Processor Newspaper Volume 35 Number 19

2013·9.7 MB·English

by  Sandhills Publishing

Volume 35 Issue 19 September 20, 2013
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One Tool To Both Monitor
& Track Rack Equipment
New Version Of Geist Environet Provides Tools, Information That IT & Facilities Managers Need
Real-time facility moni- Geist Environet 4.0 address-
toring. Asset management. es the requirements of both the
Managers need tools covering facilities/data center manager
both sides of the IT/facilities and the IT manager, provid-
equation to get an accurate ing that complete view of the
picture of power usage and entire data center from end to
energy consumption while also end. “While these two posi-
being able to manage capacity tions overlap in the areas they
while maximizing efficiency. operate, they have different
But getting a handle on both responsibilities and need spe-
asset data and real-time power cific monitoring. 4.0 meets the
and environmental monitoring needs of both parties.”
often requires enterprises to
Real-Time Power Usage
purchase two separate prod-
ucts, driving the idea behind Environet 4.0, which is
Geist Environet 4.0. scheduled for release during
“Potential customers love our the fourth quarter, lets IT and
real-time facility monitoring facility managers visualize and within the rack infrastructure. IT-based asset management
capabilities, but they need a way associate rack assets with actu- Drag-and-drop functionality and facility-based real-time
to combine asset management to al real-time power usage data to makes it simple to place assets in monitoring. No other DCIM
track and monitor the contents monitor energy consumption at the rack and immediately calcu- solution provides the compre-
of each rack,” says Matt Lane, the circuit and rack level. late how additions to each indi- hensive data center picture like
president of Geist DCiM. Graphical top-level floor plan vidual rack impact power and Environet 4.0,” Lane says.
views let users quickly see rack cooling. Users can easily add, “Whether the organization has
End-To-End View
details such as U space avail- edit, duplicate, or delete assets. a single location or multiple loca-
Typically, facility DCIM able, kW, and temperature. An tions around the globe, Environet
A More Accurate Picture
products focus on infrastruc- updated rack manager offers a monitors all mission-critical
ture components, and IT centralized list of all of the racks Managers can use the infor- components from anywhere.” P
DCIM products focus on asset and their critical components, mation provided by Environet
management, Lane says. “Few which users can easily sort by 4.0 to get a more accurate pic-
solutions cover both the facil- key performance indicators or ture of how racks are current-
ity and rack-specific monitor- dynamically search for a target- ly being used and how future
ing. In fact, some people have ed rack within the data center. additions will impact the data
resorted to incorporating two A new Asset Import Wizard center and overall facility. Contact
DCIM solutions to cover all lets users import equipment tem- “Environet 4.0 helps bridge
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their needs,” he says. plates to show existing assets the gap that has existed between www.geistglobal.com
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F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
Document Filters & Enterprise Search
Most People Get The Idea Of Enterprise Search; Less Understood Are The Document Filters Underlying It
If you looked at a Microsoft Access, and OneNote. The images, and the like apply to integrated relevancy ranking
Word file in binary format document filters also sup- this BLOB data. across both online and offline
(as a search engine needs to port PDF, RTF, OpenOffice, Finally, the dtSearch Spider repositories. Following a
review it), the file structure is HTML, XML, CSV, and supports static and dynamic search, the document filters
so complex as to make it nearly many other file types, along Web data (SharePoint, PHP, enable hit-highlighting of
impossible to pick out the text. with compression formats like ASP.NET, CMS, etc.). This federated search content.
In fact, MS Word documents RAR, ZIP, and GZIP/TAR. data can further consist of In the dtSearch Engine,
include not only body text And the dtSearch document (or simply embed) document API filters and objects pro-
but also fields and often even filters support recursively data such as HTML, PDF, vide an even wider range of
hidden meta data. And MS embedded versions of files, XSL/XML, or even Office advanced data classification
Word files can have a nested such as a Word file embedded files, all of which require the options. SDKs include native
structure, embedding multi- in an Excel file contained in a document filters. 64-bit and 32-bit APIs for
ple layers of other documents ZIP attachment. C++, Java, and .NET (through
Beyond Document Filters:
within the Word file. The dtSearch document current versions). P
Hit-Highlighted Search
Delving through these filters can also support
levels of complexity requires browser-compatible images dtSearch enterprise and
a programmatic implemen- in files, including recursively developer products can index
tation embedding a deep embedded files. The document more than a terabyte of data
understanding of file struc- filters further include Unicode in a single index. A single
ture. That is the job of support covering hundreds of index can span multiple
document filters. international languages. file directories, emails and
Document filters are a attachments, online data, and
Document Filters:
dynamic component. Every other databases. The products
Not Just For Documents
update, for example, that can create and search any
Microsoft makes to the MS With so much data now number of indexes.
