Summertime Data Room Monitoring: Part 2
Filed under: airflow monitoring, Data Center, environmental monitoring
In part one I went over the advantages of Temperature, Humidity, and Water leak monitoring. In this continuation of the saga will continue to focus on more ways to prevent the summer weather from damaging your data center while staying proactive in your defense. Read more
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Summertime Data Room Monitoring: Part 1
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, temperature monitoring, water leak monitoring
It’s June and you know what that means? Summer is on the way. For most of us that means going to the beach, playing outside, and going to drive-ins with friends and family. But for IT Administrators, it’s all of that plus monitoring offices and Data Centers from being affected by the summer weather. This is the first part in an ongoing series to help those IT Administrators monitor and prevent a cataclysmic event from unfolding. Read more
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Mobile Temperature Monitoring Apps for the Data Center
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
Ravica sells many intelligent environmental sensors that help you keep your data centers, homes, or offices safe, secure and clean. All of these sensors can be monitored through a centralized interface on a server. Is this the only way to keep track of your sensors? What if you are away on the road and you do not have access to a computer? There must be another way to monitor your sensors while being mobile? AKCP have created both an iPhone client and Android smartphone application to do just that. Even when you are on the road you are still connected. Read more
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Data center monitoring gets simpler with the new PoE BitSight2
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, Ravica News
It has been a long time coming, but due to customer demand, Ravica is pleased to announce the availability of the PoE (IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet) BitSight2 sensorprobe. Now all of your environmental monitoring needs can be met without even needing a separate power source.
That’s not to say you can’t still use the existing method of powering the device as the BS2 will retain the internal 7.5 VDC power supply and is a “Powered Device” so the power to the unit can be supplied from either the PoE or from the 7.5 VDC power adapter, acting as backup power in case of a PoE power supply failure.
Environmental Monitoring Improvements to the SecurityProbe 5E
Filed under: environmental monitoring, Notifications, Security Monitoring, SecurityProbes
Monitor your infrastructure with the versatile securityProbe 5E which works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. Monitor temperature, humidity, water leakage, airflow, security, detection of AC power line voltage, measurement of Digital Voltmeter, control relays, and much more simply by connecting up to 8 of our autoSense sensors in any combination. The Ravica range of sensors also includes an integrated data collection and graphing package which is especially useful in trending and analysis.
And now it’s even easier to trap trigger a relay across the internet using the using the securityProbe 5E.
Monitor Airflow Around Critical Equipment
The Ravica Airflow Sensor is designed for systems that generate heat in the course of their operation and a steady flow of air is necessary to dissipate this generated heat. System reliability and safety could be jeopardized if this cooling airflow stops. Airflow Sensors monitor the circulation of air around critical equipment where a constant air-flow is required to maintain a consistent temperature and humidity status and reliable continual performance.
The Airflow Sensor is placed in the air stream path, allowing users to monitor the status of the flowing air. This device measures the presence or absence of air flow, then the sensorProbe environmental monitor displays the measurement using a graphical display via its web interface. Read more
Server Room Environment Moderated by Mother Nature
Filed under: airflow monitoring, Data Center, environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, temperature monitoring
Recently, I saw a interesting post on Life Hacker about how to moderate PC temperature. It reminded me of a blog that I wrote a while back that talked about recycling expelled heat from the server room and using it to heat the office. The Life Hacker blog post demonstrated a method of cooling an over-clocked PC with fresh air from outside.
Although I think there are a few engineering flaws in the post, the design and concept are stable.
Using natural resources to cool your server room is clearly the next logical step in making server rooms green. Read more
Environmental Monitoring with securityProbe Devices
Filed under: environmental monitoring, humidity monitoring, SecurityProbes, temperature monitoring
The SecurityProbe 5E works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. With the recent enhancements to Ravica’s securityProbe environmental monitoring devices, we’ve been talking a lot lately about this versatile piece of hardware. In order to explain the device’s basic functionality, we created a list of generalized Q&A.
If you have more specific questions, we would love to hear from you. Read more
Environmental Sensors from Ravica Get Interface Updates
We recently mentioned enhancements to the securityProbe 5E and that it is now possible to control a Relay Over IP through the security Probe 5E from a sensor placed at a remote location.
The securityProbe 5E device is a versatile and complete environmental and security monitoring solution, and the recent updates and improvements have provided even greater flexibility and performance. Additional enhancements include ease of set-up and updates to the interface. Read more
Ravica Environmental Monitoring Equipment Enhancements
The securityProbe 5E is a complete environmental and security monitoring solution for your business. The securityProbe 5E has an embedded Linux Operating System. Accessible through it’s own web interface means there is no software to install on your PC. Setup is very simple, once the IP address is configured to match your network, all features and settings are accessible through the web interface which is available in several languages.
The SecurityProbe 5E works with every intelligent sensor in the Ravica family. Connect up to 8 of our autoSense sensors in any combination to create your customized environmental monitoring solution which can monitor temperature, humidity, water leakage, airflow, security, detection of AC power line voltage, measurement of Digital Voltmeter, control relays, and much more. The Ravica range of sensors also includes an integrated data collection and graphing package which is especially useful in trend and information analysis.
Recent updates and improvements to the securityProbe 5E have provided greater flexibility and performance. Read more