Avocent® Data Audit Service
Maintain a reliable, accurate asset inventory
with this turnkey auditing service
Infrastructure Management &
Monitoring for
Business-Critical ContinuityTM
The Avocent Data Audit
Service maintains
the accuracy of your
Aperture™ or Avocent
Data Center Planner™
software to help you
maximize use of data
center resources.
Key Benefits
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consuming manual auditing with
a turnkey reconciliation service
delivered by Avocent experts
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customized services that
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data center assets by identifying
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additional raised floor spaces,
computer rooms and server
closets for a complete view
of all assets
Optimizing use of data center assets demands an accurate inventory of the physical
infrastructure. However, for many data centers, auditing assets over time requires
considerable manual effort and resources—items that are in short supply given tight
budgets and the need to run lean. As a result, the accuracy of your asset inventory
can degrade over time, negatively affecting your ability to manage your data center
with the highest levels of efficiency.
The Avocent Data Audit Service offers a cost-effective solution for reconciling the
inventory data in your Aperture or Data Center Planner solution with the actual
assets on your data center floor. This flexible service is tailored to meet your
particular requirements, such as auditing every item in multiple data centers, one
set of devices or a specific section on the floor.
For a comprehensive inventory, any additional raised floor spaces, other computer
rooms and server closets can be inventoried and added into your Aperture or Data
Center Planner solution as part of this auditing service.
By incorporating this service as a regular function of your best practices data asset
management process, you can:
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tools and skilled consulting engineers can rapidly improve the accuracy of your
asset database on an on-going basis.
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not been captured to make better use of existing devices, power and space.
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on the accuracy of your asset inventory’s power consumption, space usage and
device location information to improve data center planning and management.
Avocent® Data Audit Service
Maintain a reliable, accurate asset inventory with this turnkey auditing service
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A Best Practice Auditing Service for Increasing the Reliability of Inventory Data
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methodology and tools for comparing the physical assets with the contents of your Aperture or Data Center Planner software,
the Avocent team can quickly identify exceptions and reconcile the database with assets found on the floor. The consulting
engineers plan the work to be done, conduct the audit and update your system, working closely with you so that you know
exactly what is found and what steps are taken.
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to implementation.
For more information and to order the Avocent Data Audit Service, please contact your local Avocent representative or visit us at
www. avocent.com/services.
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