Word format requires an in emails, the dtSearch After indexing, the prod-
adjustment to the document document filters also uct line supports highly
filters going forward, while support email formats like concurrent, multithreaded
still preserving backward MS Outlook, Exchange, and searching. Indexed search time
compatibility with existing Thunderbird. And support is typically less than a second,
Word files. extends beyond the email even across terabytes of data.
One leading supplier of body and meta data to cover dtSearch products offer more
enterprise and developer text multi-layered nested attach- than 25 search options.
search software, dtSearch ments, including recursively- For federated searching,
Corp., has spent over two embedded images. dtSearch products support
decades building its own The dtSearch Engine
document filters. And APIs can also work with dtSearch
the company continually database data like SQL.
upgrades its document filters While SQL itself is not a The dtSearch product line includes enterprise and developer
to correspond with the release file format, it can include text search products, meeting some of the largest-capacity text
of new data formats. BLOB data consisting of retrieval needs in the world. Please see www.dtsearch.com for
In addition to Word, embedded documents. The hundreds of developer case studies and press reviews.
other MS Office file types same integrated support
that dtSearch supports for recursively embedded
(800) IT-FINDS or [phone] | www.dtsearch.com
include PowerPoint, Excel, documents, meta data,
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F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
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Finally, Security Surveillance
That’s Both Simple & Affordable
VIAAS—Video Intelligence As A Service Is Easy To Install, Operate & Maintain
Simple and affordable are users can view, download,
rarely some of the first words email, or save video.
enterprise IT professionals would
Low-Cost Investment
use to describe security surveil-
lance. Setting up a new security There are currently three cam-
system can be complex. Keeping eras available—Sparrow, Hawk,
on top of all the updates and new and Falcon—which differ based
firmware is time-consuming. on the video capabilities (HD
And budgeting and planning for or D1), wireless, and zoom and
the new cameras and upgrades focus capabilities. All the camer-
you need is difficult. as are made in the United States.
VIAAS, or Video Intelligence In addition to the cameras, the
As A Service, changes all that. only investment is a service plan.
“It’s simple to install, simple to Two plans are available depend-
operate, and simple to maintain,” ing on the quality of video you still be stored on the camera until they do not have to worry if the
says Chris Grillone, president. need, the number of cameras you the connection is restored. video is still on the camera or if
have, and how long you need The cameras require no it’s in the cloud,” Grillone says.
All-In-One System
to store video (other options are maintenance, as they automati-
Easy To Scale
“We’re one of the few, if available on request). cally communicate with the
not only, hybrid edge cloud Camera prices start at $299 VIAAS network and look for The VIAAS system is low-
solutions,” Grillone says, add- and include a one-year service firmware updates. cost and easily scaled, making
ing that some providers have plan; annual service renew- The cameras show up in your it ideal for distributed and grow-
cloud-based offerings, and als start at about $119. VIAAS VIAAS account, which you can ing businesses, Grillone says.
some have built-in memory comes with a 30-day free trial. access from any Web browser or As your business grows, you
on their cameras for storage Perhaps most important, iOS device, where you can view can keep adding cameras as
and viewing, but VIAAS com- Grillone says, VIAAS can shift preview panes of recorded video. long as you have enough band-
bines both. Because VIAAS is your costs from CAPEX to Object-based motion technol- width. And because VIAAS
cloud-based, you don’t need OPEX. “Instead of making a ogy captures IntelEvents, or video doesn’t require a DVR or
to invest in a DVR or network really large investment,” he says, segments with representative NVR server at each site, the
video recorder, servers, or with VIAAS, you have predict- images. Click an IntelEvent to added investment is minimal.
video management software. able OPEX. “Every year, you view the full video, regardless of “VIAAS can scale from a
“Our cameras record motion- know you need to budget this whether it’s stored on the camera single camera to a large multi-
triggered video, encrypt it, amount for your camera system.” or VIAAS servers. “When cus- national company with cameras
record it on a MicroSD card, tomers are searching for video, all over the world,” he says. P
Simple Setup
and then use smart bandwidth
VIAAS—Video Intelligence As A Service
management to determine the The system can be set up in
best time to send the video to minutes. “The only thing you
A professional-grade video surveillance
the cloud for long-term storage.” need from us is the cameras,”
and monitoring system that encrypts
Built-in 128-bit encryption Grillone says.
and stores video on the camera, then
ensures security at every step. Once you plug the cameras
uses smart bandwidth technology to
“Video is encrypted on the into an Internet connection, they
send the video to the VIAAS cloud for
camera, it’s sent to the VIAAS appear as another computer on
long-term storage.
