Shark Distribution and Water Temperature
Temperature has an important effect on the distribution of sharks worldwide; it contributes to their regional habitat and their pattern of migration.
I’m a huge fan of Shark Week. This year will mark 25th year of shark week. Viewers learn about shark attacks, biological abilities, newest shark research and more. Read more
Server room environmental & security monitoring systems
Temperature Monitoring: Railroad Temperatures
A severe heat wave has inspired more strict regulations in monitoring temperatures of railroad tracks in Prince George, D.C. after a train derailed from the tracks. It’s been speculated by experts that the recent intense heat is to blame for warping the train tracks. This was the second time in three months that a train had deviated from the tracks due to high temperature incurred kinks. Read more
Server room environmental & security monitoring systems
Outdoor Temperature Sensors: How hot is too hot?
Filed under: environmental monitoring, General, temperature monitoring
With all this buzz around global warming, you should have outdoor temperature sensors to tell you “How hot is too hot”? Lately the summer heat has been so high it’s been problematic around our office, even plastic mailboxes have been melting! Obviously, they can’t take the heat.
According to an Indiana pediatric dentist, the dental work that he does is guaranteed up to 200°F. However, these plastic mailboxes could not stand up to a triple digit heatwave. All plastics are polymers and there are different types of plastics produced. The melting point of plastics generally range anywhere between 100°C (212°F) to 260°C (500°F). Typically, plastics begin to soften around 80°C (176°F). The softer the plastic, the lower the melting point. Read more
Server room environmental & security monitoring systems
Temperature Monitoring: Tarmac Temperatures
Temperature monitoring is not often thought of as an emergency demand. However, the weekend after July 4th turned into a well, emergency. A US Airways flight readying for its takeoff sunk into the tarmac in DC which turned into a three hour wait to become unstuck.
Asphalt is viscoelastic which describes it as having the ability to reserve its physical property from liquid to solid and solid to liquid depending on the temperature applied. In this case, the asphalt began to liquefy due to the intense heat. It has a melting point of 250°F, however the material likely has a lower melting plateau before completely liquefying. Read more
Server room environmental & security monitoring systems
Temperature Monitoring: The Green Information Technology (IT) Solution
Filed under: server room environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
While many are interested in going green to preserve the earth’s resources, others are interested in going green inspired by the too hot or too cold green information technology (green IT) solution to economize energy expenditure. Either way, the goal is the same; enter Ravica’s green IT solution. Read more
Server room environmental & security monitoring systems
Optimal Data Center/ Server Room Temperature and Humidity
Filed under: Data Center, humidity monitoring, temperature monitoring
It’s common knowledge that computer hardware is sensitive to high temperatures, however, many are not aware of optimal temperature and humidity settings for a data center or server room. Both server rooms and data center has an optimal temperature condition to operate safely and properly—too hot, and your data center and server room hardware will fry. Data centers and server rooms also have an optimal humidity setting to function safely as well. Read more
Server room environmental & security monitoring systems
Server Room Temperature Monitoring Sensors: How to Lower Costs
Filed under: environmental monitoring, SensorProbes, server room environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
I got my first taste of company interests yesterday with server room temperature monitoring and detection sensors and how to lower costs with environment conditioning and temperature monitoring. During my orientation, my new boss let me get a glimpse at the special temperature monitoring and detection sensor we have installed in both our server room and data center. Read more
Server room environmental & security monitoring systems
Remote Temperature Monitoring and Water Leak Detection
Filed under: server room environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
Efforts to correctly setup a remote temperature monitor or remote water leak detection equipment requires first and foremost the right gear especially if we are roping server room or data center monitoring into the equation. Companies like Time Warner Cable have customers that absolutely depend on their products and services. Therefore, they use devices that monitor and detect environmental hazards like temperature, humidity, water leaks etc.
Visually Monitor Server Room History
Filed under: server room environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
It is important to take an innovative approach to graphically and visually monitor server room activity. I suggest a strategy that makes monitoring the environment in several rooms easy and intuitive and yes, it should include server room temperature monitoring. A graphical map is ideal and it should export text logs, graphs and notification alarms. Before you go setting thresholds for alarms, keep temperature monitoring off-hours in mind.
All of our appliances support SNMP empowering network administrators to trend humidity and temperature levels over time. My favorite tools is Denika performance trender.
5 Reasons to Monitor Server Room Temperature
Filed under: humidity monitoring, server room environmental monitoring, temperature monitoring
I guess it shouldn’t surprise me anymore when a customer calls up and tells me that they don’t have a solution for server room, computer, or data center temperature monitoring. Imagine if the server room air conditioner broke on a Saturday morning. The data room temperature would likely rise up to dangerous levels.