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Managing massive amounts of numbers, and related data can be really hard. It strongly feels like pushing your car 8 blocks to a gas station, where one can never be sure about reaching the destination. But when you do, you require to figure out a way to make up for all the time you have lost. Data Center Management plays a very crucial role in protecting your data and keeping it secure for long to avoid any kind of security breaches.
About Data Center Management
According to several stated definitions, Data Center Management refers to the role of individuals known as data center managers tasked within a data center to oversee technical and IT issues. This successfully includes management of computer and server operations, large amounts of data, services, and applications, and the protection and security of the data. Whether it’s about upgrading hardware and software/operating systems or managing data in terms of distribution and storage, taking backup regimes, emergency planning or even considering some kind of technical support, all is covered by Data Center Management.
However, human oversight in Data Management has been reduced, there are a few IT professionals who still require to design, operate and manage computing and housing architecture. In fact, several telecommunication companies hire a team of skilled IT experts who can manage the data center remotely. Apart from this, large data clearinghouses manage electronic health records (EHR) for hospitals, insurance companies, telecommunications arena require such services. One of the best advantages of using Data Center Management include, cost savings –especially when the data centers are green, fewer employees required simply due to automation, allowing agencies and businesses to experience growth even if they don’t have an idea about allocating space for their servers or operating systems.
Augmented Reality in Data Center Management
Of course, Augmented Reality is not a newbie in town but it is pretty much in vogue these days. With the launch of Apple’s ARKit, Google’s Tango, the technology is successfully affecting each and every industry across the globe, one of which is the data center. Being one of the most vital parts of the economy, it has to be processed and displayed in ways that are useful to data center managers, planners, engineers, and technicians.
Further, in the post, I would like to mention a few Data Center Management apps that I’ve found particularly useful.
IO.AR
Like it or not, several iPad apps used for data center revolve around the discovery, planning, and information categories. Most of which are released by the vendors themselves or by magazine and whitepaper publishers. The app basically allows interested data center infrastructure managers to investigate IO’s line of Data Center 2.0 products and, making effective use of augmented reality, displaying various pieces and parts of their data center equipment within real space on the iPad screen. The app basically uses a set of printable augmented reality makers in order to facilitate such processes.
ManageEngine OpManager
As the name simplifies, the app acts as a management dashboard that successfully captures SNMP messages and keeps a track of your various systems, either within a data center or a distributed server layout. Among all its services, some of my favorites include – Exchange, Active Directory Domain Controllers, VMware, and Hyper-V hosts, and web servers along with switch and router infrastructure. In addition to this, the administrator is capable to drill down to a specific device and see statistics on the health of the device.
IT Manager
Last but certainly not the least, IT manager is for iPhone and iPad which gives administrators control over Cloud services such as Amazon Web Services and Google Apps as well as server management using SSH, Telnet, Windows RDP, VNC, and Apple Remote Desktop. In addition to this, there is also a built-in feature that suggests new services to connect or manage, where each connection is stored in the app’s home screen as a tile to tap on and connect with.
Of course, the app comprises of some network tools (like Ping, Traceroute, etc) for IT administrators to perform additional troubleshooting.