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Michael, formerly a sysadmin, was in charge of a data center that was cooled by really old AC units, which he was unable to monitor. Then one day, the main AC malfunctioned and the backup AC stopped working a few hours later. That's a nightmare for any sysadmin. In this story, he tells us how his team was able to cool down the server room by thinking out of the box.
These days it's easier to monitor AC units, even if they are older. Monitoring software like PRTG features sensors for SNMP, Modbus TCP, REST APIs, and more. And, if the AC unit is really old and doesn't have a network interface, you can still connect it to a gateway and monitor it in that way. Find out more about PRTG: https://paessler.com/prtg?utm_source=...
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Michael and the Data Center
01:45 - Monitoring the AC
02:10 - The first problems emerge
03:32 - Overheated Server Room
05:18 - Cooling the Server Room
06:42 - Monitoring with PRTG
07:31 - Additional Information
Read more about some of the techniques Michael mentioned:
Monitor Modbus-TCP: https://www.paessler.com/modbus-monit...
Monitor MQTT: https://www.paessler.com/mqtt?utm_cam...
Monitor Gateways: https://www.paessler.com/support/how-...
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