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The Business Imperative to Manage Downtime

Advancements in technology enable business to better serve their customers. Business disciplines

such as supply chain management, order entry, and inventory management, have reached peak levels

of efficiency. Likewise, products are being developed, manufactured, customized, and delivered faster

than ever before. Back office automation occurs within data centers that house business-critical

servers that communicate across a mix of private and public networks. Reliance upon centralized

services creates a new level of risk for business that depend upon them. Data centers act as a fulcrum

upon which the fate of an automated business is precariously balanced. When fully operational,

business hums along at speeds not previously possible. When downtime strikes, however, business

screeches to a crashing halt. Remember the last time you were told, "I'm sorry, our computers are

down right now. You'll have to call back later."

Because system failures result in huge losses, the need to manage the risk of downtime has never

been greater. To manage downtime, it is imperative that administrators be able to:

● Become Organized

● Respond Quickly

● Manage Users

● Tighten Security

● Act Proactively

Console management solutions, such as the Equinox CCM Console Manager and AVWorks®

management software, provide administrators with the tools needed to keep today's mission critical

data centers running smoothly.

Console Ports: The Common Denominator

Today's data centers contain a wide range of devices including application servers, email servers,

database servers, web servers, ecommerce servers, etc. These servers may consist of Intel-based

servers, RISC servers, and even legacy mini computers and mainframes. These systems run many

operating systems including Windows, Unix, Linux, MacOS, and Netware, etc.

In many cases the servers rely upon shared storage provided by SAN and NAS systems.

Communication among servers and client systems requires network devices such as routers,

gateways, VPNs, and firewalls. All of these devices require power, which is often managed by UPS

devices, surge protectors, and intelligent power strips.

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