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

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      Bill Kindle
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      What tools do you like to use for DCIM?

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        MattSpeller
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        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?

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

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            Bill Kindle @MattSpeller
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            @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.

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              MattSpeller @A Former User
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              @Hubtech super repetitive drudgery?

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                A Former User
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                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

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                  MattSpeller @A Former User
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                  @Hubtech interesting insight, thank you!

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                    Dashrender @A Former User
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                    @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.

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                      A Former User @Dashrender
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                      @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

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                        Bill Kindle
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                        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.

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                          A Former User
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                          still not fun IMO 🙂 Labtech, vCenter/sphere/etc, kasea.

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                            PSX_Defector
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                            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.

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

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

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