How Data Centers use Sitehound for Asset Tracking

Setting up and managing a data center is no easy task. There are hundreds of factors to consider, from the initial investment to the ongoing costs of running and managing the facility. Thus, with the right tools in place, data centers can operate more efficiently and effectively.

Sitehound helps you track assets, power usage, server utilization, and more all under one platform. In this article, we'll discuss how Sitehound helps data centers with asset tracking for inventory, spares and asset tracking.

Capacity Planning & Management

By tracking server utilization, you ensure your data center is running at optimal levels and improves your bottom line. Besides, servers are expensive and if they're not being used to their fullest potential, you're wasting money. In addition, if you don't have enough servers, your users will suffer from poor performance. Therefore, capacity planning helps you find the sweet spot so you can avoid over- or under-provisioning.

What is capacity planning?

Capacity planning is the process of matching the capacity of a system with the anticipated demand. Alternatively, it's making sure you have enough resources (like servers, storage, and bandwidth) to meet future demand. In addition, it's a continuous process because demand is always changing such as new users might join your company or product, or existing users might use more resources than they did in the past. And as your business grows, you might need to add more capacity to keep up with the demand.

Why is capacity planning important?

If done well, capacity planning can save you a lot of money. If your servers are underutilized, you're wasting money on resources that could be put to better use elsewhere. And if your servers are overloaded, your users will suffer from poor performance, which can lead to lost customers.

How Sitehound can help?

Sitehound offers the capability to integrate with your server monitoring solution that can help you with capacity planning. Sitehound tracks your server utilization and provides insights helping you make informed decisions about how to use your resources.

Asset Tracking & Management

Data centers have a lot of moving parts, and it's important to keep track of everything that's going on. That's where Sitehound comes in, it helps you track and manage your data center assets, thus allowing you to see what's going on immediately.

Sitehound will track from the initial order to installation to decommission. It will also help you keep track of the location of your assets within the data center. In addition, you will know what rack a server is located, as well as keep track of the next free rack on hand for new servers going into the data center. Use Sitehound's iOS or Android applications, online or offline, to perform transactions from the phone. This includes scanning barcodes, taking pictures, or adding attachments.

With no limit to the number of assets you can track, see all your assets in one place to easily keep track of what's going on. Conversely, you can easily reconcile assets compared to your financial system for truing up your records. You can also audit and spot check as needed to ensure compliance. Finally, you can find a spare, order a replacement part, or check the how your equipment is performing, in order to identify any potential problems. Thus, Sitehound can help you manage your data center staying on top of your assets and keep your data center running smoothly.

Uptime & Performance Tracking

Sitehound is a comprehensive data center management software that unifies, centralizes, and automates all aspects of your business from remote monitoring to network power analysis. It integrates with the physical plant and equipment system to provide a full life cycle assessment of your power distribution.

Sitehound monitors and analyzes data center performance to provide you with the information you need to optimize your business. In addition, it gives you the ability to monitor multiple facilities from a single interface, identify trends and potential problems early, and take corrective action before they become critical.

Sitehound provides comprehensive reports on data center performance, including power consumption, equipment utilization, capacity utilization, and more. These reports can be customized to meet your specific needs and requirements.

Warranties & Repair Tracking

You can also manage your warranties within Sitehound and receive notifications and reports based on when warranties are expiring. Alternatively, manage the repair of your equipment, from when you ship to receive the replacement or repair. You can also update your warranty start date or add a new warranty.

Spare Management Tracking

Ensure you have the right number of spares on hand for your data center with the appropriate minimum and maximums. Additionally, get notified when you need more while keeping track of how much you have on hand. Ensuring spare parts are used vs purchasing new or sitting idle, Sitehound gives you complete visibility to all of your spares. This includes the location, with the option to request a spare to be shipped from another location.

Real-time Reporting

Data centers must stay on top of the latest information to keep their facilities running smoothly. Sitehound helps by providing real-time reports to track changes and make necessary adjustments. This way, they can be sure that their data center is always operating at peak efficiency. Imagine all your data center information under one platform.

Another great feature of Sitehound is that it allows you to monitor your data center from anywhere in the world. All you need is an internet connection, and you can access all your data center information right from your computer. Thus, ensure data center is always running smoothly, even when you're not there.

These are just a few of the many benefits that you can enjoy by using Sitehound. So, if you're looking to improve efficiency of your data center, this is the right platform for you.

Learn more on our Data Center page today and see how it can help you improve the efficiency of your data center.

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