Data center and network management

Documenting and managing your data center and networks

Cobbs Mill Consulting has nearly 10 years experience of implementing data center and network management systems using the Aperture software package. We can help you at any stage of the project from initial design, through data entry and on to final implementation. If your data center documentation project has got stuck at the "90% complete" stage, we can give you that vital piece of assistance to get it fully operational.

Initial design

We will sit down with you and help you determine exactly what it is you want to achieve from your system. Using the application modules supplied with the software, we will create the framework on which you project will be built. We can advise on how to extend the system so that it meets your needs but also stays maintainable as new releases of the software are installed.

Implementation

The "roll-out" of your project needs planning and we can help you with that. We will help you decide what aspect of your equipment and space is most important to you - perhaps you want to get all of your large-scale equipment documented, followed by your power distribution and then your rack equipment. We'll recommend how the project should be rolled out to your users so that it usable by each group of users when they receive it. Entering data into tables and records as well as putting assets into floorplans can be time-consuming. We can do the legwork for you as well as import any existing data you may have in spreadsheets and databases. Our aim is to implement your system as quickly, painlessly, usably and accurately as possible.

Training

Your various users of the software will have varying training needs. Using your own project as a basis, we will quickly develop training courses tailored to your different levels of users.