cloud encrypted, and it’s stored your network. With the MicroSD
with 128-bit encryption,” on the camera, even if you lose [phone] | www.viaas.com
Grillone says. Only authorized an Internet connection, video will
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Climate Monitoring In A Compact Package
ITWatchDogs WatchDog 100 Monitors Temperature, Humidity & Dew Point, With No Software Required
In what can be a crowded, All you and relay. A relay output
confusing market for products need is a can trigger external devices
designed to monitor the envi- Web brows- such as an auto-dialer in case
ronmental conditions of your er to be able of alarm. Escalating alerts
data center, the WatchDog 100 to view real- ensure additional personnel are
from ITWatchDogs is a com- time sen- notified as needed. P
pact, affordable competitor. temperature and humidity/ sor readings, complete with
At just 1U by 8-1/2 inch- dew point sensors onboard. graphs for trending and capac- ITWatchDogs WatchDog 100
es, the WatchDog 100 is per- There are four analog inputs ity management. The device
fect for tight installations. for dry contact or 0-5 VDC offers three access account (cid:114)(cid:1)Temperature and humidity/
The rackmount brackets (as sensors and a digital sensor levels with flexible rights and dew point sensors onboard
pictured) offer flexible wire port allowing you to connect an security settings. (cid:114)(cid:1)Can add eight external sensors
management options but can additional four sensors using a Using the Web interface, you (cid:114)(cid:1)Secure Web interface
be removed or repositioned as 5-port splitter. Optional sensors can establish alert parameters.
needed to simplify installation. include monitors for condi- If the temperature or humid-
The self-contained $279 tions such as airflow, water and ity fall outside of those thresh-
WatchDog 100 has a one- smoke detection, door position, olds, you can receive alerts via [phone]
year warranty and comes with and power failure. email, email-to-SMS, voice, www.itwatchdogs.com
F E AT U R E D P R O D U C T
Cost-Effective Bypass
Portwell BPC-51242 & BPC-51120 Are Ideal For Any Systems
That Demand High Availability Or Additional Network Ports
Up-to-date technology latency of network I/O in a enterprise data centers and
and peace of mind from long life virtualized environment. high-performance computing. Bypass function, with support
cycle support. Those are two of The BPC-51242 features inte- It utilizes an Intel Ethernet for Normal, Bypass, and Open
the greatest benefits you get from grated bypass relays in the con- controller I210 with a modes in case of a system
products offered by Portwell, nectors. They are easy to main- 1000Base-T interface. The crash or power failure. P
and its newest network adapters tain and service and can be set I210 controller supports Audio-
with cost-effective bypass design to Normal or Bypass mode or Video Bridging, which guar- Portwell BPC-51242 &
are no exceptions. enabled or disabled via jump- antees bounded latency and BPC-51120
The Portwell BPC-51242 ers and software. A built-in, latency variation for time-sensi-
(pictured) is an Intel I350- standalone Watchdog Timer tive traffic. An energy-efficient (cid:114)(cid:1)Dual-port (BPC-51120) or
quad-port (BPC-51242)
AM4-based quad-port copper monitors your inline appliances design, backed by the Energy
(cid:114)(cid:1)Support normal, bypass, and
Gigabit Ethernet adapter with and can automatically bypass Efficient Ethernet standard,
open modes
a PCI-E 2.0 interface. the Ethernet ports when the host ensures that the switch powers
Support for PCI-SIG system loses power or fails for to a low power idle state during
SR-IOV makes the BPC- any other reason. periods of low network activity.
51242 ideal for high-end serv- The other new product in The low-profile BPC-51120
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www.portwell.com
environments as it reduces the port BPC-51120, is ideal for uses Portwell’s Generation 3.0
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37 Years Made in the USA
Automatic Transfer Switch—ATS
Standard Features
(cid:116)(cid:1) Out-Of-Phase Source Switching
(cid:116)(cid:1) 8-15ms Switching Time
(cid:116)(cid:1) Programmable Dropout Voltage
(cid:116)(cid:1) Programmable Switchback Voltage
(cid:116)(cid:1) SNMP And HTTP With DS-Series
(cid:116)(cid:1) PCB-Based Reliability
Provide Redundancy To Single-Corded Devices With
(cid:116)(cid:1) Reports Volts, Current, Watts, VA
The Ability To Switch Out-Of-Phase Sources In 8 To 15ms.
(cid:116)(cid:1) Break-Before-Make Transfer
Providing redundancy on the power-circuit level is critical to maintaining up- Monitoring Power on the ATS is a unique feature which provides
time. The ATS Series provides a simple and reliable solution for automatically information about:
sensing power loss and seamlessly switching to a backup circuit. BayTech (cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:1)Amperage Load (cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:1)(Watts) True RMS Power (cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:1)Volt-amps
ATS transfer switch line offers a unique approach to performing the transfer (cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:1)Voltage (cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:1)Internal Temperature
by completely severing the connection between the source and load then
waiting for the zerocrossing to perform the transfer. This is the driving force By combining the ATS and the DS-Series, console server alerts
behind being able to perform out-of-phase transfers with a low-cost solution. on power and transfers can be sent via secure SNMP V3.
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