude with some prompting
explain the image in more detail from the data collection perspective and how the data analysis platform facilitates the expansion of AI services.

First, we can see the data collection stage where data is gathered from various systems within the data center building, such as electrical, mechanical, security, and so on, through subsystems like EPMS, BAS, ETC. This collected data is stored in the Data Gathering DB.

Next, this accumulated data is transmitted to the Data Analysis Platform via an API. The necessity of the data analysis platform arises from the need to process the vast amount of collected data and derive meaningful insights.

Within the Data Analysis Platform, tools like Query, Program, and Visualization are utilized for data analysis and monitoring purposes. Based on this, services such as Energy Optimization and Predictive Failure Detection are provided.

Furthermore, by integrating AI technology, data-driven insights can be enhanced. AI models can leverage the data and services from the data analysis platform to perform advanced analytics, automated decision-making, and more.

In summary, the flow is as follows: Data Collection -> Data Processing/Analysis on the Data Analysis Platform -> Provision of services like Energy Optimization and Failure Prediction -> Integration of AI technology for advanced analysis and automation, all contributing to effective data center management.