FAQ ON SPARA
What is SPARA?
Generally employees in a company rarely turn OFF their computers when they go on a break or leave for the day. This is mainly because the employees do not want to waste their time to turn OFF or turn ON their systems. It is made even worse by the fact that most of the employees do not know or care about the operational costs of the company.
We have developed and are proposing a system which can eliminate nearly 90% of these losses when used together. Spara software can make sure that the power is used according to the requirement of the user and at the same time can also take care of the breaks which the employees would take.
How does SPARA work?
The Spara software is a client – server software which works within an intranet and saves power through various features of the software such as Scheduling / Pattern recognition / Power Schemes etc. The Admin module has the ability to perform power down operations such as System Shutdown, Hibernate, Standby, Monitor Standby etc, on the specified client nodes by remotely configuring required settings on it.
Software Features
- Fully automated operation.
- Multiple Device Control.
- Extensive reporting.
- User based reporting.
- Capability to learn and adapt to existing conditions.
We know that SPARA uses AI algorithm and figures our pattern of behavior and we can use it schedule when computers should go to standby etc. But is that the primary way SPARA reduces power Consumption?
The AI algorithm and local Power Schemes of Spara is triggered as soon as Spara is installed on a system. The AI algorithm takes 5 days (Customizable) to learn the pattern behavior where as the Local Power schemes starts working straight away. Once the pattern is studied both the AI algorithm and the Local Power scheme works accordingly to ensure perfect power savings.
Can you quantify the amt of power used by a Desktop PC using a 17” LCD monitor if switched on the whole day. Thereafter after having SPARA software run what power save do you see in a day?
A PC with a 17” LCD would consume about 100-110 watt/hr. Given below is a table that shows per day consumption of a single PC compared to a PC installed with Spara.
Formulae:
· Working hour consumption= Working hours X % X Consumption
· Lunch hour consumption= Lunch break X % X Consumption
· Non Working Hour Consumption= Lock & leave X % X Consumption + Monitor OFF & leave X % X
· Consumption + Shutdown X % X Consumption
· Per day consumption= Working hour Consumption + Non working hour Consumption + Lunch hour Consumption
Normal Power Consumption
Hrs
%
Consumption (watts)
Working hour consumption (watts)
Working hours
9
100
110
990
Non Working Hours
14
"
Lock & leave
40
110
616
"
Monitor off &leave
30
75
315
"
Shutdown
30
10
42
Lunch break
1
100
110
110
Per Day Consumption in KWh
2.073 KWH
Power Consumption with Spara
Hrs
%
consumption (watts)
working hour consumption(watts)
Working hours
9
100
110
990
Non Working Hours
14
"
Lock & leave
40
30
168
"
Monitor off &leave
30
20
84
"
Shutdown
30
10
42
Lunch break
1
100
30
30
Per Day Consumption in KWh
1.314 KWH
If we provide Faronics as a Peer of SPARA – please elaborate on what SPARA and Faronics do the same and how SPARA differentiates itself from its competitor.
(http://www.faronics.com)
CHARACTERISTICS
SPARA
FARONICS
Central Management
Yes
Yes
Policy Settings
Yes
Yes
OS Independent Power Management
Yes
No
Scheduling
Yes
Yes
Fully Autonomous
Yes
No
Zero Configuration
Yes
No
Wake On LAN
Yes
Yes
AI Learning
Yes
No
Application Based Control
Yes
Yes
Hardware module
Yes
No
Reporting
Yes
Yes
Distributed Installation
Yes
Yes
DB Support
Current Version – MySql
Next Version -Any Database
Unknown
OS Support
Windows & Linux
Windows & MAC
Graphical User Interface
Yes
Yes
User Overwrite
Yes
No
RoHS Compliant
Yes
N/A
State Check for Clients
Yes
No
Auto Client Detect
Yes
No
Why are we different?
This is a seriously interesting question for us as well. We google-ed, yahoo-ed, live-ed and what not-ed but we were unable to find any product in the market which is capable of comprehensively reducing the power wastage in computers as SPARA. Though there are some product which have presence in this domain, a short feature comparison will give more insight into the distinctive advantage of SPARA over the other players.
CHARACTERISTICS
Artin Dynamic-
SPARA
FARONICS-
POWER SAVE
IE- NIGHT WATCHMAN
VERIDIEM -SURVEYOR
SCRIPTLOGIC- DESKTOP AUTHORITY
MANAGE ENGINE:
DESKTOP POWER MANAGEMENT
Central Management
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Policy Settings
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
OS Independent Power Management
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Scheduling
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes, Strict
Yes, Strict
Fully Autonomous
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Zero Configuration
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Wake On LAN
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
AI Learning
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Application Based Control
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Hardware Module
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Reporting
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Distributed Installation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DB Support
SQL Server, My SQL
Unknown
Unknown
SQL Server
Unknown
Unknown
OS Support
Win XP, Vista & Linux
Windows & MAC
Win XP,
Win XP,
Win XP,
Windows
Graphical User Interface
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
User Overwrite
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
RoHS Compliant
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
State Check for Clients
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Auto Client Detect
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Warranty/ Support
2 Years
Replacement
1 Year Paid Service
1 Year
1 Year
Unknown
Unknown
Renewal/ License
Period
Yearly
Yearly
25% of Cost price to be paid /year
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Cost
TBD
$34.56/Year
Unknown
Approximately $60
Unknown
Less than $ 1000