Lost power from the utility and
The generator failed to start
Causing air conditioners to stop working. Resulting in the temperature in the data centre
rising rapidly.
Risk 1:
Data centre shutdown due to high temperature.
Risk 2:
Data centre shutdown due to battery life limits.
Solution
Maintenance team received alerts in real-time about the generator failure and immediately went into action.
Conclusion: Prevention is cheaper than recovery
Thanks to the early detection and warning the maintenance team were able to avoid a catastrophic shutdown!
Return On Investment ROI:
This one incident paid for the monitoring the monitoring services for many years!