The “edge” word is on everybody’s lips. An edge computing strategy is now essential for many companies in the context of digital transformation. Nevertheless, where does the edge start and how far does it reach? And how do edge cloud systems cope in terms of security and sustainability? Rittal, German Edge Cloud and the Lefdal Mine Datacenter will be providing answers and solutions at the “it-sa”, Europe's leading trade fair for IT security in Nuremberg from 25 to 27 October 2022.
Under the motto “Sustainability and Security from Edge to Cloud to Edge”, Rittal, German Edge Cloud and the Lefdal Mine Datacenter are presenting a combination of physical and edge-cloud-based solutions that satisfy end-to-end security requirements.
Micro Data Centers: high protection in confined spaces
Trade fair highlights include the complete RiMatrix Micro Data Center IT solution from Rittal, a system solution comprising coordinated OT components such as rack, power, cooling, monitoring and security features. In addition to its use as an edge data centre with a high level of physical protection in harsh industrial environments it can also provide the entire IT infrastructure – for administrations, for example, without any complex structural changes. The system solution’s combination of global standardisation, high adaptability and compactness are impressive. It is preconfigured in several different output classes for a variety of applications and is available worldwide and quickly. This saves time, speeds up configuration and reduces energy consumption, as the components in the entire system are coordinated with each other.
Rittal will also be exhibiting its other services for a secure IT infrastructure for Micro Data Centers: from solutions featuring network racks to server racks (including cooling) and solutions in security rooms and containers. The range includes intelligent power distribution with residual current measurement, efficient cooling solutions with an optional redundant design, monitoring systems with a higher-level data centre management system, and early fire detection with automatic extinguishing features.
Turnkey, secure cloud edge solution
With the ONCITE Open Edition – a turnkey and secure cloud edge solution – Rittal’s sister company German Edge Cloud is showing how rapid, highly available and secure data processing can be achieved on the edge. It successfully bridges the gap between cloud and edge computing and gives customers the flexibility and scalability that their IT applications need. The solution is scalable up to hyperscalers like the Lefdal Mine Datacenter, including the managed services involved.
Lefdal Mine Datacenter: Climate protection and high performance
The Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD) shows how solutions from Rittal are helping to create high-performance OT. The RiMatrix Next Generation modular system platform can implement OT infrastructures quickly and flexibly. Whitespace or container solutions bring speed and reliable standards to the LMD's OT infrastructure expansion. German Edge Cloud complements the services provided with managed services and cloud to form a complete infrastructure offer.
The Norwegian Lefdal mine is home to one of Europe's most environmentally friendly data centre solutions. The air-cooled and water-cooled capacities will benefit from the mine’s location on a fjord with constantly low temperatures and the supply of 100% renewable energy directly on site. With an area of 120,000 square metres, it enables the colocation of as many as 10,000 racks or 1,500 containers. In addition, the fjord water used for cooling flows through the data centre in an almost energy-neutral manner. The result is a guaranteed Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of between 1.10 and 1.15. With this infrastructure, the data centre is a unique location for especially power-hungry high-performance computing environments.