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Eaton Offers New Power Distribution Rack For Data Centers

December 03, 2008 by Jeff Shepard

Eaton Corp. announced the Eaton Power Distribution Rack (PDR) to offer data center managers flexible, high-density power distribution for rack environments with a highly-compact footprint.

The PDR offers a space-saving way to distribute power throughout the data center with up to 168 factory-installed branch breakers. Its flexible design for high-density racks offers the traditional 225A or 400A panels to make full use of all 42 pole positions, if needed, without jeopardizing the critical load.

"In today’s data center floor space is costly, change is inevitable and uptime is critical," said Naveen Halbhavi, Product Line Manager, Eaton Data Center Solutions. "The PDR was designed to address these issues associated with the modern, adaptable data center. We want our customers to have confidence that the power circuits serving their blade servers and other essential equipment are appropriately loaded and capable of supporting the constant demand for high-availability."

The standalone PDR is fully configured and factory-tested, which is said to make installation easy and convenient. It is simple to retrofit any existing distribution system with a choice of top or bottom cable entry as well as front and/or rear power panels. In addition, the PDR can be placed in the middle or at the end of a row, enabling the user to minimize cable runs, leverage floor space wisely and easily execute moves, adds and changes.

Additional features of the PDR include: extensive monitoring options including the Eaton Energy Management System and branch circuit monitoring to manage and monitor power down to individual circuits; and detailed event and trend information to support capacity planning and avoid unexpected breaker tripping.