Work In A Real Data Center? What DCIM Tools Do You Use?

Bill Kindle

What tools do you like to use for DCIM?

MattSpeller

If you know of a way to get my carcass into a real Data Center and achieve employment (mopping floors on up) please don't hesitate
Edit: also, what tools do you use?

we had 3-4 datacenters at my last job.....that life ain't for me!!! the neatness wears off pretty quick.

Bill Kindle

@MattSpeller said:

If you know of a way to get my carcass into a real Data Center and achieve employment (mopping floors on up) please don't hesitate
Edit: also, what tools do you use?

I don't yet, I'm just curios and reading up on some so I'm not ignorant.

MattSpeller

@Hubtech super repetitive drudgery?

yeah. super secure, rack/stack/plug/unplug. it's loud, and for me i'd rather access the systems from the sunlight....other than hands on stuff, there's no reason to work "in" the datacenter. It has its merits ha

MattSpeller

@Hubtech interesting insight, thank you!

Dashrender

@Hubtech said:

we had 3-4 datacenters at my last job.....that life ain't for me!!! the neatness wears off pretty quick.

If the one who works in the DC itself... you don't really have the cool job, it's mostly just hardware swaps, etc... becomes mundane fast.

@Dashrender said:

@Hubtech said:

we had 3-4 datacenters at my last job.....that life ain't for me!!! the neatness wears off pretty quick.

If the one who works in the DC itself... you don't really have the cool job, it's mostly just hardware swaps, etc... becomes mundane fast.

yep. but you do get to tote around some pretty expensive goodies AND PLUG EM IN

Bill Kindle

Alright, I will clarify. Working in the NOC, that's in the building that houses the room that is referred to as the Data Center.

still not fun IMO Labtech, vCenter/sphere/etc, kasea.

PSX_Defector

Considering whom I've worked for in the past and whom I work for now, yeah, I do lots of datacenter work.

Big red V uses a combination of various tools from HP and homebrewed connection stuff. Remember that the big red V had been in this business in one way or another for over 15 years.

New place, don't know yet because haven't been here long enough.

Most of the data center's around here I've been in are using Solarwinds' products for most of their management and monitoring.

thwr

@Ambarishrh just found DigitalOcean's NetBox, now open source: https://mangolassi.it/topic/9646/netbox-ipam-dcim/