Data centers are frequently challenged by capacity limitations. Power and cooling constraints limit the ability to deliver on new business requirements. Uptime and availability are lowered when power is not dependable. Service quality and SLAs are at risk. The lack of detailed insight into consumption leads to unnecessary costs. Uptime and availability is at risk when power is not dependable. Systems fail due to power outages or other power-related faults. Agility is reduced when staff has limited insight into power and cooling in their data center. Systems experience downtime and SLAs are not met. Capacity limitations for data center power, space and cooling. Staff doesn’t know which devices and systems are generating the load and it is not clear where spare capacity exists in the datacenter or where greater efficiency is possible. Expensive new data centers are built despite existing spare capacity, or IT is outsourced.