Geist Presentation

Comprehensive Datacenter Monitoring

Presented by:Matt LanePresident, Geist Intelligent Facilities

www.geistif.com877.449.4150

The PCE Family of Companies

Blow Molding

Injection Molding

Pipe & Profile Extrusion

Data Center Power Distribution & Environmental

Monitoring Computer Room

Environmental Monitoring

Design Services & Web-Enabling

Technologies

Monitoring and Management of Data Center Operations and

Infrastructure

The Budget Crunch


Budget Cuts


Work More (Overload) Reduce performance and expectations

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Improve processes Automate Increase efficiencies Prevent Downtime

Finding Success


Source: Contingency Planning Research, a division of Eagle Rock Alliance

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5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

PowerOutage

WaterDamage

HardwareFailure

Earthquake Fire Hurricane BuildingOutage

CorruptData

28%27%

15%

11%9%

4% 4%2%

Leading Causes of Downtime


*Source: IT Performance Engineering and Measurement Strategies

Industry hourly downtime costs*Brokerage Operations $6,450,000Energy 2,817,846Credit Card Sales Authorizations 2,600,000Telecommunications 2,066,245Manufacturing 1,610,654Financial Institutions 1,495,134

Employee productivity & moral Redirection of efforts towards recovery Reputation (lost sales – current & future)

The Effects of Downtime


Reactive Proactive Sirens Strobes LED Local Annunciation

Predictive Intelligent

information collected via protocols

Remote and Local Annunciations

Correlate information Identify trends Integration

The Evolution of Monitoring

Added Sensing Remote and Local

Annunciations

Predictive Management and Monitoring


Many disparate monitoring systems within every organization• Sensors & alarm monitoring• Power• Environmental• Security / Fire • Access control• Proprietary MFG systems

Convergence of IT & facilities• No single protocol

What and How to Monitor

The Current Issue


Features To Look For• Monitor ALL aspects of the datacenter • Integration with disparate systems • Multi-protocol support (Vendor Neutral)• Alarm monitoring & logging• Historical trending and reporting• Custom views of all data• Predictive analysis tools• Elements of equipment control

What is Environet?A Comprehensive Management System


Appliance and/or Software based solutions• Scalable to any facility small or large• Multi-layer drill down capabilities for large facilities or numerous locations

Vendor neutral protocols (inputs and/or outputs)• SNMP• Modbus• BACnet• LONworks• Hardwired I/O

A comprehensive management system• Web based (supports IP or Serial Comm)• Customizable drill-down graphical views • Alarm monitoring, logging, notification• Predictive analysis tools• Historical trending and reporting• Equipment control• Equipment maintenance schedules

What is Environet?Introducing Environet

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