For equipment to function optimally, environmental conditions within a company’s IT computer room, data centre or networked PC area, must be optimal. But what happens when the air-conditioning fails or a plumbing leak floods the area?

This is where electronic research and development company Netshield comes in with their hardware and software solution dubbed NVIROMON. With NVIROMON, IT managers can easily and effectively remotely monitor and manage the environmental, power, access and fire risk conditions within their company’s IT computer room or other equipment areas.

What the hardware does

NVIROMON’s hardware, installed in the IT computer room, will prevent catastrophes before they can occur via a number of probes/sensors on the device, which include probes for humidity, temperature & water, gas/airflow and power meters. Additional functions, like taking care of power management and control, air-conditioning, surge and fire protection/ suppression, are also available. Extras such as a biometric access control system for fingerprint access to rooms can be incorporated, while a Netshield network camera can be used to monitor access. (More below)

Netshield's NVIROMON environmental monitoring system
 

And what about the software?

The NVIROMON is controlled and monitored by the Netshield SNMP-based management information system. This system can also be utilised to remotely configure the NVIROMON over a LAN connection, in order to communicate with all the NVIROMON units connected to the network. Unlike other products there are no monthly license software fees.

Thanks to the built-in GSM module, an escalating alert notification is sent to the appropriate personnel member’s mobile phone as soon as a problem is detected, enabling proper measures to be taken to ensure that IT equipment remain fully functional and optimally configured. The GSM module can send out more than one SMS, alerting the relevant authorities which might include the fire department, plumbers or other relevant members of staff – a unique feature of the NVIROMON package.

Since Netshield, responsible for developing the NVIROMON, is an electronic research and development company, they are able to develop, manufacture and customize products to the specific needs of clients. 

Different modules can easily be constructed for different sized server rooms, as Netshield did when using the NVIROMON for the management of the Netshield renewable energy plant (see pic below). All these products sport a lifetime carry-in warranty.

Contact Netshield for any enquiries on 086-111-4428 or 012-841-0320, or visit www.netshieldsa.com.