Power management software

There is a plenty of power management software to measure and control energy consumption in computer network.  Some of them provide single-user control over PC power management, while others - control over the whole enterprise network.

In our case, having a network of computers, lab undoubtedly requires a network controlling. We choose Surveyor, which is Verdiem company’s enterprise class PC Power Management software.

What is Surveyor? 

This application allows the central administration of power management settings for networked PCs.

How we can apply it?

 Surveyor can automatically detect and organize devices in a network. As new computers are added to the network, application automatically groups IP of device ,it’s operating system, and more. This reduces the management overhead and greatly simplifies the work.

The next step is aligning a power management policy. Patterns of work and work hours vary in all labs. Surveyor allows  to create policies that accommodate specific needs for each lab. For example, a lab for multimedia students with Macs may need longer time display timeout, because mainly they are always work with displays. In case of IT students, display for us may have shorter time period, because very often we have a long breaks between using a computer.

Surveyor includes a database of watt draw information. Information of energy consumption can be measured separately for each lab. This information flows directly into savings calculations and reports.

What is the result we can get?

Developers of Surveyor application claim that  using Surveyor, enterprises can cut energy costs by up to 60 %

There is a dashboard function which reports quantitative results for money saved, energy consumption reduced, and CO2 emissions lowered. Also, the program is transparent to the end-users, means that it is visible only to he technician computer which maintains the network.