Third-generation product features low-energy-consuming latching relays and three USB ports.
Raritan hasintroduced its next-generation intelligent rack PDU (iPDU) — the PX3 — with energy-saving features and other enhancements to help data centers measure and monitor energy, cooling and overall health. The announcement was made at the AFCOM Data Center World conference.
Advancing its charter to help data centers save energy, Raritan's new iPDU switched models use patent-pending latching (bistable) relays that do not require power to stay in their designated on or off states. A 100-cabinet data center, for example, can save more than $6,000 per year in energy and cooling costs using the PX3. In the event of a power interruption, the PX3 can be pre-configured to have relays stay latched in their last state or go through a custom power-up sequence. Raritan also added a third USB port to all PX3 models, providing one USB-B and two USB-A ports.