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July 16, 2006 | Comments: (0)

Avtech: Small Data Center Monitoring Appliances

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Avtech is one of those smaller companies that still seems to build a solid product. The fact that they're called Avtech Software and they're hawking hardware monitoring products shouldn't spook you. After all, in this world of hardware commodity, no doubt most of the brainwork went into the software anyway.

A buddy of mine installed one of Avtech's 7E's in his small data closet and he's pretty happy with it. It gives him all the features he wanted and the price of about $450 for the rack mount version didn't make his boss' face turn all sour.

The RoomAlert 7E's got a built-in Web server that allows him to browse all the basics, including temperature and power monitoring along with the ability to send along SNMP traps as well. The thing handles email and text-message alerting and even has automatic corrective action tools like organized shut downs, reboots, and thresholds.

Using Avtech's PageR software, the 7E can also extend to server monitoring (Windows & Novell) and adds role-based security, too.

Overall, I thought it was a real nice system, especially considering the price. Avtech also has temperature-only versions and (supposedly) a new wireless version of the 7E.

Posted by Oliver Rist on July 16, 2006 08:02 PM

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