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One of the first concerns of any IT manager should be monitoring the computer room temperature because entire organizations are effected when computer systems fail. Costs mount up quickly, becoming staggering for organizations that fail to respond in a timely manner. IT Managers that understand the benefit of 'Prevention Monitoring' instead of just a 'Recovery Plan', quickly see how important it is to monitor computer room temperature & environment BEFORE a disaster occurs.
There are 3 primary functional components managers should expect and demand from an IT environment monitoring solution. These include: Monitoring, Alerting and Automatic Response. Just discovering a threatening condition or problem is not enough. IT managers need to be notified about issues in real-time by any and all methods technology allows, regardless of when or where they my be. Then, if appropriate, automatic responses should shut down servers & important hardware, transfer processing, start or stop applications and more within seconds. Anything less is an incomplete solution that will later cost you both downtime and money.
Data centers are each unique in their environment monitoring needs and potential risks. Applying a "one solution fits all" approach obviously is not appropriate. What seems to work best for many managers is an approach of using a combination of different solutions, some larger and some smaller, to meet the current IT monitoring needs that exist within a data center or throughout an organization. As the data center environment and needs change over time and with new equipment, managers have the greatest flexibility to move monitoring hardware and sensors around in order to use them more effectively. |
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