The information that is processed, stored and sent via the endless number
of machines that fill the racks of Data Centers is mission critical.
Outages causing downtime of a network or application is an ever
occurring problem within this environment, resulting in companies
incurring huge losses for even a couple of minutes of downtime.
Analysts estimate that as much as 40% of outages in data
centres result from operator errors and human interference. A Data
Center that can run itself seems the optimum solution. The vision of
hardware, software and networks that operate without much human interference
and create a microclimate of their own are no longer merely a vision.
They exist today, and any necessary human interaction can be carried
out remotely over a secure network link.
In order to create the reality of this vision, numerous
environmental monitoring sensors, such as temperature and humidity
sensors, cabinet airflow detectors, intrusion detection systems and
the like are constantly operational. The collected data is sent via
Ethernet to the network administrator on a periodic basis. Commonly
this information flow can be managed by a Device Server, enabling the
sensors to communicate over the network with the administrator.
Perle Systems, is part of this preventative monitoring
solution, with our Ethernet
IOLAN I/O Device Servers, triggering advance
warning necessary to prevent small issues from becoming big ones, while
increasing uptime and resource efficiency.
Environmental Monitoring Technology enables comprehensive
access and control of relays and temperature sensors, remote digital
I/O, analog I/O, as well as connecting remote serial equipment on any
IP network. The IOLAN
I/O Device Server, has the ability to monitor
environmental alarms, intrusion detection, relay contact closures and
equipment failure. Through remote administrator or application control,
opening and closing of integrated relay contacts or activation of digital
output signals can be incorporated into any response of a critical
event.
Perle IOLAN
I/O Device Servers have the capability of
measuring input conditions and intelligently alerting enterprise resources
such as central applications, Syslog or SNMP. By instantly generating
alerts when pre-defined threshold levels have been exceeded, alarm
notifications such as an email are passed along when needed thereby
saving costs, the administrator’s time and ultimately the dangers
of a data centre outage.
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