3D Vizualization of Large Scale Data Centres

Abstract

This paper reports on ongoing work regarding interactive 3D visualization of large scale data centres in the context of Big Data and data centre infrastructure management. The proposed approach renders a virtual area of real data centres preserving the actual arrangement of their servers and visualizes their current state while it notifies users for potential server anomalies. The visualization includes several condition indicators, updated in real time, as well as a color-coding scheme for the current servers' condition referring to a scale from normal to critical. Furthermore, the system supports on demand exploration of an individual server providing detailed information about its condition, for a specific timespan, combining historical analysis of previous values and the prediction of potential future state. Additionally, natural interaction through hand-gestures is supported for 3D navigation and item selection, based on a computer-vision approach.

Blockchain-based green big data visualization: BGbV

“…The size of this information, while visualization is so excessive that an ordinary processing technique is insufficient. Construction of each perception may requires in one hand traversing the whole data or on other reviewing a small subset of the entire data [11]. For this purpose, expensive servers are used.…”

Information worlds

“…The virtual world aims at helping data center experts to get an intuitive overview of a specific data center room, regarding its current condition. Additionally, the application facilitates the inspection of the racks and servers by the users and warns them, in an intuitive manner, about situations that need further investigation, such as an anomaly regarding a particular set of servers that may bring to surface malfunctions or degraded operation [113]. Taking into account the various contexts of use, ranging from an office to a control room, the application should be able to be deployed in a laptop or PC, featuring interaction with the mouse, as well as in a large display, supporting gesturebased interaction.…”