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2. Take a deep breath. Hold it in for a count of ten.
OK, now exhale.
How do you feel? Relaxed? Energized? Composed? Must
be that clean air in your office! No smoke, good airflow
and not too humid right? Hope that lighting in your office
is comfortable for you.
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3. Go ahead, take another deep breath.You’ve earned
it! Do you know what else likes clean, pure air?
Servers. Racks of them, in data centers all over the
planet. If you want to make them safe and happy,
you should install some data center Environmental
Monitoring Systems (EMS).
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4. You want to make sure your servers are healthy and
performing at their peak. Have you ever opened up a
server case and seen inside?Would you want your lungs to
be filled with dust?
It’s easy to keep tabs on the weather outside, but what
about the weather inside your data center?
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5. If you’re shopping for an EMS for your server rooms,
you’ve come to the right place. Here are five of the best in
the market, and why they’re so awesome.Take another
deep breath, and dive into this list.
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6. 1. ITWatchDogs
Besides having a great brand name, ITWatchDogs
offers a wide spectrum of
•Air flow management appliances
•Environmental monitoring systems
•Environmental sensors
•Room air controllers
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7. ITWatchdogs systems are sold by resellers around the
world, supported by an expert team inTexas, and offer a
wide range of appliances for different server room sizes
and a variety of conditions.You can find high praise for
these Geist products on many review sites like Spiceworks.
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8. 2. AVTECH
Avtech is another big player with quality products
in the enviro monitoring business and offers:
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9. • Affordable appliances, starting for under $200
• Measures for factors like:
Temperature
Room entry
Power on/off and amperage
Smoke/fire
Water and humidity
Air flow
• Software
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10. Avtech is based in Rhode Island, and has resellers around
the world as well. Many large, well-known companies like
AT&T, Sprint, and Avaya trust Avtech and their
GoToMyDevices.com software which allows IT engineers to
monitor for room alerts from anywhere in the world.
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11. 3. American Power Conversion
APC, a division of Schneider Electric, offers a number of
very innovative Environmental Monitoring Units.Their
NetBotz monitors have sensors for conditions including:
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12. •Airflow
•Camera motion
•Dewpoint
•Human activity
•Humidity
•Smoke
•Temperature
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13. APC is a big player in the environmental sensor
appliance space, and their product line offers options for
a number of different data center facility sizes and
sensor conditions.
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14. 4. Temperature @Lert
Temperature @Lert plays on the “low price segment” of
the market compared to APC which leans towards large
enterprise.
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15. Temperature @Lert products are available across
USB/WiFi/Cellular communications and connectivity
protocols.They are used by some well-known
organizations like Apple and Microsoft.
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16. Sensor Cloud isTemperature @lert’s monitoring
software, which the company claims is monitoring over
50,000 sensors.
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17. Some of the user reviews we’ve read mention ease of use
and installation, a broad set of use cases, and affordable
price point as the reasons they are loyal to the
Temperature @lert brand.
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18. 5. Ubiquiti Networks
If you are looking for a reliable, affordable set of sensors and
software, Ubitquiti’s mFi sensors offer detection including:
• Human motion
• Humidity
• Power current
• Room entry
• Temperature
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19. The mFi sensors connect to a central device called the
mPort, which logs information in Ubiquiti Advanced
Management Software.You can connect mFi devices to
mPort via Ethernet or WiFi, and user reviews are very
positive.
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20. The Bottom Line
After reviewing all of these data center Environmental
Monitoring Systems, don’t you think it’s your data center’s
turn to take a deep, clean breath of air?
Ensure your servers perform at peak performance,
mitigate the risk of fire or humidity damage, and detect
any unauthorized entry to your server rooms by the bad
guys.
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21. Have you tried one of these server room monitoring
units? Are there others you’ve tried and are a fan of?
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22. Tell us about your experiences in the
Comments section below!
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