Asset Management

OpenData Asset Management Module

Beyond spreadsheets or using cumbersome CMDB implementations to manage data center infrastructure, the OpenData Asset Management Module was designed specifically to address the documentation and management requirements of data center facilities infrastructure and the IT equipment it supports.

This Module perfectly compliments the OpenData data collection and monitoring functionality by allowing users to instantly identify and locate equipment that is about to exceed established performance thresholds, to avoid unscheduled down-time, improve MTTR, and mitigate operational risks.

Advantages

OpenData Asset Mangement module provides data center and facilities management with the ability to clearly visualize their assets and infrastructure, manage the placement of this equipment, and make informed capacity management decisions as new equipment is deployed and old equipment is retired.
  • Delay or Eliminate Data Center Build-outs
    Virtually plan server refresh projects to assess the impact on existing capacity
  • Improve MTTD & MTTR Metrics
    Instantly locate assets that have triggered an alarm condition
  • Increase Uptime
    Eliminate outages caused by human error during equipment moves, adds and changes
  • Faster Asset Audits

    Supports barcode scanning
    and auto-discovery scans to
    reconcile asset inventories

  • Recover Power Costs

    Track and report on power
    usage by customers or departments for bill-back

  • Improve Efficiency

    Both IT Services and Facility
    personnel can use the same
    data to make informed management decisions

Virtualize individual assets to manage location, space capacities, change-outs, and more.

Advanced Visualization of Assets provides graphical representations of floor and rack placement of data center assets

Features

  • Infrastructure Materials
    Catalog

    A comprehensive database of
    master records for data center
    and facility infrastructure

  • Advanced Visualization of
    Assets

    Provides graphical representations of floor and rack placement of data center assets with support for identifying abnormal conditions, (alarms, capacity issues, etc.)

  • Asset Search

    Instantly find and access asset records based on simple queries or complex, multi-attribute, search parameters

  • Documentation of Network
    and Power Connections

    Support for multiple methods to track connections between assets

  • Model and Plan Data
    Center Changes

    Assess the impact of data center changes on available capacity

  • Auto-Discovery of
    Networked Assets

    Supports initial asset loading and on-going audits

  • OpenData Module Support

    Works seamlessly with the other OpenData Modules

  • Integration Support

    Provides multiple ways of exchanging data with other applications (API’s, Web Services, etc.)