Temperature monitoring during the summer months

May 15, 2009 by
Filed under: Data Center, environmental monitoring, Intelligent Sensors 

monitoring data center temperatureSummer is nearly upon us, and with summer comes a natural rise in temperatures. It’s no secret that with global warming the Earth’s global surface temperature is expected to rise anywhere from 2.0 to 11.5 °F, during this century. Luckily for us, technology, although perhaps a major part of the initial problem in the first place, can help keep the the elements at bay.

More and more innovations are being made into maintaining data center environmental stability, like Sun’s new rack cooling door. While it is important to take the necessary steps in shaping the temperature, humidity and airflow appropriately for your computer rooms and data centers, it is just as important to have fail safes in place for when the environment inevitably strays outside recommended operating conditions. Whether its a faulty air conditioning unit or a blown electrical circuit, it is paramount to the integrity of the company’s critical business applications that a quality monitoring solution be in place.

Temperature monitoring solutions come in all shapes and sizes, but there are solutions for every company and every data center. Ravica offers environmental monitoring solutions that can help even the smallest company protect its hardware investments. Summer brings with it more than just higher temperatures. Many parts of the globe experience fluctuations in humidity as well. Not to mention that with high temperatures comes the need for air conditioning units to be more reliable and more effective. Ravica offers solutions to these other key problems with airflow monitoring sensors and humidity monitoring sensors. Whatever the particular needs are of your server closet, data center or computer room, you are sure to find a solution among Ravica’s line of intelligent environmental sensors.

- Jon Mills

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