Server Rack Environmental Monitoring

A range of monitoring products, sensors and software solutions that can be used within server room and data centre rack environments to monitor temperature, humidity, power, flood, water, fire, smoke, room entry, motion and airflows and provide alarm notifications.

Rack Monitor Comparison Table

Model	Built-in Sensor(s)	Plug-in Sensor(s)	Supplied with these Plug-in Sensors	Digital Inputs	Digital Outputs	Ethernet (RJ45)	Protocols	Text Alerts
Room Alert 3 WiFi	Temperature	1	–	1	–	yes, WiFi	HTTP/SNMP v1/v2	email to SMS portal
Room Alert 3E	Temperature	1	–	1	–	yes, PoE	HTTP/SNMP v1/v2	email to SMS portal
Room Alert 12E	Temperature	3	1xDigital Active Power and Temperature Sensor	4	1	yes, PoE	HTTP/SNMP v1/v2	email to SMS portal or GSM Modem
Room Alert 12S	Temperature	3	1xDigital Active Power and Temperature Sensor	4	1	yes, PoE	HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SNMP v3	email to SMS portal or GSM Modem
Room Alert 12ER	Temperature	3	1xDigital Active Power and Temperature Sensor	4	1	yes, PoE	HTTP/SNMP v1/v2	email to SMS portal
Room Alert 12SR	Temperature	3	1xDigital Active Power and Temperature Sensor	4	1	yes, PoE	HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SNMP v3	email to SMS portal or GSM Modem
Room Alert 32E	Temperature, Humidity, Power	8	1xDigital Active Power and Temperature Sensor, 1xRoom Entry Switch Sensor Cable	16	2	yes, PoE	HTTP/SNMP v1/v2	email to SMS portal or GSM Modem
Room Alert 32S	Temperature, Humidity, Power	8	1xDigital Active Power and Temperature Sensor, 1xRoom Entry Switch Sensor	16	2	yes, PoE	HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SNMP v3	email to SMS portal or GSM Modem
Poseidon2 3266	–	8	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	4	–	yes, PoE option	HTTPS, TLS, SNMP v3, IPv6, XML, Modbus/TCP, HWg-Push	email to SMS portal or SMS-Gateway
Poseidon2 3268	–	8	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	4	2	yes, PoE option	HTTPS, TLS, SNMP v3, IPv6, XML, Modbus/TCP, HWg-Push	email to SMS portal or SMS-Gateway
Poseidon2 3468	–	8	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	4	2	yes	HTTPS, TLS, SNMP v3, IPv6, XML, Modbus/TCP, HWg-Push	email to SMS portal or SMS-Gateway
Poseidon2 4002	–	40	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	12	4	yes	HTTPS, TLS, SNMP v3, IPv6, XML, Modbus/TCP, HWg-Push	email to SMS portal or SMS-Gateway or GSM modem option
STE2 R2	–	3	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	2	–	yes, PoE, WiFi	HTTPS, TLS, SNMP v3, XML, Modbus/TCP, HWg-Push	email to SMS portal or SMS-Gateway
SD-2×1Wire	–	4	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	–	–	yes, PoE, WiFi	HTTP, SNMP, HWg-Push	email to SMS portal or SMS-Gateway
HWg-STE	–	2	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	–	–	yes	HTTP, SNMP, XML	email to SMS portal or SMS-Gateway
Ares 10 GSM	–	3	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	12	–	–	–	SIM Card
Ares 12 GSM	–	14	1xTemperature Sensor Cable	12	–	–	–	SIM Card

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Climate change is driving up ambient temperatures and causing extreme weather patterns. For server room and datacentre operators, these environmental issues are placing a greater strain on their critical infrastructure systems. Server room air conditioning systems are placed under greater load during heatwave conditions and UPS systems must use their battery power more often to cover small power outages and complete mains power failures.

There are several good reasons for monitoring a server room or datacentre for temperature and humidity, but should you place sensors and detectors at the server rack or room level and just how many sensors is the right number?

Rising cooling requirements are a common problem faced by many organisations as they adopt the latest server technologies, including high power computing. The higher the power draw of the latest servers the greater the need for air conditioning as their kW power draw adds an equal demand to the size of the air conditioning required. Edge Computing and micro data centres add another layer of complexity to the need for a dedicated remote environmental monitoring system.

The most widely adopted temperature range for a server room is 18-25°C. This ambient temperature range provides a comfortable environment for technicians and engineers to work in, and a suitable environment in which to run IT servers, networking devices and associated critical infrastructure including uninterruptible power supplies. Below 18°C and the room can become a little too cool and energy is wasted cooling the space. Above the temperature and the server room becomes a little too warm with the potential for humidity related problems. Whilst this is an overall suitable server room temperature range, it is important to identify ‘hot-spots’ i.e. warmer temperatures within the room and server racks which could potentially lead to heat-related problems.

We provide a complete installation and commissioning service for the environment monitoring solutions we supply. Please contact us for a site specific quotation.

All of our environment monitors come with the option to plug-in additional sensors for a range of conditions to monitor. Please refer to each product for the number of sensor inputs and the range of sensors available.

We have over 30 years of experience working within data centre and server room environments. Our knowledge and experience means that we know how to design, install and maintain the right cooling, energy management, power and monitoring solutions for any critical IT environment.

Field based engineering locations: Chester, Warrington, London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Dublin and Glasgow for nationwide service coverage, site surveys, maintenance visits and emergency call outs.
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