How To Avoid Data Centre Downtime

Have you experienced any unwanted network downtime due to unplanned environmental or security incidents?

To guarantee the smooth running of your data centre and maximise uptime a comprehensive security and environmental monitoring system is essential.

Server room and data centre monitoring solutions provide real time alerts via email and SMS for events like high temperature, humidity, water and smoke / fire detection for critical IT environments. Detecting potential threats before they cause downtime enables IT managers to deal avoid expensive, catastrophic disasters.

APC NetBotz is an active monitoring solution designed to protect against physical threats, environmental or human, that can cause disruption or downtime to IT infrastructure. The NetBotz Environmental and Security monitoring range provides video surveillance and monitoring, temperature, humidity, door contact, VFC/dry contact, vibration, smoke, 2 way audio monitoring, spot leak and rope leak monitoring.

This scalable suite of networked appliances, sensors, access controls, and cameras is designed to safeguard environments ranging in size from network closets to data centres.

Optional user-defined alerts can be sent in a variety of formats that are easily integrated into event escalation policies.

For management of multiple NetBotz appliances, use StruxureWare Data Center Expert. Data Center Expert with Surveillance collects, organizes, and distributes critical alerts while enabling a single view of multiple cameras, rapid search and retrieval of video, and ‘tagging’ of important video clips.

APC Netbotz Evironmental Monitoring comes in a range of solutions and sizes depending on your requirement:

NetBotz 200 – (Rack-mount monitoring for up to 78 external sensors) Environmental monitoring for network closets to data centers

NetBotz 300 – (Wall-mount monitoring for up to 4 external sensors and 1 camera) Cost-effective security and environmental monitoring for network closets to data centers

NetBotz 400 – (Wall-mount and rack-mount monitoring for up to 18 external sensors and 2 cameras) Best value security and environmental monitoring for network closet to data centers intrusion prevention

NetBotz 500 – (Wall-mount and rack-mount monitoring for up to 78 external sensors and 4 cameras) Performance security and environmental system monitoring for network closets to data centers

NetBotz Access Control – (Proximity card rack access control system.) Network appliances enabling remote or local access monitoring and control for your NetShelter SX enclosures

Security Cameras – (NetBotz cameras and CCTV camera adapter pod) Cameras that integrate with NetBotz 300, 400 and 500 appliances to aid in intrusion detection and protection

NetBotz Sensors – Wide range of plug and play access and environmental sensors for use with the NetBotz family

Key Features

• Offers premium security and environmental monitoring over the network
• Capable of video surveillance and monitoring to record any human activity
• Provides temperature, humidity, door contact, dry contact, 0-5V and 4-20mA sensor ports, vibration, smoke, 2-way audio monitoring, spot leak, rope leak, and alarm beacon monitoring.

Additional Features

• Integration with user-defined alerts, making the NetBotz the perfect solutions to protect your IT assets from security and environmental threats
• Can be used in network closets to data centres
• Compatible with full-motion video cameras with camera pods, select Pelco IP cameras, and CCTV cameras
• Integrated rack access control for APC SX racks with the NetBotz Rack Access Pod 170
• Adjustable alert thresholds
• Integrates with Struxureware Data Centre Expert

If you would like to find out how you can proactively monitor your critical IT assets, or you have remote sites that aren’t staffed by permanent IT support staff contact our sales team today to find out how the Netbotz range can help you prevent catastrophic failure of your IT infrastructure.

Call 01252 692559 or email info@sourceups.co.uk