Data Center Monitoring
What is data center monitoring?
Data center monitoring is the process of monitoring, managing and operating a data center to be in compliance with the operating and organizational requirements. It is the process of using manual and automated tools and techniques to ensure the best operating health of a data center. It ensures that the key functions and services of a data center are delivered without any interruptions or abnormalities.
Data center monitoring is a broad process that focuses on monitoring the entire data center infrastructure. Typically, data center monitoring is performed through automated tools that provide statistical insights into data center performance/status. This data is used by data center administrators in identifying irregularities and in fixing them.
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How does data center monitoring work?
Data center monitoring enables you to centrally manage all devices in your data centers. It allows you to connect to, collect data from, and configure your devices via SNMP, HTTPs, and other protocols for IP-based networks.
- Automatically collect real-time data from all your devices – down to the individual outlet level – through a single interface
- Set power and environmental thresholds on collected data and receive alerts so you’ll be the first to know about potential issues before they become bigger problems
- Configure polling frequencies to your intervals that provide meaningful data while maintaining efficient network traffic
- Forward and filter traps to receive only the notifications that matter to you
- Analyze and trend collected data to uncover insights around your data center operations, including capacity forecasting
- Gain peace of mind about your data center security with door locks and card reader permissions that let authorized users in and keep intruders out
- Use protocols such as SNMP, HTTPS, Modbus, BACnet, Wiegand, RF, etc. to communicate with data center monitoring software
