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Five Data Center Management Apps

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    IO.AR

    \n\tThis screenshot gallery is also available as a post in the TechRepublic Five Apps Blog.

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    \n\tIn this edition of Five Apps, we take a look at five data center management apps that span the spectrum of IT needs in performing various data center-oriented tasks.

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    \n\tIO.AR is an app from IO data centers that can be used by data center managers to discover IO’s products.  The app contains several products’ descriptions that can be viewed by tapping on the icons above.

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    \n\tScreenshot of IO.AR by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • IO.AR

    \n\tTapping on the objects in the AR view zooms into a closer view of the product and displays the product description.

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    \n\tScreenshot of IO.AR by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • OpManager

    \n\tDrawing maps is simple in OpManager.  Simply drop the devices on a background or blank sheet and connect them with links.

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    \n\tScreenshot of OpManager by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • Big Brother

    \n\tThe color bars on the side show the overall health of your environment – in a worst case situation.  So, because my PC isn’t publishing any of the services I’m expecting it to, the overall health is red.

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    \n\tScreenshot of Big Brother by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • StruxureWare Operations Visor

    \n\tStruxureWare Operations: Vistor links with the StruxureWare management server and displays these statistics on your entire datacenter.

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    \n\tScreenshot of StruxureWare Operations Visor by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • StruxureWare Operations Visor

    \n\tEach statistic has its own dashboard showing usage and capacity over time.

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    \n\tScreenshot of StruxureWare Operations Visor by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • StruxureWare Operations Visor

    \n\tAdministrators are also able to look at the assets themselves and how they’re organized into racks.

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    \n\tScreenshot of StruxureWare Operations Visor by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • StruxureWare Operations Visor

    \n\tTapping on a device in a rack displays more in-depth statistics on that device.

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    \n\tScreenshot of StruxureWare Operations Visor by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

  • IT Manager

    \n\tFor Windows RDP, a few pieces of system information are displayed.  With an additional subscription purchase, admins can manage running services without logging in to the desktop as well as reboot or shutdown the device.

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    \n\tScreenshot of IT Manager by Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

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