451 Research Reports On The Importance Of The ACE Data Center Metric
Leading analyst firm explores the impact of Future Facilities’ measurement for the availability, capacity, and efficiency (ACE) of data center operations.
Future Facilities has announced the release of a report by 451 Research on the ACE (Availability, Capacity, Efficiency) scoreand how this metric can be used to assess the performance and quantify the risk of design and operational decisions.
In the report titled, “Future Facilities says ‘ACE it’ to assess the real impact of datacenter changes,” Andy Lawrence, research vice president for Datacenter Technologies (DCT) & Eco-Efficient IT at 451 Research, discusses the ACE score, developed by Future Facilities. ACE was created to assess and visualize the three critical indicators of a data center’s performance. The report by 451 Research explores the place of ACE among other industry metrics, like PUE, examines the merit of ACE at the business level for facilities, and discusses how the score allows both technical and business managers to understand the effect of different decisions.