Monitoring & Management

Constant visibility, vigilance and intervention to protect and optimise datacentre investments

The data centre, server room or communications room does not rest, and change is constant. To actively control these environments is a dynamic process on a 24/7 basis which requires a monitoring and management regime built upon advanced sensor, alarm and intelligence systems. This safety net – essential for virtualised or high-density environments in particular – allows the IT department to innovate with relative impunity, and maintain uptime in the face of physical threats and rapidly evolving environmental conditions that would otherwise endanger sensitive IT components.

Comtec not only provides the latest vendor-agnostic data centre/server room management and monitoring technologies from leading brands such as APC by Schneider Electric, but can also undertake the ongoing execution of management and monitoring processes from its 24/7 Network Operations Centre (NOC).

As well as safeguarded network uptime, Comtec’s flexible yet comprehensive approach to data centre or server room monitoring and management assists capacity planning and identifies valuable opportunities for improved technical configurations, working practices and cost/energy efficiencies.

What the solution can provide

A data centre, server room or communications room monitoring and management solution from Comtec will be drawn from the following features:

  • Best-of-breed scalable technology, for
    • Power distribution
    • Environmental conditions (heat, humidity, water etc.) – Strategic placement of specialised sensors
    • Physical threats – Motion detection cameras, image capture and storage
    • Capacity management
  • Remote management capabilities via Comtec’s 24/7 NOC
  • Alarm notification systems integrated with email/SMS, with image data storage capacity of over one year
  • Support and maintenance

The benefits to you can include

Work with Comtec on your data centre monitoring and management implementation, and you can achieve the following business objectives:

  • Improve the physical security of your datacentre against intruders and malicious employees
  • Mitigate the risk of fire and other damage to equipment from extreme environmental conditions
  • Reduce management time/costs by adopting an automated system of controls and alarms
  • Operate a 24/7 monitoring and management regime without the need to be onsite
  • Minimise energy cost wastage
  • Maximise cost savings across the IT and facilities departments
  • Promote carbon responsibility
  • Underpin business continuity strategy and compliance
  • Eliminate the risks to business downtime of datacentre failure

Our Technology Partners

Comtec works closely with leading Network Critical Physical infrastucture Contact vendors such as APC. by Schneider Electric. Our experienced and highly qualified people can advise on any aspect of your requirements in a totally independent fashion.